The Dukan Diet is a high-protein low-carbohydrate fad diet devised by Pierre Dukan. It also called the Dukan Method. It’s a diet with four phases, each of which has specific rules. In 1975, Pierre Dukan was general practitioner in Paris when he was first confronted with a case of obesity.
At the time, being a higher weight person was thought to be best treated by low calorie and small sized meals. Dukan thought of an alternative way to prevent patients from regaining their lost weight. He designed a new approach on four phases, including stabilisation and consolidation.
After more than 20 years of research Pierre Dukan published his finding in 2000 in his book ‘Je ne sais pas maigrir’ ( I don’t know how to get slimmer), which became a best seller. In July 2011, a French court ruled against Dukan in his attempt to sue rival nutritionist Jean –Michel Cohen for libel, after Cohen had criticised his method in the press.
In 2013, Dukan, then aged 72, was banned from practising as a GP in France for eight days for breaching medical ethics by prescribing a diet pill to one of his patients in the 1970s that was later pulled from the market.
Then What food do you eat on the Dukan diet?
Actually this depends on which phase of the programme you are in. The early phases of the diet are prescriptive with the ‘attack’ phase permitting 68 high protein foods only these include lean meats, poultry, fish, shellfish, plant proteins like soy, as well as eggs and fat free dairy.
How does the Dukan Diet work? The diet is based on how hunter gatherers may have eatwn. The diet includes 100 foods, and all are either proteins or vegetable. A person can eat as much as they like, as long as they only eat those 100 foods.
But what are the 4 stages of Dukan Diet ?
• This phase is meant to kick-start the diet.
• You’re supposed to be in Cruise Phase for 3 days for each pound you want to lose.
• The goal is to do this phase for 5 days for every pound you lolst during the first two phases.
But what are the negative effects of the Dukan Diet? Nutritionist says that in the lack of whole grains, fruit and vegetables can lead to nutritional deficiencies and a lack of antioxidants, which is associated with problems ranging from cancer and heart to premature aging.