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Monounsaturated fats
October
7
Dining Out Without Angst
One of the pleasures of following the Atkins Nutritional Approach™ is that you can eat out with relative ease. Once you learn how to keep excess carbs at bay, you can enjoy virtually any cuisine.
If it’s Chinese, it’s the rice; with Italian, it’s the pasta; and with Indian food, the breads. But once you accept that these foods are no-nos and you comply with the guidelines below, you could literally dine out every night without straying from the Atkins plan.
· Don’t skip meals or arrive at a restaurant starving. When you are super hungry, you may lose your self-control when you come face to face with the breadbasket or high-carb appetizers. Instead, enjoy a hard-boiled egg or a few slices of cheese before you go out, or if you’re out running errands before dinner, snack on an Atkins Advantage™ bar. You can also ask for some steamed veggies to nibble on before your main course arrives.
· Drink at least two glasses of water with your meal to help fill up.
· Be adventurous: Try one or two dishes you’ve never had before instead of ordering the same ones time after time. If you’re bored with your food it’s harder to stick to your weight-control regimen, so go for variety.
· Many restaurants feature their menus online. Try to visit their Web sites to review the offerings and map out your dining plan ahead of time.
· Ask to have your dishes without the extras—rice, beans, potatoes or pasta. Most restaurants will also accommodate requests for a portion of vegetables in lieu of such high-carb starches.
· Ask for sauces on the side so you can decide whether and how much to consume.
· Soup is a great appetite squelcher. Miso soup, many cream soups and clear broth with meat or vegetables are all satisfying and delicious ways to jump-start a controlled carb meal.
· Never save room for dessert. Go ahead and fill up on everything else so that you will feel satiated by the end of the meal and not prone to temptation.
· Don’t give in to the “I deserve it” mode. What you deserve is to be healthy while still enjoying the foods you already love, not succumbing to unhealthy indulgences.
· Don’t torture yourself if you accidentally consume something that’s been batter-dipped or a breaded. Remember that it’s only one meal.
· If there’s a controlled carb dish you particularly relish at a restaurant, ask if you can find out how to make it at home. That way you can add to your repertoire of favorites and enjoy it as often as you like.
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As you begin your odyssey through the phases of Atkins, your body will need to make a number of adjustments as it focuses its priorities on burning fat. Most of these changes are completed within the first few weeks, after which you should have smooth sailing with few if any ongoing side effects.
However in those first few transition weeks, there are a few common problems people encounter, but luckily they are pretty easy to manage. First, while your shift from burning carbs to fat is in transition, don’t rush out and start new or more intense exercise routine. Give your body the benefit of 2-3 weeks to adjust before pushing out your exercise envelop. Second, shifting over to fat metabolism and making those things called ketones, has a diuretic effect on your kidneys, which means they speed up the amount of salt and water they get rid of. Overall, that’s a good thing, because you will feel less bloated, and people with high blood pressure often see their numbers come down nicely in the first few days or weeks. But for many of us this can be too much of a good thing, particularly if you weren’t bloated or have high blood pressure to begin with. The good news is that this is a cheap and easy problem to manage – all it takes is drinking enough water and adequate sodium;a cup or two of broth each day will do the trick if you prefer low sodium foods. This broth, which you can make for yourself at home or from bouillon cubes, keeps your circulation primed and ready for action despite the extra fluid and salt being released by your kidneys.
Get this down right at the start, and you won’t have headaches, dizziness, fatigue, weak legs, or constipation. If any of these symptoms do crop up, ask yourself, “have I had a cup of bouillon within the last 6 hours”. Most often you will find the answer is no, and when you make this your routine, these side effects are gone for good. And yes, eating your vegetables from day one of the diet also helps with these issues as well.
http://www.atkins.com/Program/FourPhases/WhatIsInduction/TwoWeekMealPlan.aspx
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We both went for blood work, and Duane's blood sugar was 150. The doctor was alarmed. He said we should get off the Atkins diet, that is was bad for you. Duane's cholesterol was also high.
We live in Zambia, so changing doctors is not an option. He is the only American doctor around.
What should we do?
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