Wow! i thought i'm the only one who's undergoing Atkins Diet here.
Been on Atkins for morethan a week now. The 20g of carb limit is really essential. Their reason is for our body to switch from burning carb to burning fat as body fuel.
As i read their manual i run into their explanation that our body burns carb to fuel our day to day activity because carb consist almost 70% of daily diet of a person
Example of carbs:
Bread
Rice
Potato
Corn
Wheat
Cereals
Sweet potato
Pasta
etc
and so we must refrain from eating those mentioned food and limit the carb to not morethan 20g per day. They also said that after 2-3 days of having low carb diet, your body will automatically switch to burn your stored and uneeded fats and thus you will lose weight.
Here's the good side about atkins... since i started it, my energy is always on the peak. Unlike before that after eating, im feeling lazy and sleepy (coz of carb)
Try it! You'll never regret it!
http://www.atkins.com