Is there a nutritionalist here who can tell me the difference?... Because I'm more clueless than usual.

south beach is a really restrictive version of atkins diet.. it has a real high rate of ppl giving up the diet..~

google it.

For those of you who dont know, the atkins diet is used to cut back on carbohydrates. Carbohydrates turn into a sugar after being broken down. Carbs are good for you but if you eat too much you can become overweight. The atkins diet basically is this.

You need Carbohydrates for energy, and with no Carbs energy doesnt know where to get its fuel from. This is where the atkins diet comes into play. Energy then, instead of using carbs will use fat for fuel instead, this is how the atkins diet works. It uses the fat that you have, when your body doesnt have a sufficient amount of carbs in your system. Hence, you get skinnier. Yet on the flip side if you dont eat enough carbs then that can be hazardous to your health. So you must watch how much Carbohydrates you are consuming.

I hope this helped you in the answer to your question. I'm no nutrionist but my mom is a nurse so I pick up on things here and there .

it's funnie how atkin went all out w/ the no carb diet since he claims that as long as u can cut bak on carb..u can pig out on other thigns...well he died from a heart failure due to eating too much beef...so there's something interesting we should all take into consideration

Atkins is more of a unhealthy diet, having you eat more foods such as bacon, processed cheese, ham, sandwich meats, ect.

South beach is more of a healty diet, having you eat such things as turkey, salmon, vegetables, chicken, ect.

Hope that helps.

actually, he died from a fall after slipping on ice

Mmm... That definitely clears it up Thanks.

I was a Atkins for 3 months and lost 30 lbs til i start getting sick so i stopped. I was not feeling good at all. After i stopped the Atkins i see all these Atkins product (ex: carl's jr, subway etc...) i find that really annoying now. Atkins is really unsafe but it's the fastest way to lose the weight. As for south beach diet... It's almost the same as Atkins but i heard that one is much safter... I dunno... Atkins is... u eat FAT to burn FAT.

i think south beach is better

all i know is that atkins actually works - which is mind boggling to me because i didnt think that diets ever really worked... anyway, my friend lost 5 pounds in 5 days.. but she gained it all back anyways : P

my ex girlfriend use to atkins even though she wasn't even fat but actually lost about 7lbs in like 3 weeks. i told her to stop using it cuz i didn't like her to be losing so much weight for a person who was already imo healthy.

way to dig up an ancient thread.

this topic is exactly four years old, tung :).

Well, mortal enemies from half a decade ago, low-carb diets like Atkins will cause you to oxidize muscle mass and store bodyfat. Since adipose tissue is less dense than muscle, the sum comes out to a reduction in total bodyweight, yes, but you'll have a higher bodyfat percentage than before because less of your frame consists of muscle to offset that ratio. In the case of carbohydrates, they increase glycogen levels through glycolysis, prevent secretion of the catabolic hormone cortisol, increase growth-hormone levels, and administer amino acids to thereby increase plasma insulin concentrations (since the presence of hyperaminoacidemia, or amino acids in the circulatory system, is in correlation with supraphysiological increases in insulin), all of which contradict the processes of muscle catabolism. This is relevant because when you undergo amino acid catabolism, you'll store more fat the next time you eat as a survival mechanism.

hahaa whoa tung.

should be in health.

moved to health