Accelerating Atkins or Stupid Diet Tricks...

[burtonator]

So I've been reading about a bunch of small tricks that I can do to increase the effectiveness of Atkins.

- Take green tea supplements (or just drink decaf green tea) as it's supposed to increase metabolism

- Take 1800mg of L-Carnitine as Doctor Atkins and a lot of resources say it can accelerate weight loss.

- Have my fiber *before* the mean as psyllium husks. This is also supposed to help with weight loss (I just started this one).

I'm thinking of taking Chromium as Doctor Atkins says its will help with fat metabolism.

Anyone else have any additional hints?. I think these are probably providign less than a 5% boost but I'll take it...

Kevin

[FightingTheFight]

Take 1800mg of L-Carnitine as Doctor Atkins and a lot of resources say it can accelerate weight loss.

What most people don't know is tat they are usally getting sufficent amount from the foods we already eat...and if you are start taking anymore than your body can process , its just pissing in the wind so to speak.

[NoMorePumpkin]

I take 500 mg of L-Carnitine (in addition to other supplements). I really don't know if it helps, but like you, I want any boost I can get. I also just started CoQ10 (expensive stuff!).

EXERCISE is supposed to really boost weight loss too! I'm just getting started with that though. I hope to see a differrence.

My other tip: DRINK LOTS of WATER!!!!

Good Luck!
Punkin-kid

[CalvinFish]

Originally Posted by NoMorePumpkin

I also just started CoQ10 (expensive stuff!).

It is expensive!! I found 30, 30mg for $10. I kept looking an found 30, 50mg plus fish oil and 30 IU Vitamin E for $11.99. Are they milking bugs for this stuff?

[Peytonn]

the green tea can't hurt... I need to get another bottle of the caps.. but when I couldn't figure out why I wasn't sleeping.. THEN I realized the green tea caps I had were full of caffeine

[burtonator]

Originally Posted by FightingTheFight

What most people don't know is tat they are usally getting sufficent amount from the foods we already eat...and if you are start taking anymore than your body can process , its just pissing in the wind so to speak.

Well.. This is actually from the book. DANDR... So if Dr. Atkins says it then its all right by me!

[2big4mysize]

if and only if your dietary intake is low or you were depleted ( Dr Atkins says he prescribes vits and supplements because most folk are when they start) then it will help as Acetyl L-Carnitine is the carrier molecule for fastty acids across the membranes of the mitochondria

that is why it helps some folk and not others red meat is a big suply of it dietarywise.

[Devi]

From all the stuff that read about Green Tea helping along weight loss, a big part of what made the GT good for it was the synergistic effect of the natural caffeines along with the antioxidants and other good stuff. I'm not scientist, but I wonder if decaff GT is really effective for weight-loss. It would still be of general health benefit, of course, but I just wonder about it's diet effects.

Personally, I haven't found caffeine to be a problem for me on Atkins (or ever in general), so unless you were cutting it out for addiction reasons or it was stalling you, I would just drink GT or take the caps that include the natural caffeines - making sure to drink enough water to keep hydrated, of course. But I know alot of Atkineers are very anti-caffeine, so it's a personal choice.

[not2late]

Chromium helps to stabilize the blood sugar.

Anyhow, the vitamins are necessary because Dr. Atkins found that most of his beginner dieters lacked vitamins and minerals because their former diets were deficient in them. So, if you're a newbie taking those vitamins is a good idea because your previous diet (high in processed and refined foods) didn't provide those vitamins for you. The more processed and refined a food is the less vitamins and minerals they contain. For example in wheat, most of the nutrients are found just under the outer coating of the wheat grain. When that's stripped off to grind the grains, the nutrients are stripped off too. That's why these products are "enriched" with certain vitamins.

However, once you begin consistently eating the whole, minimally processed and refined foods, you'll be getting vitamins and minerals ---- provided you eat a variety of foods. If you limit yourself to something nutrient poor like lettuce, you won't be getting the full benefits of the diet.

[californiacasey]

Green tea has nice cleansing effect on me. I have been substituting my coffee with Green tea most days of the week. Usually 2 cups in the morning.