| The Atkins diet, now in version ecological |
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| Saturday, 08 May 2010 01:42 | |||||
 For over three decades in the early 1970s, Dr. Robert Atkins became
famous by
creating a diet for weight reduction based on low carbohydrate (flour,
potatoes
and similar), replacing them by animal proteins. This type of power
reached its
peak of popularity in the late 1990s when several celebrities have
adopted to
refine the silhouette. But does this meat-based diet will maintain its popularity in these times where extensive livestock farming is one of the villains of global warming? A study by Dr. David JA Jenkins, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, published by the American Medical Association, proposes a new version of this diet by replacing animal proteins in other vegetable. The study showed that diet and reduce weight, it also lowers cholesterol levels. The study was conducted with a group of 44 men and women with overweight and high cholesterol levels, for four weeks. One group took a diet rich in vegetable proteins, which included oil, gluten, soy, fruit and curie, and the other group followed a lacto-ova vegetarian diet rich in carbohydrates. Both lost weight, but the cholesterol level fell between those who ate more vegetable protein. It is a fact that stop eating meat for ethical or environmental reasons is not sufficiently attractive to many people. But what if doctors recommend that their patients would no longer eat meat to lose weight, or if people who follow low-carbohydrate diets could opt for a vegetarian version at the same time, improve your health and fitness? On a more superficial, it would be interesting if a "vegetarian Atkins diet" really turned fashion and reduce the consumption of meat? The announcement of the "Eco-Atkins" was not received without criticism. Some practitioners emphasize that it is ridiculous to compare it with the original Atkins when the basic premise of the diet (eat meat) is not adopted, arguing that it is just a healthy diet. Some doctors believe that diet proposes an interesting idea, but doubt that overweight people are willing to adopt a vegetarian diet. The debate is open. What do you think? This diet may attract doctors and nutritionists and help preserve the planet, or is simply an idea to gain fans? Leave your comments.
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