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Posted by Tepiaca on November 1, 2003, at 23:33:04
hi larry I read this about the atskin diet
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Even with all the good, there is also a nasty side to the Atkins diet. First off, studies have shown that high protein-low carbohydrate diets can lead to breast and prostate cancer, heart disease, kidney problems, loss of calcium, and an unhealthy metabolic state. Also, whole foods, which are limited in the Atkins diet, are great disease prevention foods which are limited in the Atkins Diet. It can also cause a decrease in blood flow, impotence, and even bad body odor.
While it is true that the Atkins Diet can produce the benefit of weight loss, it also produces the risk of certain diseases. This diet is a simple one with only four stages, but each individual must ask themselves before beginning this diet if the benefits outweigh the risks. If thin is in and health is out, then this diet is a must-have, but if you do not want to compromise health for being thin, this diet is not a good choice. Whatever the benefits and whatever the risks, each person must decide for themselves.
----------if is true? what other diet dou you recomend me?
Im on NardilAnticipating the thanks of your reply
Tep
Posted by KellyD on November 1, 2003, at 23:45:24
In reply to ****Larry ****, I need your advice . Atkins diet, posted by Tepiaca on November 1, 2003, at 23:33:04
Might be a little while for him to answer, as he's on the road working and said he wasn't sure when he would return.
Just wanted to let you know.
Posted by Tepiaca on November 2, 2003, at 7:40:06
In reply to FYI » Tepiaca, posted by KellyD on November 1, 2003, at 23:45:24
Posted by Tepiaca on November 2, 2003, at 7:45:02
In reply to ****Larry ****, I need your advice . Atkins diet, posted by Tepiaca on November 1, 2003, at 23:33:04
Posted by wordwitch on November 2, 2003, at 7:45:22
In reply to ****Larry ****, I need your advice . Atkins diet, posted by Tepiaca on November 1, 2003, at 23:33:04
Hi!
Check out the South Beach Diet, which was developed by a cardiologist for his patients--not as a weight loss regime. He began investigating its use as a weight loss diet when his heart patients began to lose weight after following it.
I've tried it and it works wonderfully without any of the unrealistic limitations of the Atkins Diet.
The SB diet limits carbs to a certain extent, but it does so intelligently--not by telling people to stop eating half the foods available for human consumption, as the Atkins plan does. The SB diet uses the categorization of foods by their glycemic index--which I don't understand except that it basically divides foods into low, medium, or high glycemic index, with low glycemic index foods being considerd "good" carbs and high glycemic index foods considered to be "bad" carbs.
The best thing about the SB diet is that it's realistic--rather than having to spend a week or two eating virtually no fruits, veggies, dairy, or grains, you're supposed to eat some foods that Atkins forbids even at Day 1 of the diet. And as you progress through the phases, you are able to incorporate more of the high glycemic foods (the "bad" carbs) back into your diet, in reasonable portions of course.
You can find info on the SB diet online if you go to the Prevention magazine website.
Good luck!
Posted by KellyD on November 2, 2003, at 8:01:00
In reply to ****Larry ****, I need your advice . Atkins diet, posted by Tepiaca on November 1, 2003, at 23:33:04
Some of the folks on Alternative are pretty knowledgeable on all that diet stuff. I agree Larry is the "bomb" for info on such subjects. I hope the road is treating him well and he'll return soon.
Posted by Larry Hoover on November 2, 2003, at 12:19:38
In reply to Also---, posted by KellyD on November 2, 2003, at 8:01:00
>Larry is the "bomb"
Boom!
>I hope the road is treating him well and he'll return soon.
Thanks for the nice thoughts.
Lar
Posted by Larry Hoover on November 2, 2003, at 12:28:06
In reply to ****Larry ****, I need your advice . Atkins diet, posted by Tepiaca on November 1, 2003, at 23:33:04
> hi larry I read this about the atskin diet
> ------
> Even with all the good, there is also a nasty side to the Atkins diet. First off, studies have shown that high protein-low carbohydrate diets can lead to breast and prostate cancer, heart disease, kidney problems, loss of calcium, and an unhealthy metabolic state. Also, whole foods, which are limited in the Atkins diet, are great disease prevention foods which are limited in the Atkins Diet. It can also cause a decrease in blood flow, impotence, and even bad body odor.
> While it is true that the Atkins Diet can produce the benefit of weight loss, it also produces the risk of certain diseases. This diet is a simple one with only four stages, but each individual must ask themselves before beginning this diet if the benefits outweigh the risks. If thin is in and health is out, then this diet is a must-have, but if you do not want to compromise health for being thin, this diet is not a good choice. Whatever the benefits and whatever the risks, each person must decide for themselves.
> ----------
>
> if is true? what other diet dou you recomend me?
> Im on Nardil
>
> Anticipating the thanks of your reply
> Tep
This comment, "First off, studies have shown that high protein-low carbohydrate diets can lead to breast and prostate cancer, heart disease, kidney problems, loss of calcium, and an unhealthy metabolic state.", totally mystifies me. It just ain't so.However, I don't believe that you need to go through the Atkins diet literally, in any case. I just don't see the justification for the "induction phase", where your diet is exceedingly limited, right at the beginning. Your body will adapt to a change in the ratio of the macronutrients you eat. It doesn't need to be "shocked" by drastic changes.
Instead of a formal diet, you may want to consider the Paleo concept. In simple terms, the foods available today are vastly different than those available to man throughout evolutionary time, up until the end of the Paleolithic Era. After that, we get agriculture. That changed everything, foodwise, but our genes are stuck back on what it was like before agriculture. If you try to eat more like our hunter-gatherer forebears ate, you'll probably be healthier. At least, that's what the Paleo concept suggests.
Here's a link:
Good luck,
Lar
Posted by Dr. Bob on November 3, 2003, at 3:53:36
In reply to Also---, posted by KellyD on November 2, 2003, at 8:01:00
> Some of the folks on Alternative are pretty knowledgeable on all that diet stuff.
Yes, and I'd like to redirect this thread there. Here's a link:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/alter/20031023/msgs/275999.html
Thanks,
Bob
Posted by Tepiaca on November 4, 2003, at 7:14:16
In reply to ****Larry ****, I need your advice . Atkins diet, posted by Tepiaca on November 1, 2003, at 23:33:04
This is the end of the thread.
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