About Melissa Anderson Expertise I have a Bachelor`s degree in biochemistry, researched metabolism and endocrinology for four years, and am currently attending medical school. Ask me anything and everything relating to Atkins and other low-carb diet plans!
Experience I've been on Atkins since 2001 and I'm still going strong!
Education/Credentials Professionally, I have a Bachelor's degree in biochemistry, researched metabolism and endocrinology for four years, and am currently attending medical school.
Question Have you ever read or studied Dr. Swartzbein's theory
Answer Kara,
Sure! Dina Schwarzbein is the author of a popular diet book, The Schwarzbein Principle. The book's principles are essentially identical to the Atkins diet. Both are great ways to lose weight and get healthy.
One warning on both diets: Neither asks you to limit the amount of saturated fat in your diet. If both your bad and good cholesterol are normal, then that's fine. But if your bad cholesterol is high from years of eating white bread, rice, and pasta, then your body may have lost its natural ability to handle saturated fat, and you might want to watch the amount you're eating. Generally people with high "bad" (LDL) cholesterol should not get more than 10% of their daily calories from saturated fat, so if you eat 2,000 calories per day, you should have no more than 22 grams of saturated fat daily.
