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Old January 30th, 2004, 06:59 PM
Diarmid Logan
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,109890,00.html

Atkins Attack

By Steven Milloy

Already-confused dieters are no doubt reeling from reports this week
of a new study linking a high-carbohydrate diet with weight loss.

Rather than well-conducted scientific research, though, the new study
appears to be merely a junk science-fueled attack by government
nannies on politically incorrect low-carbohydrate regimens like the
Atkins Diet (search).

"In the midst of the low-carb craze, a new study suggests that by
eating lots of carbohydrates and little fat, it is possible to lose
weight without actually cutting calories - and without
exercising, either," reported The Associated Press this week.

"Revenge of the High-Carb Diet - Ha! It Works, Too" was the
Reuters headline.

But unlike the sensationalistic media, which tend to limit their
reporting of new study claims to regurgitated press releases and sound
bites from study authors, I actually read the study in the Jan. 26
issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

It didn't take long to discover why study subjects on the
high-carbohydrate diet lost weight - they ate fewer calories!

The researchers divided the 34 study subjects into three groups: a
control group of 12 individuals who consumed a low-carbohydrate diet
(search); a group of 11 individuals who consumed a high-carbohydrate
diet; and a group of 11 individuals who consumed a high-carbohydrate
diet and did aerobic exercise.

Study subjects were provided with foods constituting 150 percent of
their required daily caloric intake and instructed to eat as much as
they wanted. Carbohydrates constituted 45 percent of the control
groups' calories and about 62 percent for the high-carbohydrate
groups.

After 12 weeks, the study subjects on the control diet weighed the
same as when the study started. But study subjects on the
high-carbohydrate diet lost weight: about five pounds on average for
those in the high-carbohydrate-only group and about 10 pounds for
those in the high-carbohydrate-plus-exercise group.

To the study authors and media, these superficial "results" apparently
prove that you can lose weight while eating as many carbohydrates as
you like - and you don't even have to exercise.

It might be a couch potato's fantasy come true - except that the
study details tell a different story.

As it turns out, study subjects in the high-carbohydrate groups
consumed about 400-600 calories less per day than those in the control
group. Over the 12-week period of the study, then, the average study
subject in the high-carbohydrate group consumed about 42,000 calories
less than the average study subject in the control group.

Since a pound of fat represents about 3,500 calories, it's no wonder
why those in the high-carbohydrate group lost weight. It was because
they ate less, not because of any magical effects of a
high-carbohydrate diet.

Although the media's apparent lack of interest in examining the actual
study data is disappointing, the inaccurate description of the study
to the media by lead author William J. Evans of the University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences is even more dismaying.

He told Reuters that the study subjects ate "around 2,500 calories per
day," thereby implying that the only difference in their diets was the
amount of carbohydrates. That's just plain misleading.

Control group subjects averaged 2,825 calories per day during the
12-week study; high-carbohydrate group subjects averaged 2250 calories
per day and high-carbohydrate-plus-exercise subjects averaged 2,413
calories.

Such variation over 12 weeks adds up to significant differences in
total caloric intake and is most likely what produced the observed
weight loss in the high-carbohydrate groups.

The study authors then had the audacity to slam low-carbohydrate
diets, such as the Atkins diet, as a means to lose weight.

"Little evidence exists to support this idea," wrote the study
authors.

But it appears that there's not even that much evidence in favor of
their all-the-carbs-you-can-eat idea.

It's no secret that nutrition nannies in the federal government oppose
high-protein/low-carbohydrate diets like the Atkins plan ― not
because such diets don't work but because their fat-is-OK approach
contradicts the nannies' low-fat dietary prescriptions of the last 30
years. (The irony of course is that obesity has supposedly skyrocketed
while America went low-fat.)

Evans and his group, not surprisingly, were funded by the National
Institutes of Health, a government group that claims in bold-face on
its Web site that "[High-protein/low-carb diets are] not a healthy way
to lose weight!"

That may or may not be true. Much more research is needed. Hopefully
that research won't be conducted by biased, government-funded research
hacks.


Steven Milloy is the publisher of JunkScience.com, an adjunct scholar
at the Cato Institute and the author of Junk Science Judo:
Self-Defense Against Health Scares and Scams (Cato Institute, 2001).
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Old January 30th, 2004, 08:33 PM
BJ in Texas
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Diarmid Logan wrote:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,109890,00.html

Atkins Attack

By Steven Milloy

Already-confused dieters are no doubt reeling from reports
this week of a new study linking a high-carbohydrate diet
with weight loss.


Wonder which bread company sponsored that one.. LOL BJ


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Old January 30th, 2004, 11:29 PM
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"BJ in Texas" wrote in message . com...
Diarmid Logan wrote:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,109890,00.html

Atkins Attack

By Steven Milloy

Already-confused dieters are no doubt reeling from reports
this week of a new study linking a high-carbohydrate diet
with weight loss.


Wonder which bread company sponsored that one.. LOL BJ


The author of the study published a book on last May. I guess he
wanted to take atkins off the bestseller list and see if his book
would replace it.

***
William J. Evans, PhD:

AstroFit: The Astronaut Program for Anti-Aging
by William J. Evans (Author), Gerald Secor Couzens (Author)
Paperback: 320 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.81 x 8.42 x 5.53
Publisher: Free Press; (May 13, 2003)
ISBN: 0743216822

William J. Evans, Ph.D., a pioneer in the field of age reversal for
more than twenty years, has worked as an expert adviser to NASA on
nutrition and exercise since 1988, and is the former head of the
Nutrition, Physical Fitness, and Rapid Rehabilitation Team of the
National Space Biomedical Institution. He lives in Little Rock,
Arkansas, with his wife and three children. --This text refers to the
Hardcover edition.
****

Here is an excerpt from the study abstract:

***
From the Nutrition, Metabolism, and Exercise Laboratory, Donald W.
Reynolds Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences and Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock.
Dr Starling is now with Pfizer Global Research and Development,
Groton, Conn. The authors have no relevant financial interest in this
article.
***

No relevant financial interest..... Yeah right.

TC
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Old January 31st, 2004, 12:21 AM
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LC = lose weight ,feel good and happy

LF = lose weight (maybe), feel hungry, tired and bitchy, not happy

You choose.

"Doug Freyburger" wrote in message
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Diarmid Logan wrote:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,109890,00.html

Atkins Attack
By Steven Milloy
Already-confused dieters are no doubt reeling from reports this week
of a new study linking a high-carbohydrate diet with weight loss.


So they found folks that low fat works for. Big deal. Low fat
works for plenty of people. Who denies that? But studies that
compare LF and LC show that LC works even better than LF.



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Old January 31st, 2004, 12:23 AM
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This article also shows how poor our math skills are as a nation.

Carbohydrates constituted 45 percent of the control
groups' calories (low carb)


That means of the 2,825 calories the "low" carbers ate, 1271.25
calories came from carbs. That's 317 CARB GRAMS PER DAY. While that
is lower than USDA recommended (60% of calories) it has nothing to do
with Atkins.


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Old January 31st, 2004, 12:25 AM
Doug Freyburger
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Diarmid Logan wrote:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,109890,00.html

Atkins Attack
By Steven Milloy
Already-confused dieters are no doubt reeling from reports this week
of a new study linking a high-carbohydrate diet with weight loss.


So they found folks that low fat works for. Big deal. Low fat
works for plenty of people. Who denies that? But studies that
compare LF and LC show that LC works even better than LF.
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Old February 1st, 2004, 10:08 AM
Meghan Noecker
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On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 23:21:45 GMT, "Ear Rings" wrote:

LC = lose weight ,feel good and happy

LF = lose weight (maybe), feel hungry, tired and bitchy, not happy

You choose.


This isn't the same for everybody.

I can do low-fat. Nobody would want to be in the same room with me if
I did low carb. You think low fat is bitchy, then you haven't seen me
with no sugar.

I know that low carb works for a lot of people, but I would be doomed
to cheat every day because there is no way I can change my diet that
much and actually stay on it.

If I am short on sleep, then my coworkers will appreciate me eating
some chocolate, ir not to get me moving a bit faster, than as an
attitude adjustment. If that means I need to lower my calories
elsewhere to take care of that, then so be it.

As it is, I don't eat many fruits or veggies, and the ones I like are
the ones that have more carbs. I am geared for sweet, and I avoid most
things that aren't.

It is wonderful that we have more than one "diet" or WOE to choose
from since not everybody will be able to do well on the same one.

I'm not going to berate somebody for doing a diet I don't care for. My
best friend at work was doing the Atkins and lost quite a bit. I
encouraged her on her diet as she encouraged me on mine. Totally
different diets, and both of us losing weight.


Meghan & the Zoo Crew
Equine and Pet Photography
http://www.zoocrewphoto.com
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Old February 1st, 2004, 12:50 PM
Chris Braun
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On 1 Feb 2004 09:08:08 GMT, (Meghan Noecker)
wrote:

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 23:21:45 GMT, "Ear Rings" wrote:

LC = lose weight ,feel good and happy

LF = lose weight (maybe), feel hungry, tired and bitchy, not happy

You choose.


This isn't the same for everybody.

I can do low-fat. Nobody would want to be in the same room with me if
I did low carb. You think low fat is bitchy, then you haven't seen me
with no sugar.

I know that low carb works for a lot of people, but I would be doomed
to cheat every day because there is no way I can change my diet that
much and actually stay on it.

If I am short on sleep, then my coworkers will appreciate me eating
some chocolate, ir not to get me moving a bit faster, than as an
attitude adjustment. If that means I need to lower my calories
elsewhere to take care of that, then so be it.

As it is, I don't eat many fruits or veggies, and the ones I like are
the ones that have more carbs. I am geared for sweet, and I avoid most
things that aren't.

It is wonderful that we have more than one "diet" or WOE to choose
from since not everybody will be able to do well on the same one.

I'm not going to berate somebody for doing a diet I don't care for. My
best friend at work was doing the Atkins and lost quite a bit. I
encouraged her on her diet as she encouraged me on mine. Totally
different diets, and both of us losing weight.


Meghan & the Zoo Crew
Equine and Pet Photography
http://www.zoocrewphoto.com

I will second what Meghan said. I've lost 97 lbs. (pretty close to
where I want to be now) on a relatively low-fat diet (not extremely so
-- I average roughly 25% fat, 35% carbs, 40% protein). I'm not
particularly into sweets as Meghan is; I just want to be able to eat
all kinds of foods, as I plan to eat this way for life.

I'm happy, energetic, not hungry, not bitchy. Do what works for you.

Chris
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Old February 2nd, 2004, 02:35 AM
Ear Rings
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Get some diet counselling. High sugar does not work forever. You have a
yeast colony in your gut that will eventually put you on anxiety medication,
depression medication and give you a long slow terminal disease. This
results in an addictive allergy. The more you feed the allergy the more
"lack of sugar" attacks you will have.

The low fat approach will result you probably bad exzema or psoriasis. You
need fats but "good fats". Talk to some people doing Weight watchers for a
few years of continuous loses. It works but there can be big problems from
it too.

Best of luck.

"Meghan Noecker" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 23:21:45 GMT, "Ear Rings" wrote:

LC = lose weight ,feel good and happy

LF = lose weight (maybe), feel hungry, tired and bitchy, not happy

You choose.


This isn't the same for everybody.

I can do low-fat. Nobody would want to be in the same room with me if
I did low carb. You think low fat is bitchy, then you haven't seen me
with no sugar.

I know that low carb works for a lot of people, but I would be doomed
to cheat every day because there is no way I can change my diet that
much and actually stay on it.

If I am short on sleep, then my coworkers will appreciate me eating
some chocolate, ir not to get me moving a bit faster, than as an
attitude adjustment. If that means I need to lower my calories
elsewhere to take care of that, then so be it.

As it is, I don't eat many fruits or veggies, and the ones I like are
the ones that have more carbs. I am geared for sweet, and I avoid most
things that aren't.

It is wonderful that we have more than one "diet" or WOE to choose
from since not everybody will be able to do well on the same one.

I'm not going to berate somebody for doing a diet I don't care for. My
best friend at work was doing the Atkins and lost quite a bit. I
encouraged her on her diet as she encouraged me on mine. Totally
different diets, and both of us losing weight.


Meghan & the Zoo Crew
Equine and Pet Photography
http://www.zoocrewphoto.com



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Old February 2nd, 2004, 12:10 PM
Meghan Noecker
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On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 01:35:16 GMT, "Ear Rings" wrote:

Get some diet counselling. High sugar does not work forever. You have a
yeast colony in your gut that will eventually put you on anxiety medication,
depression medication and give you a long slow terminal disease. This
results in an addictive allergy. The more you feed the allergy the more
"lack of sugar" attacks you will have.


I do agree that I need to cut more sugar. But I need a WOE that will
allow me to splurge sometimes on sugar without ruining my whole diet.
And I need to lower it over time. Going cold turkey would turn me into
a wreck, and I would be doomed to fail. You would have to literally
lock me up to keep me from some form of sugar every day. Today, I had
a few cups of hot chocolate. Going 3 weeks without carbs is
inconceviable to me.


Meghan & the Zoo Crew
Equine and Pet Photography
http://www.zoocrewphoto.com
 




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