The War On Fat: Researchers Chew The Fat On Merits Of The Atkins Diet

USA Today ^ | August 7, 2002 | Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY staff writer

[oldcomputerguy]

Next time you are hungry try 1 teaspoon of a good olive oil. The essential fatty acids in it will kill your hunger for hours.

I read where Italians typically consume 2/3 cup a day. I don't know about that but uncooked olive oil is a key to satiation in their diets I expect.

[oldcomputerguy]

Counting calories is bunk. It assumes that all calories
consumed are required to be burned. It does not account
for dietary changes that allow calories to be excreted
too.

[Guillermo]

Counting calories = eating less

Eating less = losing weight

[SamAdams76]

I think you are correct, the Italians use a lot of olive oil and always have a bottle on the table. And the fats in olive oil are the good kind of fats (poly and monounsaturated). I've been using olive oil for two years now and I swear by it. I pour it on rice, vegetables, fish, breads, etc. In fact I eat a tin of sardines almost daily and they are packed in olive oil as well. My butter consumption has been reduced by 2/3 in favor of olive oil.

Don't forget the garlic!

[Prolix]

Counting calories = stress.
Eating less = hunger.

Hunger + stress = raging maniac.

[oldcomputerguy]

Hmmmm
I could go for some sardines right now. Must be time
to go home for dinner. :-)

[Guillermo]

Better that than obese.

I can see it now: "Don't worry about shoving that fifth fistful of mashed potatoes down your throat, it's better than becoming a raging maniac!"

[Guillermo]

Btw, cool screen name.

[Timesink]

linking it to an increased risk of kidney stones and bone loss.

Assuming the "studies" are even anywhere near accurate (a gigantic if), the solutions are simple: lithotripsy and Tums.

And not a word of this article questions the naysayers, as usual: How do THEY explain the fact that even though more low-fat foods are available today than ever, and more people partake of such options more than ever, we as a nation keep on getting fatter? These oh-so-brilliant researchers and nutritionists have brainwashed us all into following diets that cause us to gain weight, often in massive quantities. Either give us a direct, 100% proven answer to that - no theories - or GET THE F OUT!

[Timesink]

The Atkins Diet should be renamed "The Diet For People Who Want To Lose Weight AND Sit On Their Asses".

The Atkins book does not tell people to "sit on their asses." It quite clearly explains that you should be on some sort of exercise regiment, both for general health reasons and because it will help you lose weight faster.

Nor, by the way, does it say that "you can eat as much as you want, as long as it doesn't contain carbohydrates!" The book states that you should only eat a normal sized dinner; I believe Atkins says "you should eat until you feel satisfied, but not until you're full. In other words, stop eating at the point where you can say to yourself, 'Okay, I'm not full, but I have had enough to satisfy myself without ending up hungry again a half hour later.'"

[Erasmus]

Hmmmm I could go for some sardines right now. Must be time to go home for dinner. :-)

When you eat them, make sure that King Olaf is on the can <>--<)B^).

[Grampa used to pack 'em in Stavanger. He had to have his sardines and pickled herring 'till the day he died.]