Does the Adkins Diet work?
 

Does the Adkins Diet work?
My experiences with the Atkins diet.
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Does the Adkins Diet work?
 

On Feb 14, 7:08 am, "Lister" wrote:
Does the Adkins Diet work?
My experiences with the Atkins diet.http://www.helium.com/tm/145238/alwa...re-chair-front

I'm not a physician, nutritionist, etc., etc., but these are my
thoughts about the Atkins approach:

It tends to limit snacking as so many snacks are bread or carbohydrate
related.
There is an initial water loss as the body gets rid of fat and protein
by increasing urine.
It helps one avoid large categories of foods by declaring them off-
limits.
It brings about ketosis and this helps reduce the appetitie
It helps maintain task-focus as one has a set of rules that may lead
to weight loss.

But...

In the long run, the only thing that matters is calories in versus
calories burned -- if Atkins allows you to control this, then it makes
sense.
There is some concern voiced by professionals about following a high
fat/high protein diet and not eating veggies, carbohydrates, etc.

In short, I dunno. Whatever works for you (and which you and your
medical provider agree is good) is terrific!

Yours,

Caleb

Does the Adkins Diet work?
 

Caleb wrote:
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There is some concern voiced by professionals about following a high
fat/high protein diet and not eating veggies, carbohydrates, etc.

Only those professionals who go by what they read in the media and have
never bothered to actually read the book. Anyone who thinks Atkins is about
eating meat and fat and not eating veggies doesn't know what they're talking
about.

Does the Adkins Diet work?
 

On Feb 14, 9:01 am, "Jeri" wrote:
Caleb wrote:

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There is some concern voiced by professionals about following a high
fat/high protein diet and not eating veggies, carbohydrates, etc.

Only those professionals who go by what they read in the media and have
never bothered to actually read the book. Anyone who thinks Atkins is about
eating meat and fat and not eating veggies doesn't know what they're talking
about.

Jeri -- I'm not necessarily opposed to the Atkins diet. Whatever works
for people, works for them. But (as is true for all diet approaches) I
hope the negative aspects of the diet can be reduced as much as
possible.

On Google, if one enters the search words "atkins diet" and
"unhealthy" then there are 170,000 hits.

Early on the lists (and the first edu or gov sites) are these two:
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/biology...1/kbailey.html
and
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psycho...AtkinsDiet.htm

They are somewhat critical of the Atkins claims.

Frankly I feel that whatever a person does which places her/him in a
better and more healthier situation (and which her/his pcp agrees
with) is great! Again, I hope the negative aspects of a diet approach
can be reduced as much as possible.

However, I do believe that some real experts have looked at Atkins and
have found it wanting somewhat.

Let me jump right in and say that some experts look at EVERY diet
approach and find it wanting.

I guess my point is this: not everyone who disagrees with Atkins is
unread in the field. Similar to a vegetarian diet. People who disagree
with it might also be very learned. Or another kind of diet.

People ought to investigate these things for themselves, or at least
be willing to look at the data.

Yours truly,

Caleb