My name is Christine Marquette and I'm a Registered Dietitian with the Austin Regional Clinic and I'm going to talk to you about how to eat fat and lose weight with the Dr. Atkins' Diet. The Atkins' Diet has been around for a number of years and it has actually gone through a couple of different revisions. The basic premise is still the same, it is a four part diet, and the first phase you have a very low Carbohydrate intake. It's basically 20 grams of net Carbs, and what they mean by net Carbs, is subtracting Fiber from your Carbohydrate count. Again, this is very low Carbohydrate, really it ends up being just about two cups of non starchy vegetables is about what you get from, from that particular level of Carbohydrate intake. The fats in the original Atkins' program were primarily saturated fats, food choices like, eggs, butter, bacon, sausage, any type of fatty meat like that. Your next phase would start to slowly add in more vegetables, a few fruits. The third phase, again, slowly increasing Carbohydrate, the fourth phase is more of, of a balanced diet. But it again, still restricting, refined Carbohydrates. So as far as eating fat, what's generally now recognized is a healthier way to do this, is to make sure you're using sources of unsaturated fats. So, plant based fats such as nuts, seeds, avocado, and even vegetable margarines. So you can actually do this diet in a fairly healthy way, a lot of people don't necessarily need to do that first phase because it is very restrictive in the Carbohydrate. But if you started say in phase two or three, again, it can be actually a fairly healthy diet as long as you are choosing unsaturated sources of your fats. 's the primary thing to remember when doing the Adkins' Diet, as far as eating fats, you do want to choose the healthiest versions of fats. Things like nuts, seeds, avocado. So just some basic tips to remember how to eat fat the healthy way with the Atkins' Diet.