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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
I went with the South Beach diet instead (about 5 years ago). Not as radical as Atkins and, yes... It has worked long term.
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I was reading through their website, and phases, and found that many of the same concepts are not revolutionary compared to other diets discussed on GFY over the years.
A lot of the discussion, especially in phase one, is about sugars, insulin, and "turning on your fat burning engine". Basically, it's about increasing your veggies, eliminating the shit that raises your insulin level so your body burns fat versus sugar.
The carbs are just an added twist I suppose in helping to eat good versus bad. It also does talk about (on their website) for each carb you eat, you retain some amount of water, which can lead to you feeling bloated, etc..