Low carb before Atkins???

I found this book at an estate sale the other day: Martinis & Whipped
Cream: The new Carbo-Cal Way to Lose Weight and Stay Slim. Authors: Sidney
Petrie in association with Robert B Stone. It was published in 1966 by
Parker Publishing Company,Inc. Front cover jacket states: Here-for the first
time-is a simple, safe, sane way to reduce and control your weight!

Any comments? When was Atkins first book published?

TRC

Atkins first published his book in 1972, but regardless of the fact his was
certainly not the first low carb diet. The concept can be traced back a very
long time.

Per the Protein Power book:
- in 1825 Brillat-Savarin wrote "as it is has already been clearly shown, it
is only because of grains and starches that fatty congestion can occur...a
more or less rigid abstinence from everything that is starchy or floury will
lead to the lessening of weight"

- In the 1860's William Banting became famous, writing the first
"international best seller" diet book after losing a great deal of weight on
a diet free of starchy and sugary foods.

- 'Eat and Grown Thin" by Vance Thompson was published in 1931, touting the
virtues of a carbohydrate restricted diet.

In fact, for a long time it seems that carb-restricted diets were almost the
norm, and it was only into the second half of the 20th century that that
concept began to change!

Debbie

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I found this book at an estate sale the other day: Martinis & Whipped
Cream: The new Carbo-Cal Way to Lose Weight and Stay Slim. Authors:
Sidney
Petrie in association with Robert B Stone. It was published in 1966 by
Parker Publishing Company,Inc. Front cover jacket states: Here-for the
first
time-is a simple, safe, sane way to reduce and control your weight!

Any comments? When was Atkins first book published?

TRC

The original Weight Watchers was a low carb diet.

I believe Atkins first published his first book in the early 70s
(1972ish maybe.) But, he is by no means the first to come up with a low
carb way of eating to help weight loss. It goes back at least to the 1860s.

http://www.doatkins.com/html/modules...der=0&thold=-1

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TRC wrote:
I found this book at an estate sale the other day: Martinis & Whipped
Cream: The new Carbo-Cal Way to Lose Weight and Stay Slim. Authors: Sidney
Petrie in association with Robert B Stone. It was published in 1966 by
Parker Publishing Company,Inc. Front cover jacket states: Here-for the first
time-is a simple, safe, sane way to reduce and control your weight!

Any comments? When was Atkins first book published?

TRC

As I've posted many times here--always to get flamed by idiots who treat
Atkins like a god--Low carbing was established long before Atkins hijacked
it and branded it with his own name.

The first popular low carb diets I was aware of came out in the very early
1960s--1962 or so and were called "The Airforce Diet" and "The Drinking
Man's Diet." All my friends in high school tried them. They worked.

-- Jenny

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Low Carb 9/1998 - 8/2001 and 11/10/02 - Now

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How to calculate your need for protein * How much people really lose each
month * Water Weight Gain & Loss * The "Two Gram Cure" for Hunger Cravings
* Characteristics of Successful Dieters * Indispensible Low Carb Treats *
Should You Count that Low Impact Carb? * Curing Ketobreath * Exercise
Starting from Zero * NEW! Do Starch Blockers Work?


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I found this book at an estate sale the other day: Martinis & Whipped
Cream: The new Carbo-Cal Way to Lose Weight and Stay Slim. Authors:
Sidney
Petrie in association with Robert B Stone. It was published in 1966 by
Parker Publishing Company,Inc. Front cover jacket states: Here-for the
first
time-is a simple, safe, sane way to reduce and control your weight!

Any comments? When was Atkins first book published?

TRC

In article , Jenny says...

As I've posted many times here--always to get flamed by idiots who treat
Atkins like a god--Low carbing was established long before Atkins hijacked
it and branded it with his own name.

The first popular low carb diets I was aware of came out in the very early
1960s--1962 or so and were called "The Airforce Diet" and "The Drinking
Man's Diet." All my friends in high school tried them. They worked.

-- Jenny


Dr. Atkins never claimed to have invented low carb. I believe Dr. Atkins first
tried a low carb diet in the early 60's but did not publish his book until he
had tested it for several years. I recall a book - "Eat, Think and Be Slender"
I think - which I now realize was basically a low carb diet. I lost 25 lbs. on
it in 1961.

BillJ

In article ,
says...
- in 1825 Brillat-Savarin wrote "as it is has already been clearly shown, it
is only because of grains and starches that fatty congestion can occur...a
more or less rigid abstinence from everything that is starchy or floury will
lead to the lessening of weight"

Cool, the guy that gets quoted at the beginning of Iron Chef!
--
Single malt scotch is awesome (NO it does NOT have carbs as DON'T vodka,
gin, rum, bourbon, etc generally)
Malt can be made low carb through the judicious use of yeast.


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In article ,
says...
As I've posted many times here--always to get flamed by idiots who treat
Atkins like a god--Low carbing was established long before Atkins hijacked
it and branded it with his own name.

The first popular low carb diets I was aware of came out in the very early
1960s--1962 or so and were called "The Airforce Diet" and "The Drinking
Man's Diet." All my friends in high school tried them. They worked.

-- Jenny

168.5/137

Low Carb 9/1998 - 8/2001 and 11/10/02 - Now

http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean
How to calculate your need for protein * How much people really lose each
month * Water Weight Gain & Loss * The "Two Gram Cure" for Hunger Cravings
* Characteristics of Successful Dieters * Indispensible Low Carb Treats *
Should You Count that Low Impact Carb? * Curing Ketobreath * Exercise
Starting from Zero * NEW! Do Starch Blockers Work?


"TRC" wrote in message
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I found this book at an estate sale the other day: Martinis & Whipped
Cream: The new Carbo-Cal Way to Lose Weight and Stay Slim. Authors:
Sidney
Petrie in association with Robert B Stone. It was published in 1966 by
Parker Publishing Company,Inc. Front cover jacket states: Here-for the
first
time-is a simple, safe, sane way to reduce and control your weight!

Any comments? When was Atkins first book published?

TRC





I think a couple of those get referenced in the Atkins book as preceding
him. I know Banting does. DANDR seems to make a pretty good point of
showing how old the low carb way of eating as as opposed to being
revolutionary. Or am I thinking of Protein Power?
--
Single malt scotch is awesome (NO it does NOT have carbs as DON'T vodka,
gin, rum, bourbon, etc generally)
Malt can be made low carb through the judicious use of yeast.


370/307/270

Email: Actually my feet are big not medium.

How many are old enough to remember Dr. Stillman and his water diet? He
was a regular on Johnny Carson.
George

Jenny wrote:

As I've posted many times here--always to get flamed by idiots who treat
Atkins like a god--Low carbing was established long before Atkins hijacked
it and branded it with his own name.

The first popular low carb diets I was aware of came out in the very early
1960s--1962 or so and were called "The Airforce Diet" and "The Drinking
Man's Diet." All my friends in high school tried them. They worked.

-- Jenny

168.5/137

Low Carb 9/1998 - 8/2001 and 11/10/02 - Now

http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean
How to calculate your need for protein * How much people really lose each
month * Water Weight Gain & Loss * The "Two Gram Cure" for Hunger Cravings
* Characteristics of Successful Dieters * Indispensible Low Carb Treats *
Should You Count that Low Impact Carb? * Curing Ketobreath * Exercise
Starting from Zero * NEW! Do Starch Blockers Work?


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I found this book at an estate sale the other day: Martinis & Whipped
Cream: The new Carbo-Cal Way to Lose Weight and Stay Slim. Authors:


Sidney


Petrie in association with Robert B Stone. It was published in 1966 by
Parker Publishing Company,Inc. Front cover jacket states: Here-for the


first


time-is a simple, safe, sane way to reduce and control your weight!

Any comments? When was Atkins first book published?

TRC

Jenny wrote:

As I've posted many times here--always to get flamed by idiots who treat
Atkins like a god--Low carbing was established long before Atkins hijacked
it and branded it with his own name.

The first popular low carb diets I was aware of came out in the very early
1960s--1962 or so and were called "The Airforce Diet" and "The Drinking
Man's Diet." All my friends in high school tried them. They worked.

The difference is that "The Airforce Diet" and "The Drinking Man's Diet"
haven't been around in many years. Atkins stuck with it. He never claimed to
have invented it but he did popularize it and he also kept going with it
through the low fat years.

Kitty.