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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Someone explain the biology behind Atkins to me, if they could. Doesn't all food energy basically get broken down into saccharides anyway during digestion/metabolism? (cellular respiration)

Why would eating mostly protein cause one to lose weight which it apparently does ecause I have seen many people with fabulous results.

It just doesn't make sense to me, I tend to think it is because you are so limited in what you can eat that you are inclined to lose weight.

43 posted on 10/24/2003 4:31:09 PM PDT by riri
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To: riri
Basically your liver is either storing food away (making you fat) or mobilizing fat to use (liposis). The most important factor in what your liver is doing is your insulin level. If your insulin level is high your liver will take the excess sugars and fats in you bloodstream and convert them to body fat. If it is low the opposite happens.

The amount of carbs you eat determines your insulin level. If you eat few carbs your body stays in a fat burning mode all the time instead of only when your body has exhausted its carbs (when you are binging over 75-100 grams a day).

Read Atkins or Protien Power for a complete discussion or read the web.

45 posted on 10/24/2003 4:39:27 PM PDT by Nov3 (one day at a time since 10/12/1984)
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To: riri; tiamat; GrandMoM
I tend to think it is because you are so limited in what you can eat that you are inclined to lose weight.

Have a look at some of Carlo's recipes and you'll see that you're not limited by what you can eat...

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53 posted on 10/24/2003 9:00:27 PM PDT by jellybean ( :))
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To: riri
Atkins

It is anything but limited.

57 posted on 10/24/2003 11:45:07 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: riri
Someone explain the biology behind Atkins to me, if they could. Doesn't all food energy basically get broken down into saccharides anyway during digestion/metabolism? (cellular respiration)

Why would eating mostly protein cause one to lose weight which it apparently does ecause I have seen many people with fabulous results.

It just doesn't make sense to me, I tend to think it is because you are so limited in what you can eat that you are inclined to lose weight.

You're not really limited at all... the hardest part is the first two weeks. This is the detox crash session. After that, you progressively add back foods like extra vegetables, fruits, nuts and whole grains. The maintenance phase has something from every food group. The only big no-no forever is refined sugar in any form, foods that aggravate individual intolerances (grains, nuts, etc.) and partially hydrogenated fat. This plan is certainly tailored to the individual.

Concerning the science behind it, you can go to http://atkins.com and read all of the information there. There's quite a bit.

67 posted on 10/25/2003 8:24:00 AM PDT by grimalkin
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