Dukan Diet New From France

The Dukan Diet is the brainchild of Doctor Pierre Dukan who has been a student of weight loss for nearly 30 years. The diet has been popular in France for over 10 years but has only recently been translated into English and made available to those outside of France.

Since publication the Dukan diet has been taken up by many would be slimmers both in the UK and USA. The basic approach of this diet is that it operates in four phases each designed to serve a specific function. The four are the Attack, Cruise, consolidation and stabilization phases.

When you start the Dukan Diet you go onto the Attack Phase which is the strictest of the regime and is undertaken for between 7 to 10 days only. You are restricted to eating only high protein foods such as grilled meats, chicken, fish and eggs. In this way it is very similar to the Atkins diet however unlike Atkins you have to avoid fats and oils. The purpose of this phase is to shed a considerable amount of weight in a short time. It is not uncommon to lose as much as 10lb in this first phase.

On the cruise phase the dieter can start adding a variety of vegetables to their diet on alternate days and continue with the "all protein" diet on the other days. Dr Dukan says that you could expect to lose between 2 - 3 lb per week during this part of the diet. You continue with this phase until you reach your target weight.

When you have reached your target weight you move on to the Consolidation phase. As with any diet the problem is that having lost the weight it almost invariably returns. This phase is for your body to get used to your new eating regime and to begin to add to the variety of foods that you eat. Reintroduction of foods such as potatoes, bread and fruits and you can also have what Dr Dukan calls "guild free" meals a week.

The final and life long part of the diet is the Stabilization phase. For six days a week you can within moderation eat what you will but on the seventh day you eat nothing but protein. Dr Dukan recommends Thursday as the best day of the week to do this.

The obvious question is does the Dukan Diet work? There are a great number of supported who can offer prove that it does but there are also concerns about how healthy such an eating regime is. If you have a considerable amount of weight to lose this approach could be attractive. However, if you just want to drop a dress size or two there are better ways.

To learn more about the Dukan Diet and how it can help you reach your target weight visit http://www.dukandietfacts.com