Main differences between the three phases of the diet thereafter relate to the sensitivity of person to carbohydrates. Differences mainly depend on how fast carbohydrates enter the bloodstream, as well as on the influence of insulin production.
Specialists call it as the point at which your carbohydrate intake causes you to cease losing weight.
Foods that are included into so called the atkins diet food list are protein and fats. These are basically all natural (animal) protein. A lot of these substances are present in turkey, red meat, chicken etc. The only cautions with protein is the case of manufactured meat (it contains carbohydrates like breadcrumbs) and cured meat (it often contains sugars).
All animal fats like butter as well as non-trans vegetable fats are allowed to be eaten for people on the atkins diet. Margarine (hydrogenated) is prohibited in this case. Many of the vegetable oils you find on supermarket shelves are also not allowed for dieters.
If the an oil is unrefined or mechanically pressed, then we can assume its fully or partially hydrogenated (or degummed, refined, bleached, or deoderized, all of which decrease the health value of the oil significantly).
Your browser may not support display of this image.Salad vegetables and non starchy vegetables are not in the list of allowed products neither. All fruit, as well as nuts, seeds, legumes like lentils, chickpeas/hummous, kidney beans, sugar, all processed food like bread, pasta, and junk food, coffee, tea and alcohol, yoghurt and ice cream, chewing gum, breath mints and cough syrup - all this products are excluded from the allowed list.
With regards cheese, this is considered to have a carbohydrate component, so whilst it is allowed on the atkins diet food list (with some restrictions like cottage cheese and other fresh cheeses), it is calculated as part of your carbohydrate allowance. 1 ounce of cheese is 1 ounce of carbohydrate. Hard cheeses like cheddar are not disallowed.