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Re: ?Carb/Fat/Protein ratios?
Atkins is NOT a high protein diet. It is a high FAT diet. Yum. Here's a little tip about protein....when you over consume protein, your body will turn it into a sugar and then into STORED fat. You don't want this to happen. Also, Atkins is a LOW CARB diet not a NO CARB diet. You should be eating up to 20 NET carbohydrates PER DAY. Most of these carbohydrates should be consumed in the form of vegetables. You are allowed 3 cups of vegetables PER DAY on induction...and far more than that as you add foods back in the ongoing weight loss phase.
You can get your fats from a variety of sources--vegetable fats include all vegetable oils (make sure they are not hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated) really good vegetable fats are in olives, olive oil, ground flax seed, flax seed oil, avacados, etc. Animal fats come in the form of the actual fats in the cuts of meat, but also in dairy products (only eat the full fat versions).
Dr. Atkins says to NOT try to do a low fat version of this diet. It just doesn't work, and you don't get the full effect of what's known as the "Atkins metabolic advantage"--switching to a stored fat burning state.
Back2Back, I'd suggest re-reading your Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution 2002 edition. It's really important to do the diet as Dr. Atkins says to do it, not from what we've heard on the news or some other low-carb plan. It works, and most of the time it works FAST if you do it correctly. There are so many health advantages when done properly, and so many health disadvantages when we try to make up our OWN rules as we go. (I know from experience).
Atkins is NOT a high protein diet. It is a high FAT diet. Yum. Here's a little tip about protein....when you over consume protein, your body will turn it into a sugar and then into STORED fat. You don't want this to happen. Also, Atkins is a LOW CARB diet not a NO CARB diet. You should be eating up to 20 NET carbohydrates PER DAY. Most of these carbohydrates should be consumed in the form of vegetables. You are allowed 3 cups of vegetables PER DAY on induction...and far more than that as you add foods back in the ongoing weight loss phase.
You can get your fats from a variety of sources--vegetable fats include all vegetable oils (make sure they are not hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated) really good vegetable fats are in olives, olive oil, ground flax seed, flax seed oil, avacados, etc. Animal fats come in the form of the actual fats in the cuts of meat, but also in dairy products (only eat the full fat versions).
Dr. Atkins says to NOT try to do a low fat version of this diet. It just doesn't work, and you don't get the full effect of what's known as the "Atkins metabolic advantage"--switching to a stored fat burning state.
Back2Back, I'd suggest re-reading your Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution 2002 edition. It's really important to do the diet as Dr. Atkins says to do it, not from what we've heard on the news or some other low-carb plan. It works, and most of the time it works FAST if you do it correctly. There are so many health advantages when done properly, and so many health disadvantages when we try to make up our OWN rules as we go. (I know from experience).
so if you could, pleeeeeeeeease... a list of GOOD High Fat Foods... and Some Sample Menus...? Thanks For You Knowledge! 
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