Atkins Diet Food List - What You Can Eat?

The Atkins food pyramid stresses on protein sources such as poultry, beef, fish, pork, and soy products.

Foundation of the USDA Food Pyramid is the food rich in carbohydrates, recommended six to eleven servings of carbohydrates daily like Bread, Cereals, Rice and Pasta. Therefore, it is much different from Atkins food pyramid plan. Just opposite the traditional food pyramid, the Atkins pyramid stresses on protein sources  such as poultry, beef, fish, pork, and soy products.

According to Dr. Vernon, who is also vice president of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians: “Armed with a better understanding of the health risks associated with uncontrolled consumption of certain carbohydrates, particularly white flour and added sugars, it is clear that Dr. Atkins’ long time goal of increasing carbohydrate awareness will go a long way toward improving the health and well-being of Americans.”

Atkins Diet doesn’t set limits for intake-counts or calorie-count, but it restricts food types. For example, you cannot eat refined sugar or foods made with white flour like cake or pasta, but you can eat much red meat, fish (including shellfish), fowl, and regular cheese. 

Dieters or followers of the Atkins should know the rate of metabolism and lifestyle of people are different therefore everyone has to be flexible in choosing the right proportion of food in accordance to the Atkins food pyramid. The consumption and the type of food items can be increased if the dieter is doing more physical activity.

Atkins has specifically divided three meals of the day in the proper manner, which contain only 20 gram of carbohydrates like in breakfast it allows eating 3 eggs omelets with avocado mozzarella cheese and tomato, decaffeinated coffee with cream. During lunch they suggest dieters to eat beef round steak (8 oz), spinach and mixed leaf salad with mushroom, onion, etc. Where as, dinner can include boiled salmon, kale topped with garlic, lemon and sesame seeds.