Posted on Sunday, 3rd January 2010 by admin
In the recent years low carb diets have gained quite a following with their “all you can eat”, meat filled menus. They come in many variations, each focusing on a specific variation of an upside down food pyramid. The latest of these is the low carbohydrate, low fat, and high protein Dukan diet.
Dukan Diet Origins
This eating regime created by the French doctor Pierre Dukan is targeted at obese people desperate to lose weight. In a way the fatter you are the more you will gain from the diet. The doctor wrote his book based on his experiences with overweight patients and with the typical problems faced by repeat dieters and comfort eaters in mind.
Thanks to a patient particularly fussy with his food choices – a sworn meat lover – Dukan stumbled upon the almost magical properties of proteins. Researching deeper into the subject over the years he has established patterns and rules which work even on the most stubborn excess kilograms.
As the diet is based on high amounts of protein it was initially called the Protal diet, however this name seems to be abandoned now in favour of the Dukan diet.
Simple rules of the protein diet
One thing the French doctor found in his patients was that simple rules worked best. Avoiding obsessing about what you eat and when you eat it was the first step. Rather than count calories or points the diet is based on a very restrictive list of products for each of it’s phases. While the rules are simple they are strict at the same time.
The food allowed at the start includes the following produce:
- meat (beef, veal)
- poultry (no skin and excludes duck and goose)
- lean ham
- fish & seafood
- fat-free dairy products
Additionally to counter the higher protein intake liquid consumption should be increased to 2-3 litres a day. Although water is great dieters can also drink tea and coffee (no sugar, however sweeteners are allowed), as well as any sugar-free drinks like Diet Coke for example.
Fight the hunger
Often the main complain of overweight people trying to diet is the constant feeling of hunger. This is addressed in the Dukan diet by it’s primary ingredient – proteins. Such meals have been proven to help people stay full for longer. As a side effect they also lower the final calorie intake. Compared with fats and carbohydrates the body spends a lot more calories on the food processing itself in the case of proteins.
The diet belongs to the “all you can eat” type of regime. The phrase can often be misunderstood, however the emphasis here is on the “can” not the “all”. Anyone who tried this kind of diet will quickly realize that they feel full really quickly and the quantities of food they eat go down dramatically. Although the greatest benefit of this rule is the psychological comfort of knowing that they do not need to deprive themselves of food, thus reducing cravings.
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