Synopsis of my case: 2004

The best diet plan is the one that works for you.

The most effective diet is the one you can stick to, a balance diet with exercise regularly, and incorporates that into your life style.

The Fat Fast (official version)

Counterintuitive as it may sound, if you can't budge the scale on Induction, a few days on this regimen may well allow you to break through metabolic resistance.

Certain individuals are so metabolically resistant that only more intense dietary restrictions prove successful. Once medications, thyroid problems and candida are brought under control, almost all overweight people who diligently adhere to the Atkins Nutritional Approach™ will lose and keep off weight. But for the small group of people for whom it does not work, more extreme measures are necessary.

To help these metabolically resistant people, Dr. Atkins has modified what he calls "the most effective weight-loss eating pattern ever described." British researchers Alan Kekwick and Gaston Pawan developed it, and Frederick Benoit and his team confirmed its superiority in burning off fat, compared to an absolute total fast. This extreme diet consists of 1,000 calories daily, comprised of 90 percent fat. No other weight-loss regimen has matched its ability to burn off stored fat. Dr. Atkins modified the Kekwick diet to make it as enjoyable as possible and dubbed it the "Fat Fast." He tried it on scores of patients and found it often worked for those who were unable to lose weight in any other safe, drug-free way.

The Kekwick diet forces the body into lipolysis so it burns its stores of fat. Lipolysis cannot take place if there is a significant source of glucose. Since all carbohydrates and some protein convert to energy by way of glucose, eliminating almost everything but fat from the diet forces even the most resistant body into lipolysis. That explains the 90 percent dietary-fat component. Lowering the caloric intake accelerates the need to burn up body fat—thus the 1,000-calorie limit.

The Fat Fast is one controlled carb program where you do have to count calories. You'll eat 1,000 calories a day, with 75 percent to 90 percent comprised of fat. Frequent feedings prevent hunger better than three meals a day, so you consume five feedings, perhaps one every four hours, comprising 200 calories each. Because of the high fat content and frequent feedings, very few people experience much hunger. The stumbling block for some people is the absence of conventional meals. But most are willing to stick with it for a few days, even if the food selections are unfulfilling.

Caution: The Fat Fast is actually dangerous for anyone who is not metabolically resistant. For people who lose weight fairly easily, the rate of weight loss is too rapid to be safe. But it carries very little risk for people who can barely lose on any other regimen.

Step One: Eat Mostly FatBegin with five 200-calorie feedings per day and follow for four or five days. Each item equals approximately 200 calories:

· one ounce of macadamia nuts or macadamia nut butter

· two ounces of cream cheese or Brie

· one ounce of tuna or chicken salad with two teaspoons of mayonnaise (76% fat, 23% carbs, 1% protein) served in one-quarter of an avocado This diet will make your skin soft and glowing, especially if you take the vitamins I suggested. With exercise, you will stay young forever…….

· two deviled eggs made with two teaspoons of mayonnaise

· two ounces of sour cream and two tablespoons black or red caviar

· two and a half ounces whipped heavy cream topped with sucralose zero-calorie syrup

· two ounces of pâté (check label for fat content)

· two egg yolks (hard-boiled) with one tablespoon of mayonnaise

Step Two: Modify the Fat FastIf increasing the fat-to-carbohydrate ratio and cutting calories work, any dietary change in that direction might get the job done. Next, you can try four meals a day of roughly 300 calories for a total of 1,200 calories. That should work, too, and what it allows is definitely more appealing to the taste buds:

· two ounces of beef chuck (do not drain fat) cooked in two tablespoons of olive oil

· two scrambled eggs with two strips of nitrate-free bacon

· two tablespoons of full-fat sour cream with a tablespoon of sugar-free syrup

· one-quarter cup chicken or tuna salad made with two tablespoons of mayonnaise

· three ounces of pâté (check label for fat content)

· one-and-a-half ounces of macadamia nuts

Step Three: Return to InductionTry the 1,200-calorie regimen for a week, then go back to Induction. Or simply follow the concept of increasing the ratio of fat to protein. No one should have to feel that losing weight is hopeless. Sometimes the key to achieving your goal weight permanently is quite difficult to adhere to, but rarely is it simply impossible.

Fat Fast Diet plan : by Mona Chu 7/1/2004 4:17:35 PM

The idea of this plan is to let your body burned fat as fuel, as oppose to typically burn different forms of sugar as fuel. By eating a large percentage of fat in your meal, this forces your body to access stored fat because you are not eating carb to convert to sugar to burn as fuel right away. With low calories intake, and exercise (or not if you are one of those too busy and tired each day), you will burn more stored fat.

Typically, I would like to suggest calories intake per day should be equal to the ideal weight you would like to achieve. Let say, you are 5’4, and your ideal weight is 100 lbs., then your daily maintenance calories intake is ~1000-1200, this amount is just to keep you alive without any kind of movement or workout, plus the kind of movement or workout you do each day. That is to say, when you sit and watch TV, required less calories then when you run around all day, so you eat accordingly. Also, should note that when you take fewer calories than your body required, your body would go into starvation mode, which slows down your metabolism. Important to keep this in mind.

Most importantly, to avoid yo-yo dieting, and to maintain the weight you lose, made sure to adjust this to make it into your life style. You can do this either after you lose all the weight you wanted, or when you have little weight to lose.

Meal plan:

Anytime feel hungry, 1-3 Tbl of Psyllium husk.

Out of bed: - Psyllium Whole Husk – enough to feel full. 1-5 Tablespoon.

or Colon Enhancer Powder with 8oz water

-Tea or Coffee with Half & Half.

-First meal (five 200-calorie feedings per day from above meal plan).

Recommend: one ounce of tuna or chicken salad with two teaspoons of mayonnaise served in one-quarter of an avocado

Meal each 4 hour, set alarm as needed.

Before bed: - Psyllium Husk – enough to feel full. 1-5 Tablespoon.

or Colon Enhancer Powder with 8oz water

Meal replacement: you can substitute above meal with 1 ounce of Macadamias nuts if you are going to be out where there is no refrigeration.

This plan is about 1000 -1200 calories as indicated in Step One above. Drop meals to 4X per day to 800 calories if is not losing weight, then 600 calories if still not losing weight, especially for women. You may want to add tea with Half and Half if you feel needed, or when you are not satisfy with the meal.

For beginners:

If you feel hungry when eating chicken and avocado or other meal plan, try to eat animal fats (steak, roast duck, etc.) of 90% fat and 10% protein, 200 calories or more until satisfy, with Psyllium husks prior to the meal, once a day or more until no craving, preferably the 1^st or 2^nd meal of the day when you just begin your Fat Fast. This will ensure you don’t feel hungry all day. My favor is duck fats, as in Peking or roast duck from Chinatown. Anytime when I feel hungry, I mix a meal of roast duck with 90% duck fat. This inhibit from craving.

A sign of achieve fat burning (lipolysis) process is when you don’t feel hungry, and don’t feel like eating; but you must eat every 4 hr of 200 cal 90% fat as explained above. Also, you get headaches, foggy, cloudy, trouble sleeping, not as sharp and easily irritable.

Exercise to achieve fat burning (lipolysis) process sooner. Stop when achieve fat burning process. If you stop losing weight (metabolic resistance), then back to exercise again.

THIS IS A MUST DO!

You must clean your environment, get rid of all junk foods and such, that means even instant noodle, all fruits and vegetables, especially any kinds of candy or anything to do with sugar, flour or any kinds of processed food.

Some people may have trouble sleeping, feel cloudy all day or

headaches. This shall too pass after 2 weeks or so. Therefore,

I would highly recommended that you arranged this such that it won’t
affect your work schedule.

You might needed to take something to regulate your bowel if taking

Psyllium Husk can not do the job of helping you to go to the bathroom.

Before you start this diet, you must be ready to made a change, and must

follow this diet plan no matter what, or else, you are going to gain
weight as oppose to losing weight.

Do not weight yourself everyday. Do so ~ once a week at the same time

each week. Preferably, after you get up in the morning. Also measure
your waist as a better indication of weight lose.

Other food recommendation, using the same concept as 90% fat & 10% protein:

Steak with 90% fat, eat until not hungry.

My favorite fat fast diet food and are very enjoyable, are cheesecake and chicken wing (62% fat, 0% carbs, 38% protein) with curry (both are my favorite food) plus Psyllium husks prior to the meal. Add enough avocado (77% fat, 19% carbs, 4% protein) to make 90% fat, the total of 200 calorie. Check this for nutrient information. http://www.fitday.com/webfit/FoodFacts_Outside.html

http://www.fitday.com/webfit/calories/calories.html

Curry chicken wing:

Heat pan, add chicken wing to stir-fry with ginger. When brown, add cooking wine (low card) or wine, and your favorite curry to your taste, preferably with heat/hot pepper as it helps to speed up metabolism. Cook until tender.

Add coconut milk (89% fat, 8% carbs, 3% protein), milk or chicken soup with yogurt or heavy cream to the pan,

Mix the cooked chicken wing with curry and coconut milk in the pot. Let it sit for a few minutes before consuming or package.

-I usually make enough to last a few days.

-1 meal = mix the curry with 1-2 chicken wings (1 wing =mid section and drumstick). You can also add ¼ fresh avocado .

Meal Preparation Ideas:

one ounce of tuna or chicken salad with two teaspoons of mayonnaise (76% fat, 23% carbs, 1% protein) served in one-quarter of an avocado

Since you will mostly eating chicken and avocado, you may wanted to cook one week meals all at once, chop them up, then at night when you are preparing for dinner, you can also prepared your next day’s meals in small containers and take it to your office.

Put those meals in small containers to carry to work. This also minimize the headache of “what to eat for lunch” and save a lot of money. Set alarm clock to remind you to eat if needed. You must eat something every 4 hrs to keep your metabolism running, also to eliminate from craving.

Your skins will never been better in your life, especially if you take the vitamins I suggested. With exercise, you will stay young forever…….

Caution: If you are losing too much weight, more then 2 lbs per week, you need to up the calories to 300 per meal, or go to Step Two. When you losing too much weight at once, your body needed time to adjust to the new weight, 1 lb to 2 lbs per week is reasonable, more then that would be dangerous because your body started craving, which leads you to binge-eat, and lead you to gain weight or another failed diet plan. This is true only when you don’t have too much to lose, such as 20-30lbs.

If you gained those extra pounds in a short period of time recently, then it is ok to quickly lose the weight using Fat Fast. I go from ~145lb to 127-8lbs in a month of Fat Fast (7/14/08---8/11/08); which I gain within the last 8-10 months; with the following meal plan:

Morning coffee with half & half 100

Noon typical curry chicken wing w/ avocado 200

4pm typical curry chicken wing w/ avocado 200

8pm typical curry chicken wing w/ avocado 200

9pm tea with HH when needed 30

After a week or so on Fat Fast, I noticed chest (lunge?) pain when wake up every morning. Hurt when make a movement such as turning. But everything is back to normal after one normal Carb dinner.

Another side affect of low Carb diet is that you are not as sharp or learn as fast on a balance diet. I really have a hard time learning and focusing as I am preparing to take a test. That’s why I abort the continuation of Fat-Fast prematurely before achieve my ideal goal of 92-100 lb, my pre-NYC weight.

CheeseCake

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

Serving 12

1 cup butter, room temperature
4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3 eggs, room temperature. 5 eggs, room temperature
2 cups heavy cream
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Serving 6

1/2 cup butter, room temperature
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup white sugar
2-1/2 eggs, room temperature
1 cup heavy cream
2-1/4 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch springform pan.
Using an electric mixer, beat the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until blended. Stir in the heavy cream, cornstarch and vanilla.
Wrap the bottom of the springform pan with aluminum foil. Line a roasting pan with a damp kitchen towel. Place cheesecake pan on towel, inside roasting pan, and place roasting pan on oven rack. Fill roasting pan with boiling water to reach halfway up the sides of the cheesecake pan. Bake for 60 minutes, or until center of the cheesecake is just firm. Cool at room temperature for 1 hour. Refrigerate until set before removing from pan.
Do Not over cook this as it is suppose to be moist. Bake for 60min or until firm.

DETAILED NUTRITION

Serving Size	1/12 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe	12

Amount Per Serving
Calories	664
Calories from Fat	523

	% Daily Value *
Total Fat 58.1g	89 %
Saturated Fat 35.9g	180 %
Cholesterol 265mg	88 %
Sodium 374mg	15 %
Potassium 152mg	4 %
Total Carbohydrates 29.2g	9 %
Dietary Fiber 0g	< 1 %
Protein 9.2g	18 %
Sugars 25.4g
Vitamin A	43 %
Vitamin C	< 1 %
Calcium	13 %
Iron	13 %
Thiamin	4 %
Niacin	13 %
Vitamin B6	5 %
Magnesium	4 %
Folate	12 %

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Very-Very-Very-Good-Cheesecake/Detail.aspx

Out of bed: - Psyllium Husk – enough to feel full. 1-5 Tablespoon.

or Colon Enhancer Power with 8oz water

-Tea or Coffee with Half & Half.

1 hour later: - 1 ounce of chicken with 2 teaspoons of mayonnaise served in one-quarter

of avocado.

- multivitamins

- CLA

- Borage Oil.

4 hours later: - Psyllium Husk – enough to feel full. 1-5 Tablespoon.

or Colon Enhancer Power with 8oz water

- 1 ounce of chicken with 2 teaspoons of mayonnaise served in one-quarter

of avocado.

4 hours later: - Psyllium Husk – enough to feel full. 1-5 Tablespoon.

or Colon Enhancer Power with 8oz water

- 1 ounce of chicken with 2 teaspoons of mayonnaise served in one-quarter

of avocado.

- multivitamins

4 hours later: - Psyllium Husk – enough to feel full. 1-5 Tablespoon.

or Colon Enhancer Power with 8oz water

- 1 ounce of chicken with 2 teaspoons of mayonnaise served in one-quarter

of avocado.

4 hours later: - Psyllium Husk – enough to feel full. 1-5 Tablespoon.

or Colon Enhancer Power with 8oz water

- 1 ounce of chicken with 2 teaspoons of mayonnaise served in one-quarter

of avocado.

- multivitamins

Before bed: - Psyllium Husk – enough to feel full. 1-5 Tablespoon.

or Colon Enhancer Power with 8oz water

Subject: Re: Atkins "Fat Fast" Diet
From: pinkfreud-ga on 19 Apr 2006 13:00 PDT

This might help a little:

http://www.lowcarbing.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=78&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

Subject: Re: Atkins "Fat Fast" Diet
From: cep-ga on 15 Jun 2006 11:58 PDT

a.      2 oz. cream cheese

b.      1 oz. macademia nuts

c.      2 oz. sour cream plus 1 tsp. caviar on 3-4 pork rinds

d.      2 deviled eggs yellow halves (not whites) on 3-4 pork rinds

e.      2. oz. chicken or egg salad made with double mayonnaise

f.      1. oz. of any of above in � small avacado

g.      2-� oz. whipped heavy cream with artificial sweetener and vanilla

Other 200-calorie substitutes (with quite a bit of duplication):

1.      # 1/4 cup heavy or whipping cream in a large mug of coffee (I use

this to jump start my day and prevent abuse of those near and

sometimes dear to me. In the summer I make it the night before and put

it in the refrigerator, then pour it over ice. You could also pour it

into popsicle molds and freeze it for Coffee Fat Fasticles. Yum!)

2.      # 4 strips of bacon

3.      # Peanut Butter Cream Cheese

    * 1 ounce cream cheese

    * 1 tablespoon sugar free peanut butter

    * 1 tablespoon heavy or whipping cream

    * 10 drops Liquid Sweet & Low (or artificial sweetener of your choice)

    * 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Blend all ingredients in a small bowl.

Serves 1. Approximately 208 calories.

***Note: If you life this one, make up several servings at one time

and stick them into the refrigerator in custard cups for individual

servings. That way you only have one cleanup.

4.      # 2 ounces of cream cheese stuffed in one large celery stalk

5.      # 1/2 pork rinds with 2 ounces of sour cream

# Pork Rinds With Sour Cream Dip (This is not my recipe - Judi (Island

Girl) forwarded it to me.)

    * 1/2 ounce plain pork rinds (1/6 of 3-ounce bag)

    * 1/4 cup sour cream

    * 1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese

Blend parmesan into sour cream and use as dip for pork rinds

Without Parmesan: 164 calories, 8 grams fat (79%)

With Parmesan: 187 calories, 15 grams fat (77%)

6.      # 2 tablespoons of sugar free peanut butter on an approximately 7

1/2-inch stalk of celery.

7.      # 1/4 cup heavy or whipping cream, whipped, sweetened with

artificial sweetener, and flavored with vanilla or some other extract.

8.      # 2 ounces of sour cream on approximately 1/2 cup sliced cucumber.

9.      # Tuna or chicken salad with triple the usually amount of mayonnaise.

I cook the bejeebers out of a whole chicken in the crockpot until the

meat is literally falling off the bones, then shred the meat and save

it for chicken salad or for soups. I strain the broth carefully (watch

for small bones!) and freeze it.

I will usually reuse the broth to cook more than one chicken, which

results in a superb, flavorful extra-strength broth which is great to

sip on if you're sick.

10.     # 2 egg yolks mashed up with lots of mayonnaise, salt, and pepper

(like you would for deviled eggs), but eaten plain or with a few pork

rinds, cucumber slices, or a celery stick

11.     # Peanut Butter Pudding (This is Rani Merens' recipe.)

    * 2 tablespoons of sour cream

    * 1 teaspoon sugar free peanut butter

    * Splenda (to taste)

Combine all the ingredients. This thickens up magnificently, and can

either be eaten "as is" or partially frozen, but don't let it get rock

hard unless you just want to suck on it.

***Note: If you life this one, make up several servings at one time

and stick them into the refrigerator in custard cups for individual

servings. That way you only have one cleanup.

12.     # 1/4 cup heavy or whipping cream in a can of diet soda (any flavor)

13.     # 1/2 package sugar free Jell-O in 1/2 cup whipped heavy or whipping cream

14.     # 1/4 cup heavy or whipping cream, whipped, with 1 teaspoon

unsweetened cocoa powder and a few drops of liquid artificial

sweetener added (to taste).

***Note: If you life this one, make up several servings at one time

and stick them into the refrigerator in custard cups for individual

servings. That way you only have one cleanup.

15.     # Jell-O Whip (Someone named Chris sent this to me a couple of years ago.)

    * 1 small package sugar free Jell-O (any flavor)

    * 1/2 cup boiling water

    * 4 ice cubes

    * 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature and cut into cubes

    * 4 tablespoons heavy or whipping cream

Dissolve the Jell-O completely in the boiling water, then add the ice

cubes to cool it down and to thicken it.

When the ice cubes are melted, pour the gelatin mixture in the blender

and add the cutup cream cheese. Whirl it around until the ingredients

are completely blended. Pour the mixture into a mixing bowl.

Whip the four ounces of cream, then fold it into the cream cheese mixture.

Divide the mixture into 5 equal portions, cover each with plastic

wrap, and put them in the refrigerator to chill.

This makes 5 servings, or all the you need for one day of the Fat

Fast. Of course, you wouldn't have to eat all 5 servings in one day.

You could alternate them with other food choices.

16.     # Cream Cheese Jell-O Chunks (Someone sent me this idea, too, but

I've misplaced their name).

10 ounces cream cheese, cut into 20 equal squares (Not softened!) 1

small packet sugar free Jell-O, any flavor

Pour the dry gelatin powder into a small bowl or onto a salad plate. Set aside.

Roll the 20 cream cheese squares into balls. Roll each ball in the dry

gelatin mixture. Place the coated balls on a plate, cover them with

plastic wrap, and put them in the refrigerator until you're ready to

eat them

Each Fat Fast serving is 4 balls.

17. one ounce of macadamia nuts

18. one ounce of macadamia nut butter

19. two ounces of cream cheese

20. two ounces of Brie

21. one ounce of tuna or chicken salad with two teaspoons of

mayonnaise served in one-quarter of an avocado

22. two deviled eggs made with two teaspoons of mayonnaise two ounces

of sour cream and two tablespoons black or red caviar

23. two and a half ounces whipped heavy cream topped with sucralose

zero-calorie syrup

24. two ounces of p�t� (check label for fat content)

25. two egg yolks (hard-boiled) with one tablespoon of mayonnaise

26. 1-1/3 ounces of beef chuck (do not drain fat) cooked in 1 1-3

tablespoons of olive oil

27. 1 1/3 scrambled eggs with 1 1/3 strips of nitrate-free bacon

28. 1 1/3 tablespoons of full-fat sour cream with a 2/3 tablespoon of

sugar-free syrup

29. 1/6 cup chicken or tuna salad made with 1-2/3 tablespoons of mayonnaise

30. 2 ounces of p�t� (check label for fat content)

31. 1 ounce of macadamia nuts

4.1 What is ketosis?

        Ketones are chemicals that your body produces as a by product

of combusting fat.  You can buy "ketostix" which, when passed through

urine, can tell you whether or not you are in ketosis.  Ketosis happens

during fasting, low carbohydrate diets, pregnancy and it can be caused

by diabetes.

        On Dr. Atkins diet ketosis is the goal.  You use up your store

of glycogen (blood sugar) and then your body permanently goes into fat

burning mode to fuel your bodily functions.  See one of Dr. Atkins' books

for more information.

        Members of the low carb mailing list have looked for information

on Medline about ketosis.  The only information that has been found is

about ketosis and an underlying disease which brings on ketosis (such

as diabetes, starvation and so on).  From this many people have assumed

that ketosis is harmful, rather than the disease causing the state.

We don't really know if long-term ketosis caused by a high protein diet

is good, bad or indifferent.

4.2 What is the fat-fast?

        You may hear people talking about the fat-fast, which sometimes

get capitalized to FAT FAST simply because it is kind of a difficult and

dramatic thing to do.  Think about 30 times before doing this.  It takes a

big toll on your energy levels.  This was paraphrased from Dr. Atkins's

book "The New Diet Revolution".

The background of Fat Fast:

There was a study done by Frederick Benoit and his associates at

the Oakland Naval Hospital.  They compare "the 1000-calorie, 10-gm-

carbohydrate, high-fat diet with fasting in seven men weighing

between 230 and 290 pounds.  On the 10-day fast, they lost 21 pounds

on average, but most of that was lean body weight; only 7.5 pounds

was body fat.  But on the ketogenic diet, 14 of the 14.5 pounds lost

was body fat." (NDR, p. 61)

Who should do fat fast?

People who are metabolically resistant, meaning people who can't lose

weight on the Induction diet, or a low-fat diet of under 900 calories,

and those who don't even get into a ketosis/lipolysis metabolism under

any circumstances. (NDR, p.183)

What is the Fat Fast diet?

Fat Fast is based on the study by Benoit.  It is designed for the

hard core metabolically resistant people.  It is not supposed to help

you lose fat fast, but rather to push your metabolism to go into

ketosis (the fat burning mode).

It is a 1000-calorie a day, 90% fat diet.  You divide the food into

small portions, and have them at different times of the day.

Dr. Atkins suggested dividing 1000 calories into five 200-calorie

portions, and have it at 7am, 11am, 3pm, 7pm, and before bedtime.

(NDR, p.186-87)

Some suggestions for 200-calorie portions are:

o  2 oz. of sour cream, containing 1 tablespoon of caviar, served

    on three or four crisply fried pork rinds.

o  2 deviled egg halves, served not in the whites, but on the pork

   rinds or on a thin slice of a soya bread recipe.

o  Graham Newbould's Pate for Royalty (2 oz.) served on the soya bread.

o  2 oz. of chicken salad made with triple the usual amount of mayonnaise

   (Or ham salad, egg salad, shrimp salad.)

o  1 oz. of the above in a half avocado.

o  2.5 oz. of whipped heavy cream, artificially sweetened, and with ground

   vanilla beans.

o  1 oz. of macadamia nuts (Or walnuts, or other nuts that fits the 90% fat

   criteria.)

o  2 oz. of cream cheese.

o  Any other recipe or food choices that fits the 200-calorie and 90% fat

   criteria.

When should I do Fat Fast?

It is a good idea to try Fat Fast for two days right after the Induction

diet, just to prove that you don't feel hungry.  However, it is not

recommended to continue for over a week because it has not been tested

for long term use.  It should be interspersed with the Induction diet or

some other strict level of the Atkins diet to make sure that FMS production

is not suppressed by the interposed carbohydrate.  The strategy should be

to lose on the Fat Fast and to use the regular Atkins diet to maintain that

loss. (NDR, p187-88)

nctions.
at About Being In Ketosis?

Establishing this metabolic state of ketosis even for a short period of time has many outstanding benefits.
The main benefit being that it increases the body's ability to utilize fats for fuel, which gets very lazy on a high carbohydrate diet. When on high carbohydrate diets the body can usually expect an energy source to keep entering the body. But in the state of ketosis the body has to become efficient at mobilizing fats as energy.

Another nifty thing about being in a state of ketosis is that if the body has no further use for ketones they can simply be excreted through urine as a waste product. This means that at times your body will be peeing out body fat! This is a novel theme because you body is very efficient at storing energy substrates for later use.
Ketosis has a protein sparing effect, assuming that you are consuming adequate quantities of protein and calories in the first place. Once in ketosis the body actually prefers ketones to glucose. Since the body has copious quanities of fat this means that there is no need to oxidize protein to generate glucose through gluconeogenesis.
Another benefit has to do with the low levels of insulin in the body, which causes greater lipolysis and free glycerol release compared to a normal diet when insulin is around 80-120. Insulin has a lipolysis blocking effect, which can inhibit the use of fatty acids as energy. Also when insulin is brought to low levels many beneficial hormones are released in the body such as growth hormone and other powerful growth factors.
Another small but very important benefit about the ketogenic diet is that when in the state of ketosis, ketones seem to blunt hunger in many people. I mean honestly, what is not better than being on a low calorie diet and not being hungry all the time like you usually are such as on a high carbohydrate diet. Since on the ketogenic diet you have to consume a lot of fat, which hold 9 calories, you are not getting much food volume. This makes not being hungry a very good thing when on the diet. When you add such thermogenics like the ECA stack and prescription appetite suppressants you won't even think about your next meal. It's kind of funny that when the Atkins' diet first came out one of the early criticisms was that the diet blunted hunger too much! What, is it mandatory to be hungry on a reduced calorie diet?
The last benefit has to do with the fact that a ketone body is an inefficient fuel source due to the fact that when the fatty acid is converted to a KB it contains 7 calories. This means that the normal pound of fat has less than 3500 calories.
Where Is The Scientific Data?

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/keto.htm

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/keto.htm

Synopsis of my case

Thursday, July 1, 2004

Fat Fash Diet

CheeseCake

Serving 12

Serving 6

DIRECTIONS