Longest scientific study yet backs Atkins diet

New Scientist.com ^ | 05/18/2004 | Andy Coghlan

[End Times Sentinel]

I was on the Atkins for 6 weeks.  I lost about 10 lbs, but my cholesterol went from 298 to 203.  Amazing.

It was somewhat difficult to stay on if you eat on the fly (I had to fall off when election time came around), but beyond that, I found it a good experience.

Owl_Eagle
" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"

[Numbers Guy]

Neal Barnard of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a vegan lobby group

The study could have said Atkins was perfect and effective and Mr. Vegan would have been ranting about it. Yo, Neal, stop eating murdered plants!

[Hop A Long Cassidy]

>>>"Yo, Neal, stop eating murdered plants!"

Yo, Neal, plants have feelings too. :)

Hoppy

[jjm2111]

I lost 25lbs. w/ Atkins.

[BJClinton]

if you eat on the fly

Well, if you're eating on a fly at least the portions would be small. Ahem...

Anyway, yeah, that's tough. I learned how to cook and plan ahead but sometimes it's just not enough. Thankfully low-carb is all the rage and convenience food is becoming more common.

[BJClinton]

Mr. Vegan would have been ranting about it.

That's because to him this is about ideology and not science. Similar to many of the "environmental" causes.

[epluribus_2]

its hard losing ones religion. The fact that eating protein and fat is good for humans just kills some academics.

[End Times Sentinel]

Thankfully low-carb is all the rage and convenience food is becoming more common.

Exactly.  A year from now it will be a WHOLE lot easier than it is today.  I have an idea for opening a delivery place that does all low carb, but I'm not really a bread guy and wouldn't be able to tell if a low carb roll was any good.

Anyway, the wife and I have been doing that South Beach Diet for a few weeks.   It's a website www.southbeachdiet.com and for $5 a week they plan all your meals, give you a shopping list, let you customize it etc.  I'll pay five ones for that service.

Owl_Eagle
" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"

[lysie]

FYI

All you low carbers....Take a look here

[BJClinton]

Ah, so you are the keeper of the low-carb list. Please add me!

[lysie]

Not really the keeper, but you will be added to the list.

:-)

[pcx99]

Those of us who actually stayed on the diet longer than 5 days (takes about 3-5 days to flush all the carbohydrates out of your system) know for a fact that Atkins works, and works well. Its nice that the scientist types are finally getting around to admitting that the low fat craze has only made everyone fatter and maybe counting callories isn't the best way to deal with the US obesity epedimic, but there are enough success stories and testimonials around that anyone seriously looking into a weight loss plan has to take Atkins into consideration.

I've been on it around 35 days, have lost 18 pounds and two pants sizes. But to me the biggest and most amazing thing isn't the weight I've lost, or how EASY the diet is, or that I'm not getting a glucose energy crash mid-afternoons, or the fact that the impossible to resist snack attacks are now history, it's how much energy I've had since around the 4th day of the diet.

I feel like a kid again.

The $30.00 I spent for the book/cookbook and carb counter is the best money I've ever spent in my life.

[BJClinton]

Thanks.

And for people that truly have too much time on their hands, the Annals of Internal Medicine Study.

[CholeraJoe]

I'm down 24 since January. Haven't weighed this little in 20 years. I've had to buy new pants.

[BJClinton]

But to me the biggest and most amazing thing isn't the weight I've lost, or how EASY the diet is, or that I'm not getting a glucose energy crash mid-afternoons, or the fact that the impossible to resist snack attacks are now history, it's how much energy I've had since around the 4th day of the diet.

All true. The easy aspect is the most amazing. I'm just not hungry for 6+ hours after a bacon/sausage/egg breakfast and don't feel the urge to snack. But like you said, it takes about 2 weeks before you see the big results (16 pounds, 2 inches off my waist in 1st 2 weeks).

[BJClinton]

I've had to buy new pants.

I've invested in a leather awl to modify my favorite belt.

[Hank Rearden]

Thankfully low-carb is all the rage and convenience food is becoming more common.

Latest Consumer's Reports issue has a cover story on low-carb foods. They conclude that much of the new convenience foods are so high in calories that it outweighs the low-carb benefits. Plus, the say more Big Stupid Government regulation is "needed". They always say that.

I think a lot of the low-carb prepared foods aren't the best either (read the labels). However, the Breyers ice cream is a lot better than CR says it is, and sometimes you just gotta have something fun.

Stick to low-carb whole foods for the most part, and you'll be fine.

Me? Down 60 in a year.

[chuknospam]

The wife is a type 2 diabetic. Her last visit, her triglicerides were 1700. Doc put her on the Southbeach diet, very similar to Atkins. 3 weeks later her triglicerides were in the 200's. I sort of went along with the diet too and lost 10 lbs in 3 weeks. Now, some folks have a misconception about Atkins but frankly giving up carbs and eating vegis and meat in moderation (not a 2 pound steak at every meal) really works. I have a salad for lunch every day with about 3 ozs of meat and never felt better. No hunger later in the day.

[dangus]

Apparently Atkins dieters don't continue to lose weigh after six months. The reason: Atkins placed people on a maintenance diet once they've lost all the weight they want to. They do keep off the weight they've lost, and they do stick with the maintenance diet. NBC PROCLAIMED THIS STUDY THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR ATKINS because Atkin's dieters didn't continue to lose weight!