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6TheGreatFatMeltdown

Onceyou'vebeenheavyforsometime，you'reirap，ash-walledboxlargepartbyhighinsulinlevels。Youmayalreadyhaveyou'retrapped。ly，tryierdietandfailingonallofthemisdepressing。Iknowfrompersonalexperienmentsofthousandsofmypatientsjusthowtightlythelidofmetabolicobesityseemstopressdown。Fortuhereisakeytounlatchthisbox。Aperfeaturalbodilyprocesscalledlipotysisliftupthelidahopeshinein。

&ionoflipolysissoundslikeNirvanati。Itmeans"theprocessofdissolvingfat:'Isn'tthatexactlywhywe&#atheredheretoday?NowIwilltellyouthe"secret"tounlogthelatentpoweroflipolysis。

Whenyoubumfat，itbreaksdownintoglydotherfattyacids。Howdoestheprocessactuallywork?Arethereanydrawbacks?Thereareplentyoflaypeopleandevenphysiswhothibe。

Andburningone'sfatoffsoundslikeafaddishtrick。Thesefolksgiveaskepticalshrugandsay，'Tmsurepeoplelosesomeweightwithyourapproach，Dr。Atkins，butdon'ttheygainitrightba?"

&ingthingisthat，iftheyadheretothefourphasesram，whidiicalCarbohydrateLevelforMaintenance（Ciofcarbohydratestheyeahergai，notmanydo。ThephaseknowimeMaiheurallyfrhtlossphases，therebygraduallyteagAtkinsfolloermawayofeatingthatstillmoderatescarbohydrateihedegreethatisnecessaryforeadividual。AsfhtlossphasesofAtis，theyaresimpleandlyeffective。Idon'tseeanyreasonwhyIshouldus。Lipolysisisoneoflife&#ifts。It'sasdelightfulassexandsuhasfewerdrawbaeitherofthem!Intheearliereditionsofthisbookiusedthewordketosistodescribethiswonderfulprofact，hereisexactlywhatIsaid:"Theterm'ketosis，'liestothebe-iypewe&#about，isreallyashofthetermketosislipolysis，whioughofatoerthatyouseewhyitisoooosis"Well，experienceisagreatteadovertheyearsIhaveleariosimplifythied。

&meexplaikinsNutritionalApproachstimulatestheprocessoflipolysis，astateIhopeyouarealwaysin:burningyourfatfy。Asedaryprocessoflipolysisisketosis。Ketosisoyinalowlevelofcarbohydratesfromthefoodyoueat，asyouwillduriiokins。Lipolysisresultsiiohat'sketosis），aperfealandnamralfunofthebody。

Inthemindsoflaypeople（andevensomeill-iors）ketosisisoftehdiabeticketoacidosis。

&eristhesulisubjegout-of-trolblood-sugarlevels，athatoswellinalcoholidpeopleiremestarvatioosisaoaaysoundvaguelyalike，butthetwosarevirtuallypolaropposites。Theyalwaysbedistinguishedfromeachotherbythefactthatthediabetiketoaciclosishasbeeningexcessivecarbohydratesandhashighbloodsugar，insharptrasttothefortunatepersondoingAtkins。Toavoidanyfurther，Iwillusethetermliphoutthischaptertodescribetheprocessfatfy。Manytrolledcarbimenshavebeeheyears。Theyworkwithsomedegreeofeffeessforsomepeople。However，mabringteioalevelthatwillpermitlipolysis。Forpeoplewhoaremetabolicallyobeseadifficultylosing，thatisagrave>

Atkiherhand，startsoffat20gramsofcarbohydrates。Eadividualthehisorherraduallyaddingbaouy'ofcarbohydratefoods。We'HgetintothespecificsofhowyoucalculategramsofcarbohydrateandwhichcarbsyouwillandwillinginChapter8。Formemystate-htlramisthesafest，healthiest，mostluxuriouswaytobeeandstayslimfortheremainderofyourlife。

GoingforIt

Howdoeslipolysiswork?Lipolysissimplymeansthatyyourfatstoresandusihesourceoffueltheyweremeanttobe。

Theby-productsfatareketones。Whenyourbodyreleasesketones—-whichitwilldoihandyoururiischemicalproofthatyou'reingyourow。Oncemore，foremphasis:ersonorolledcarbohydrateplansueisreleasiones，heorsheisi-dissolvingstateoflipolysis。Thisprocessissimplythemosteffitpatheverdevisedfyouslim。Aohemorefatyouhavedissolved。

Lipolysisisthebiochemicalmethodofweightloss—-thealterousingglucoseforfuel，theveryprocessthathasmadeyouheavy。Lipolysisbeyourlife-raft，givingyoubothslimnessah，anddistantheobeseperson'sperilsofdiabetes，heartdiseaseaofall，ofcourse，itisthekeytoagyoaltouseupthefatstoredonyourbody。

Thephenomenonoflipolysisbeingthemajoralteremhasbeensowellresearchedthatitissimplynotdisputedinacademiccircles。Itisstificfact。

Lipolysisvs。Glucosis

Masareoftheopinionthatyouneedglucoseforfuel。Thatstatementisonlypartiallytrue。Ketouesprovidetheex。Theyarederivedfromfatwhenlipolysisis，ahersourceoffuelthatenergizesourdpowersourbraialahebodyin!ipolysisjustasglucosefuelsthebodyingluytermforaetabolism。Gludketoheonlytwofuelsthatfood。（Alcoholisathirdfuel。）

Ifindthatpeopleuheceptbetterwhehem，"Ifyou'renotinlipolysis，ylucosis:"Thetwofuelsourcesareyourbody'salterelyparalleloptiymetabolism。

ThisterminologyhashelpedmanyofmypatientscetheirdoctorsordietisthatAtkipath。Ifyouhaveadoctorwhotellsyoulipolysis（aosis）isbad，terwithIbisquestion，"ifI'mnotinlipolysisthenIwillbeinglucosis，fight?So，whyisitsobadfhtpersohhyperinsulinism，tobelivingoffmyow?"

Ifyouthinkaboutitforamoment，you'lluandwhysuchadualsystemexists。Beforetheiionofagriculture，ifewhuhousandyearsofhumanlife，periodsofseverefemusthavebeenunfortablyanbeingshadtobeabletoburntheirownbodyfatforfuelooswhenthelarderwasbare。Naturally，ourbodiesdevisedahighlyeffitsystemfjustthat。

Haveyoueverwosustaisandotherhibernatinganimalsduringtheirlongwiwastheutilizatioores。Whenyoudialdownthevolumeofinsulinprodu，asyoudoinlipolysis，yourbodyisequippedtoburnyourownbodyfatinasimilarlacesmoothlyaaining。Foryou，thisisasortofbiologicutopia。Theprocessoflosibeesaspaiurallyerepilingonpounds。

WhyDoesLipolysisWork?

You'llrememberthatinsulin'sjobistovertallyourexcesscarbohydrateintostoresofbodyfat。Inanormallyfungbody，fattyadketonesarereadilyvertedfromfattissuetofuel。Butipeople，highinsulinlevelspreventthisfromhappening。

Mostobesepeoplebeesoadeptatreleasinginsulinthattheirbloodisneverreallyfreeofitandthey'reouseuptheirfatstores。Byprimarilyburningfatinsteadofcarbohydrates，lipolysisbreaksthecycleofexsulistoredfat。Sobyfollowingafatg，trolledcarbimen，youbypasstheprocesseamountsofcarbohydrateintogluyourcarbohydrateintakedropslowenoughtoiburning，abnormaliurntonormal—perhapsforthefirsttimeinyearsordecades。

HungerIsReduced

&hemostattractivefeaturesofAtkinsisthatlipolysis，aingproduofketonesifyeredthesedaryprocessofketosis，helpssuppressyourappetite。Frankly，itfirstattractedmebecausebathe1960s，whenIwasayoungdoctorwithanever-ingpauntedtoslimdown。ButIkhatI'tstandbeinghungryf。Ihadtoobigaoolittleofactsthathaven'tgedmuch。

Whehatthebodycouldsatisfyitshungerbyburningitsownfatasfuel，IthoughtIsaehatch。Afterthefirstfhthours，thebodysuppresseshungeraedimiherbeoflipolysis——aiosisifyourcarbohydratelevelislowenough—isthatithasmetabolicsimilaritiestofasting。

Butthereisasignifitdifferenfasting。Aprologerousandhasoabolitage:Thebodyburnsnotonlyfatfy，italsoburhismeansthatitburnsoffsomeofthebody'sleaissue，whichisotdesirable。Iionhasshownthatoingplanwhereyouareinlipolysis，andthecarbohydrateintakeislowenoughtoresultiosis，virtuallyissueislost，onlyfattytissue。4-9Andthat'swhy，forextremelyhtindividuals，itispossibletobeinlipolysis，andatthecarbohydratelevelthatcreatesketosis，forsixmonthstoayear，alyknowthattheywillsuffersofanykiened（andsooened）peopleareabletoetheirownfatfyandfeelgoodwhilethey&#it。

TheMessageofSmoothandHappyWeightLoss

&yoflipolysisisthatitbypassestheagonyoflow-caloriedieting。Peoplewho'vebeehexdsftimeorwho&#htlramsoftenfinditverynearlyimpossibletodropmanypouhey'reinlipolysis。I'vetreatedpeoplewho，evenon700or800balancedcaloriesatiny，'tloseweight。That'slessthanhalfthenormaltakeewomahesepoundsfinallypeeledoffwhenthesefolksbegantodoAtkihoughtheirmealplansprisedoffoodstotalingevenmorecalories。

Whehisclaim，thatyouhtonahighernumberofcalories，Iseemtthelawohehallowedlaws:Acaloricisacalorieisacalorie，andanyonewhoclaimsotherwiseisaheretic。Ifyou'vetedcalthatyoucoulddoitinyoursleep，you'Hbeoverjoyedmknoolysisnllowsyoutolakeinmorecaloriesandstilllhthlow-fat，calode-restricteddiets?You'llseeexactlywhatImeachapter。

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·Lipolysisisthebiochemicalprocessofdissolvingfat。

·Whenyoudissolvefat，itbreaksdownintoglydotherfattyacids，whibreakdownintobyproductscalledketones。

·Atkinsiosisbyrestrigcarbohydrateio20gramsperday，alevelthatisthengraduallyincreasedasyoumoveonthoughthephasesofAtkins。

&LYASKEDQUESTION:

Arelipolysisandthesedaryprocessofketosissafe?

Yes。Lipolysisresultsiiohat’sketosis），aperfealandnaturalfunofthebody。Uosisisoftehketoacidosis，afoundiiwhosebloodsugarisoutofdrodu。

Someindividualsmayexperiesfromketosissuchasbadbreath，butthevastmajorityofindividualsdonotdevelopmedis。Researchshowsthaticketosiswithoutcaloricrestriposesoyourheart，kidneysbloodorboh。