you are not eating as many carbs. Carbs turn to sugar which your body stores as fat and you will eventually gain weight if you are not exercising to burn excessive calories off.
Atkins puts your body into a state of ketosis, which is an imbalance. It s the same reason that people on strict Atkins have such bad breath body odor. That imbalance is what allows them to lose the weight.
No-one should be on the Atkins diet. It is full of saturated fats which give you much higher risk of heart disease, bowel cancer and multiple sclerosis. If you want to lose weight, I recommend reducing your fat intake instead of your carbohydrate intake. Eat less meat, and more fresh fruit and veg. Pasta and bread are fine in moderation.
I think it works on the premise that if you starve your body of carbohydrates (sugar), it s forced to break down the fat to get the sugar it needs to distribute throughout the body.
Actually, by cutting out carbs, your ARE cutting calories. The body has a limited capability to absorb protein so eating more will not necessarily provide more protein calories. This is why there is so much undigested meat in the average person s large intestines.Also, because the brain, red blood cells, and kidneys need carbs, the body will break down muscle to make the carbs for these vital functions. Uric acid is generated as a byproduct which the body will have to flush out via the kidneys (which are low on fuel). The lost muscle and water account for most of the weight loss on low carb diets. Because both of these are denser than fat, the initial weight loss will be tremendous. However, the lost muscle mass will slow your metabolism and cause you to stop losing weight (just like any other starvation diet).Here is more info on low carb diets.http://www.spartafit.com/articles/low%20��
