We prefer for people to make lifestyle changes that they can live with for the rest of their life. With programs or diets like Atkins, once they get off the program, their weight comes right back, and it's unhealthy in the meantime. I like herbal teas. We recommend them on the program. I don't think that herbal supplements are a substitute for eating right and supplying our bodies with the things we need to function.
Fats have twice the numbers of calories as carbohydrates and protein.
If you eat foods that are high in fat, you automatically will be eating foods high in calories, plus the fact that a high fat diet is not good for us healthwise. Fats create problems with high cholesterol and plaque that builds up in our arteries and create all kinds of problems. Yet, I seem to be plateaued weight-wise. I would like to lose about 10 lbs. Sometimes we set unrealistic goals for ourselves.