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Does the Adkins Diet work?
Does the Adkins Diet work?
My experiences with the Atkins diet. http://www.helium.com/tm/145238/alwa...re-chair-front |
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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 |
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Does the Adkins Diet work?
Caleb wrote:
snip 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. |
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Does the Adkins Diet work?
On Feb 14, 9:01 am, "Jeri" wrote:
Caleb wrote: snip 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 |
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