Atkins Diet
 

What's the general consensus here on the Atkins Diet, or any low-carb diet?
Good or bad? Better than a low-fat diet? Anyone here on a low-carb diet?
Thanks in advance.

Barry

Atkins Diet
 

Barry Walker wrote:

What's the general consensus here on the Atkins Diet, or any low-carb diet?
Good or bad? Better than a low-fat diet? Anyone here on a low-carb diet?
Thanks in advance.

Barry


This may not be the general consensus but it’s mine.

Published diets are a way to upset ones over eating habits by limiting
ingredients or food groups enough to limit portion sizes and caloric
intake. They have different methods which may or may not control
hunger, but the bottom line is getting to a point where calories in are
less than calories burned for weight loss or equal to calories burned
for weight maintenance.

In answer to your question about which is better; which ever one’s
complex method controls your appetite better so that you can achieve the
simple goal of calorie reduction.

Atkins Diet
 

As far as I can tell, the consensus is that you need exercise and proper
eating habits to be healthy. My personal take is that any way of eating
that admits it causes physical problems for some people or doesn't provide
adequate nutrition is not healthy.

"Barry Walker" wrote in message
...
What's the general consensus here on the Atkins Diet, or any low-carb
diet?
Good or bad? Better than a low-fat diet? Anyone here on a low-carb diet?
Thanks in advance.

Barry

Atkins Diet
 

i personally think one should balance everything in a diet-- cutting out carbs
as a whole is a bad idea, and even limiting them to a very low level is
probably not the best idea for the body. it is a good idea, however, to cut out
certain carbs completely that are made with enriched flour, and basically any
empty, starchy carb. look for *multigrain* pastas, breads, etc. and eat fruit
and drink lowfat milk. if you cut out carbs from almost your entire diet, you
have a high chance of gaining the weight back if you reintroduce them at some
point-- at least i've seen it happen to people. it would have to be a lifetime
commitment and carefully administered.

sara

hello teacher tell me what's my lesson,
look right through me, look right through me.

Atkins Diet
 

Patricia Heil wrote:

As far as I can tell, the consensus is that you need exercise and proper
eating habits to be healthy. My personal take is that any way of eating
that admits it causes physical problems for some people or doesn't provide
adequate nutrition is not healthy.

And which ways of eating admit such things? While standing on
your head? While running? With both hands tied behind your back?
Does it matter what kind of diet you eat with these unhealthy
ways of eating?

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

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"Sarandipidy" wrote in message
...
if you cut out carbs from almost your entire diet, you
have a high chance of gaining the weight back if you reintroduce them at
some
point-- at least i've seen it happen to people. it would have to be a
lifetime
commitment and carefully administered.

Actually, that's what Atkins, South Beach and probably all the low carb
diets say. When you start, you're on them *for life*. Any diet that uses
restriction and/or bans food groups has to be for life. That's why I'm not
convinved by powered proteidic diets, it's hard to keep on them for life...
It all depends on your view on obesity. If you consider it's like AIDS, and
impossible to cure and that's it ok to be on treatment for whatever is left
of your life and at whatever cost (side-effects, troublesome social life,
loss of cultural and familial identification), I guess low carb is no worse
than the other diets. Actually, if you consider the health-conscious
varations (health conscious fat balance, greens, tolerance for some
fruits...), they're ok diets. But if you consider that you can actually cure
obesity, low carb (and low fat for that matter) are not the way to go, they
don't cure obesity any more than AZT cure AIDS.

Atkins Diet
 

Sarandipidy, while I agree with much of what you wrote, most so called
"multigrain" breads on the market are not much better than
wonderbread. They have a few unmilled grains added and colored with
molasses.


i eat ezekiel bread. seems real to me.

sara

hello teacher tell me what's my lesson,
look right through me, look right through me.

Atkins Diet
 

Sarandipidy, while I agree with much of what you wrote, most so called
"multigrain" breads on the market are not much better than
wonderbread. They have a few unmilled grains added and colored with
molasses.


i eat ezekiel bread. seems real to me.

sara

hello teacher tell me what's my lesson,
look right through me, look right through me.

Atkins Diet
 

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 at 08:41:42, Barry Walker wrote:

What's the general consensus here on the Atkins Diet, or any low-carb diet?
Good or bad? Better than a low-fat diet? Anyone here on a low-carb diet?
Thanks in advance.


I personally find low-fat easier, but I know people who have totally
blossomed on the Atkins due to a previously unsuspected wheat or gluten
intolerance.

But as others have said, any way of eating that (a) you can sustain
indefinitely and (b) causes you to expend more energy than you consume
is the way to go. I like low fat and high fibre as I know I can sustain
it.
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday
snaps!

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 at 08:41:42, Barry Walker wrote:

What's the general consensus here on the Atkins Diet, or any low-carb diet?
Good or bad? Better than a low-fat diet? Anyone here on a low-carb diet?
Thanks in advance.


I personally find low-fat easier, but I know people who have totally
blossomed on the Atkins due to a previously unsuspected wheat or gluten
intolerance.

But as others have said, any way of eating that (a) you can sustain
indefinitely and (b) causes you to expend more energy than you consume
is the way to go. I like low fat and high fibre as I know I can sustain
it.
--
Annabel Smyth
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/index.html
Website updated 7 August 2004 - for a limited time, be bored by my holiday
snaps!