The Atkins Diet – Pros and Cons

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type 2 diabetes because there is a better insulin function and blood sugar control on a low crab diet. One thing that it didn’t mention is fruits and vegetables which are an essential part of any diet and it should have been implemented with the diet but there was no mention of it in this article which was odd to me.

Disadvantages of the diet, although a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine said that the Atkins Diet does work which im not arguing here, however the conclusion is that at the end of the 6 months on the Atkins diet more weight was lost than on a low calorie diet, after one year, the difference was insignificant. Another disadvantage is that it had a large drop out rate which is an indicator that this diet really cannot keep people on it for long periods of time has to do with the fact that there is no carbs involve which in my opinion wouldn’t be a good alternative in the Latin communities based on the observation that most Latin’s consume ...

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