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Hi, my name is Lisa Moskovitz and I'm a registered dietitian and certified in the state of New
York, with a private practice on the upper east side. I specialize in weight management,
exercise and sports nutrition. And I'll be talking to you about diets First off, we have
the Atkins Diet. Everyone knows this diet, it's very popular, and probably most of you
have even tried it. What is the Atkins diet? Well, the Atkins Diet was created by a cardiologist,
Dr. Atkins, and his philosophy, his theory, was that by reducing carbohydrates, we actually
increase our metabolism and our fat-burning process. The more carbohydrates we eat, the
higher our insulin levels go. What happens when our insulin levels increase is that we
turn off our fat-burning process. So by reducing carbohydrates, we naturally produce less insulin
and therefore we increase our fat burning process, which increases our metabolism. This
particular diet, like most, is broken down into phases. The first phase is about two
weeks long and this is supposed to reduce your cravings, detox your body, and really
get you to reduce your carbohydrates significantly so that you set yourself up for weight loss
long term. The good part about this diet is that it does promote a low refined carbohydrate
diet, and what refined carbohydrates are is anything that has been processed, so cakes,
cookies, anything that contains a lot of carbohydrates that cause a dramatic increase in your blood
sugars and then of course what goes up must come down. So after your blood sugars decrease,
you end up feeling fatigued, experience more cravings ,and that's how you get addicted
to carbohydrates. The cons are that it promotes a high saturated fat intake. High amounts
of saturated fat are directly linked to heart disease, so I wouldn't recommend it to people
with heart disease , and because it happens to be very low in carb, I wouldn't recommend
it for highly active individuals.