Identification
- The Atkins Diet is a popular diet created with healthy bodies in mind. The Atkins Diet teaches you to eat foods that help your body burn fat, making you lose weight. It focuses on a diet low in carbohydrates. The Atkins Diet restricts carbohydrates and refocuses the body into burning glucose, which helps change the metabolism.
Invented
- Dr. Robert Atkins created the Atkins Diet after reading an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Being overweight himself, Dr. Atkins made the Atkins Diet useful for himself first, then started his series of books. His first book was published in 1972 but became most popular after the year 2000. Dr. Atkins passed away in 2003.
Benefits
- The Atkins Diet focuses on allowing your body to eat the way it was meant to eat by consuming more proteins and vegetables. It is a low carbohydrate diet, which means that less breads and grains are eaten. The theory is that your body will now burn fat instead of burning carbohydrates and you will lose weight and stay healthier by reducing certain risk factors involved with being overweight.
Features
- The Atkins Diet has a convenient home delivery system that lets you receive Atkins Diet meals right at your doorstep. It's easy to get started on the home delivery program. Once you start on the program you'll have meals delivered to your door once a week. On the 28-day plan, meals are delivered via FedEx. If you need to go out of town, as long as you give seven days notice, your delivery will be suspended and a credit issued upon your return. The meal plans start at $34.95 per day for the 28-day plan.
The Facts
- To order the Atkins Diet plan you will need to visit the Atkins Home Delivery site. There you can order from the 28-day plan and even have access to a personal coach. You get seven days of food per week, which includes three meals per day and one snack. You are responsible for shipping and handling. The menus are on a rotating plan so that you get a variety of food.
