Why is the High Protein Diet Still Going Strong!

Oh crikey, here we go again. Back to the high protein fad by popular demand! So is the high protein diet right for you that’s the question! And what’s wrong with the diet you’re on, assuming you’re a dieter? If you're not, I bet you're thinking about starting another one right, and you've probably landed on this page because you're curious about learning a bit more on the high protein low carb diet plans that seem to be all the rage these days. There certainly seems to be no slowdown on the popularity of the low carbohydrate diet fad just yet. Hey, perhaps it's not a fad after all! But does it work?

The Atkins High Protein Diet Plan will see the dieter losing weight!

Are all diets mere fads though? I mean, what’s happened to the famous (or infamous) Dr. Atkins, the founder of extreme dieting programs? Boy was that a controversial way to consume food and I guess it still is. There seem to be as many for it as there are against it which really confuses those wanting to make an informed decision about starting a high protein diet.



Well anyway, I decided to give this ' infamous' high protein diet a go, and I can tell you it not only worked but it worried me at how well it worked. This diet plan is high protein, and I mean high in protein! Perhaps the greatest thing about it from a dieter's perspective is that you never go hungry. There are just so many varied Atkins diet recipes, and Atkins diet foods to choose from, it just never gets dull. But consuming all that grease and oil kept telling me that something bad was going to happen if I only ate products from the Atkins diet food list over a prolonged period of time, so I came off it and quickly gained my weight back plus a few pounds on top.

Low Carbohydrates Diet

Along came the South Beach diet and at a glance it appears to be similar, if not the same as the Atkins Diet. It too has a 2 week initiation period where there is a strict 'no carb' rule, or certainly a very low carb intake. Both these initiation periods give a good moral boost to the dieter as most folks can expect to lose in excess of 13 pounds give or take an ounce. But after the initiation, they tend to go on their separate paths. With the South Beach diet, "good" carbohydrates are actually encouraged, whereas "bad" fats are not.

The classic Atkins Diet plan doesn't really like any carbs to speak of, yet chewing on greasy chicken skin or licking out the pork dripping are practically egged on and considered as healthy treats. Logic tells me (as I'm no dietitian or nutritional expert), that this is a recipe for an early grave………surely!

But as the high protein diet gets more popular, so comes more research and information from the experts. The bottom line is that they DO work, but only you, and perhaps your family doctor, can decide whether they are right for you personally or not. There are so many new approaches to high protein low carb diets these days, that you really are spoilt for choices.

Reference: Here are just a few of the most popular low carbohydrate diet plans at the time of writing: Dr. Atkins Diet, South Beach Diet, the ever popular Zone Diet, The Suzanne Somers Diet, The Carbohydrate Addicts Diet, and many others of course. But despite there being a Battle of the Diets thing going on at the moment as we see Protein vs. Carbohydrates, just remember, there are still many more options when it comes to finding a healthy diet plan, and the slimming world doesn't only revolve around the low carb high protein diets, even if it seems like that.