Posted on 06/08/2007 8:07:29 PM PDT by Paradox
That’s completely false.
I eat high complex carbs and am losing. The carbs are important. Very low refined carbs, high complex carbs. :)
Very low fat
Very low salt
Very low sugar
Foods as grown (lots of veggies and fruit, not necessarily raw though)
Dr. Robert Eckel of the American Heart Association says that high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets put people at risk of heart disease [7]; however, a long term study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2006 found that women reduced heart disease risk by eating more protein and fat from vegetable sources [8].
A 2001 scientific review by Obesity Research magazine concluded that low-carb dieters’ initial advantage in weight loss was a result of increased water loss, and that after the initial period, low-carb diets produce similar fat loss to other diets with similar caloric intake. [9]
The May 2004 Annals of Internal Medicine study showed that Atkins Dieters had significantly more diarrhea, general weakness, rashes and muscle cramps. Atkins.com now suggests a fiber supplement.
Also, acidity from the typically high protein intake may cause osteoporosis in women.[3]
On July 31, 2005, the Atkins Nutritional company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after the percentage of adults on the diet declined to two percent and sales of Atkins brand product fell steeply in the second half of 2004.
round 2000, Atkins started to develop a heart condition, cardiomyopathy, which he claimed was unrelated to his diet.[1][2] On April 18, 2002, Atkins suffered a cardiac arrest. He made a recovery and returned to work.
On April 8, 2003, Atkins slipped on ice and fell in front of his medical office in New York City and sustained major head injuries that put him in a coma. News of this quickly turned into rumors that Atkins had a heart attack while he was on his own diet. He never recovered from his injuries, and subsequently died on April 17 of kidney failure.[3] By mistake, the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office released Atkins’ medical records to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a group associated with PETA and which advocates a vegetarian diet. The record stated his weight to be approximately 255 lb (116 kg) at the time of death.[2] In terms of simple height/weight measure (BMI), this would mean he was obese; the apparent irony of a diet guru being obese caused the information to be circulated around the world by the media and animal rights groups, much to the distress of his family. The Atkins company released a statement claiming that he weighed only 196 lb (89 kg) upon admission to the hospital and that his apparent increase in weight was due to fluid retention following the failure of his major organs.[4] William Leith interviewed him in the period between his cardiac arrest and his fall. Leith writes, “He looks to be just under 6 feet tall and around 200 lbs – not skinny, not thin, but definitely not fat. The jowls around his neck are fairly minimal, signs of age rather than excess weight.”[5]
Some people will throw mud at anything if it makes people pay attention to him.
You are speading lies, no he wasn’t. I knew him, he was thin and looked great, I was on a cruise with him. Please check your facts.
Thank you, I thought that the poster was wrong about Dr. Atkins condition, but I just couldn’t remember the facts.
I do remember that a Harvard Medical study released a report a while back that confirmed the claims made by the Atkins Diet to be all true.
All those drawbacks listed are easily taken care of by eating some carbs once you lose the weight, and the more scientific versions of the diet (Lyle McDonalds "The Ketogenic Diet") are a far cry from the "eat all the fat and meat you want" kind of thing.
Please do me a favor, and stop in to Wikipedia and change their entry on Dr. Atkins.
A lie is when you know it is wrong. I don’t know that it is. I am repeating what I have read.
Feel free to also remark on how flat chested you find Demi Moore and Pamela Andersen.
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