poohbear7260
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has anyone tried following the atkins diet to keep their carbs down? Thanks
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Atkins diet?
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Southbeds
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I use the LowCarb HighFat diet/life and reversed my diabetice ,I think it is similar to the Atkins but as I and many forum members have succeed with LCHF .I stuck with what works, amazing diet never hungry lose weight and reduce your BG to healthy levels
Daibell
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I think the Atkins diet may be fine and is effectively a low carb diet. Just reduce the carbs and have enough protein, fat, veg and non-tropicle fruit to keep you feeling full.
poohbear7260
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Thank you both
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catherinecherub
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Hi @poohbear7260,
There is a Low Carb Programme on the site and you could sign up to that.
It has been a success for many participants.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/lowcarb/
There is a Low Carb Programme on the site and you could sign up to that.
It has been a success for many participants.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/lowcarb/
Robbity
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My doctor suggested the Atkins diet when he first gave me my diagnosis, but mainly as a weight loss program. It is (or was!) very similar to LCHF as already mentioned, however since Atkins died, his diet plan has become commercialised and as far a I can see, is no longer what he actually intended as they now push all sorts of pre-packaged stuff full of chemicals. 
So if you go with it I'd recommend following his original diet plan; I believe the only difference with this is that it tends to be slightly higher in protein than LCHF, and too much protein can also be converted into glucose - not necessarily a good thing if you're trying to reduce glucose levels. As a member of the forum though you'll probably get more help and advice here with the LCHF diet from fellow forum members, but there's plenty of information/advice about Atkins available elsewhere on the web.
Robbity
So if you go with it I'd recommend following his original diet plan; I believe the only difference with this is that it tends to be slightly higher in protein than LCHF, and too much protein can also be converted into glucose - not necessarily a good thing if you're trying to reduce glucose levels. As a member of the forum though you'll probably get more help and advice here with the LCHF diet from fellow forum members, but there's plenty of information/advice about Atkins available elsewhere on the web.Robbity
