Atkins— Yale scientists ID the sneaky reason many women struggle on low-carb plans. Discover the fix that will help you melt fat and rev energy—with ease!
For women who’ve tried Atkins, or any of the low-carb diets that are so popular right now, this story probably sounds familiar: “You see someone who’s lost a lot of weight by changing to a high-fat diet, so you decide to try it,” narrates Cate Shanahan, M.D., a Cornell-educated physician and consulting nutritionist for the Los Angeles Lakers. “But after a week or two, you feel horrible—and worse, you’re not losing weight. In that moment, it’s easy to assume, Well, I guess a low-carb diet just isn’t for me. But that’s not necessarily the case.”
Indeed, there’s plenty of proof that low-carb dieting work wonders for women: In a Danish study, postmenopausal women on a highfat, Atkins-style diet lost five times more weight than those on a low-fat diet. And low-carb plans have also been shown to improve memory by