One of the most common, and helpful effects of following the Atkins diet is appetite suppression.
Many followers of the plan report that the between meal hunger pangs they used to experience fade away very quickly. This makes it easier to stay on the diet and continue to lose weight.
While other diets have their followers starving between meals, the Atkins diet offers relief from constant hunger. The Atkins diet, with its specific combination of foods and ingredients, has powerful appetite suppressing effects.
This is in main due to the amount of protein and fat in the diet, which has drawn fire from a lot of critics who say it is not heart-healthy as a long-term successful lifestyle strategy, versus a mere diet strategy. But if you want to lose weight fast, it DOES work. Keeping it off, however, might be another story.
The first key component in the appetite suppression aspect of the Atkins diet is the amount of protein in it. Protein, much more so than carbohydrates, has the power to satiate hunger.
If you’ve ever eaten a carb-heavy meal like Chinese food, and then felt hungry afterward, you know that carbohydrates don’t have much staying power.
They are burnt quickly as energy, or stored as fat. Protein, when combined with a small amount of healthy fats, can keep you feeling full for long periods of time.
Continued Atkins and Appetite Suppression Part 2
