Couver Health Journal

Archive for September 30th, 2010

Of all diets that walk flowing through there, the Atkins diet is undoubtedly one of the most famous. For if you do not know it, in this diet dominates the consumption of food of animal origin and reduces the intake of foods rich in carbohydrates, which is viewed with suspicion by several sectors of the community of nutritionists.

Framed in this line of questioning, a group of researchers from several health institutions Americans have shown that the Atkins diet may end damaging the cardiovascular system in one of its phases, which puts in Jacque for the umpteenth time to this nutritional program.

The Atkins diet account of four phases: Introduction, weight loss, progressive Pre-Maintenance and Maintenance. It is in this last phase where begin cardiovascular problems in the agency according to researchers.

Studied 18 healthy people with a Body Mass Index (BMI) average over four weeks, the researchers noted that in the maintenance phase Atkins the dilated veins in the patients was being reduced to the high consumption of foods high in fat on the part of the same.

Once more the Atkins diet receives questioning, although it has to take into account that this is a nutritional program already has more than 30 successful years in vogue. In any case, your nutritionist has the answer to your particular case.