What to do:

The Atkins diet plan is a low carbohydrate method. The avoidance of carbohydrates in your diet is structured to keep your body from adding weight. The method includes eating less than 20 grams of carbohydrates per day.

Free Meats and Cheeses:

The following meats and cheeses have no carbohydrates. Using the atkins diet plan you may eat as much of the following items as you wish.

Meat	Fish	Fowl	Shellfish	Eggs	Cheese
Beef	Tuna	Chicken	Oysters	Scrambled	Aged & Fresh
Pork	Salmon	Turkey	Mussels	Fried	Cow & Goat
Lamb	Sole	Duck	Clams	Poached	Cream Cheese
Bacon	Trout	Goose	Squid	Soft Boiled	Cottage Cheese
Veal	Flounder	Cornish Hen	Shrimp	Hard Boiled	Swiss
Ham	Sardines	Quail	Lobster	Deviled	Cheddar
Venison	Herring	Pheasant	Crab

Not Bad Vegetables:

A serving of these salad vegetables has 10% or less of your daily carbohydrate limit. Therefor you can eat up to three cups of these without worry.

• Lettuce
• Escarole
• Arugula
• Endive
• Radicchio
• Chicory
• Sorrel
• Mache
• Bock Choy
• Chives
• Parsley
• Cucumber
• Radishes
• Fennel
• Peppers
• Celery
• Jicama
• Alfalfa Sprouts
• Mushrooms
• Olives

Other Vegetables:

These vegetables have more carbohydrates than the ones above. You'll want to limit your intake of these to about 1 cup per day.

• Asparagus
• String beans, wax beans, etc.
• Cabbage
• Beet Greens
• Cauliflower
• Chard
• Eggplant
• Kale
• Kohlrabi
• Tomato
• Onion
• Rhubard
• Scallions
• Leeks
• Spinach
• Summer Squash
• Zucchini
• Okra
• Pumpkin
• Turnips
• Avocado
• Bamboo Shoots
• Bean Sprouts
• Water Chestnuts
• Snow Pea Pods
• Sauerkraut
• Collard Greens
• Dandelion Greens
• Broccoli
• Spaghetti Squash
• Celery Root
• Brussel Sprouts
• Artichoke Hearts
• Hearts of Palm

These foods are high in carbohydrates and should be avoided:

• Breads
• Cereals
• Grains
• Sugars
• Candy
• Pasta
• Rice
• Anything with Flour
• Non-diet soda
• Juice
• Fruit
• Potato
• Chips
• Alcohol
• Beer

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