welo, you could learn kung-fu fighting - they're all damm skinny asses but they can kick ass The question is not whether Atkins can reduce weight, but is it a healthy diet? Much better alternative to Atkins backed by sound nutritional/medical research. Also you'd think in 30 yrs Atkins could have produced something in the way of a study to back up his outrageous claims. what a maroon.. what a fraud .. can you spell ,, C-O-N ,,, LOL
You'd think in 30 years the medical community would have something in the way of a study to back up their outrageous claims that Atkins is bad for you, but they haven't.
It's an interesting issue which can be pretty easily explained in one word everyone here can understand: Money. Like I mentioned before, where exactly do you think all these long term studies get funded from? The only reason substantial Atkins studies are happening now is because A) The Atkins Foundation is only just now consistently coming up with enough funding to better research their findings on their own B) So many people are successfully using Atkins that low carb foods are rapidly becoming their own substantial industry, causing investors to take serious notice C) When the AMA slapped Atkins down in '72 when he first introduced this dietary concept, everyone in the medical community jumped on the bandwagon to reinforce the credibility of their industry. Substantial third-party studies are taking place now because they hope to prove they haven't been stupid for the past 30 years (= more research funding) I do want to return to one valid point here though: This is very much true, yet what it forgets to mention is this also tends to be the case at the initial stages of any weight reduction diet, which is why it is so important to increase your water intake to at least a gallon a day. Why do you think that whenever women start new diets, the first place they lose weight is in their breasts? It isn't due to losing fat there. Basically, anytime you start dieting you can chalk up the first ten pounds you lose to water loss. If you aren't eating enough protein, you can chalk up the next 10 to muscle loss (your body will eat its own protein before it will use fat for fuel). I basically started this diet because, 1) The basic principle is sound to me, 2) My wife wanted to do it and dieting alone is always at least twice as hard - at least for women, and 3) Nothing else was working. I have been rightly suspicious of any dietary trend or system out there my whole life, always promoting the eat/work/exercise rule. This all worked fine until I was medically unable to exercise. Once I started really checking into this thing I found a whole lot to indicate it's not as claptrap a system as the people who want to slap it down would have you believe. For instance, my biggest initial objection was that rapid weight loss is a sure formula for gaining more back later. However, once you leave the induction phase all you do is add 5g of carbs a day to your diet until you begin gaining weight again, thus being able to establish the balance for your ideal carbs intake. Naturally, if you exercise more you'll need more carbs to fuel you. There are some interesting research articles on the Atkins site. Nothing outright definitive there except short term results. We should all remain suspicious of anyone preaching their own research, and Atkins is no exception. The collection there is eclectic enough to provide an informed starting point, if nothing else.
FPC.. Dr. Atkins died. He can't prove anything at this point! I am curious FPC, had you ever had a weight problem? As a female, we are all championship dieters. Models and actresses are all dieters too. No one I know has ever gotten sick from the Atkins diet. People died from Fen-Fen and ampehetemines. Low fat diets have been shown to cause gallstones. The only thing people complain of on Atkins is bad breath!
Though I don't want to re-route the thread, I should point out that there are a variety of low-carb approaches out there. They all have similarities, but are not all identical. There are low-carb regimens that are not nearly as restrictive as Atkins but which work just fine. As for results, I've been doing this for over two years now and have never felt better. If I'm killing myself, it'll be a much more interesting death than it would be on brussel sprouts (as the old joke says, you don't live longer on a vegetarian diet; it just seems that way).
I'll tell you what: Halitosis on this diet is certainly an issue. Throw garlic into the fray and you'll run people out of the room. If you're positioned to deal with people face-to-face all the time be sure to keep a box of sugar-free mints at the ready. Steer clear of Altoids though. .7g carbs per mint can eat into your carb count pretty quick.
Listerine strips and drink diet root beer is the way to get rid of stinky breath on this diet! Zero Carbs! With the diet Brother Pussycat prefers, we have to put his posterior outside or invest in air freshener. All those veggies and beans do a number on your neighbor's nose too.:eek: