Everything else is just fluff.
Damaging to the body how?
I think it failed because it is difficult, in American culture to deny yourself anything. Most Americans have been raised on a diet high in simple carbs (sugar and refined grains) and they are surrounded by it constantly. It's difficult to say no when everyone around you is eating the foods you love.
I predict there will not be any diet that the average American can stay on for the long haul. We (collectivly) are doomed to be fatter and fatter until someone invents a simple pill that dissolves fat, or something happens to make food less easily procured and exercise required (I don't mean by government regulation but in order to survive).
susie (yes, low carber since 1997)
Any diet that doesn't allow satisfying amounts of wine or beer is doomed to failure.
How exactly is it damaging to the body? Do you have proof of this, other than second or third hand rumor and gossip?
Weight lifters have used lo-carb for years. They use it to treat epiliptic kids. They treat diabetics with it.
How is it unhealthy?
I eat fresh meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, and cheese. How is this unhealthy?
I'm in thebest shape of my life. How has eating this way damaged my health? My doctor gives me flying colors when I have a physical.
How is lo-carbing "so damaging"?
You should know that people who are diabetic MUST eat a low carb diet or it IS detrimental to their health.
1. The atkins diet is not damaging to the body, read the book, stop being a dumb ass. If you follow the instructions in the book the diet is far safer than the low fat diet, which will pack on the pounds, and leave you hungry.
2. No where does the article reference any data showing the popularity of the diet has wanned only that the company filed chapter 11. That would be like saying because Chrysler filed chapter 11 the popularity of the automobile is decreasing.
Before, all carbohydrate info-at-a-glance packaging could only be found in the painfully small diabetic foods subsection of one aisle. Now it's everywhere! :o)
1. Stupid article.
2. Wrong.
3. Ditto for your comment.
Dan (2 years + on Atkins, very healthy and happy)
Major health food shops, i.e. Wild Oats, Whole Foods, didn't carry them and my local grocery store with a large "health foods" section, carried a very limited supply.
Now with South Beach going "over-the-counter" with ready-to-eat products made mostly by Kraft, they are including such things as "High fructose corn syryp", which is a very major no-no, so I won't purchase any more - period!
Major health food shops, i.e. Wild Oats, Whole Foods, didn't carry them and my local grocery store with a large "health foods" section, carried a very limited supply.
Now with South Beach going "over-the-counter" with ready-to-eat products made mostly by Kraft, they are including such things as "High fructose corn syryp", which is a very major no-no, so I won't purchase any more - period!
Major health food shops, i.e. Wild Oats, Whole Foods, didn't carry them and my local grocery store with a large "health foods" section, carried a very limited supply.
Now with South Beach going "over-the-counter" with ready-to-eat products made mostly by Kraft, they are including such things as "High fructose corn syryp", which is a very major no-no, so I won't purchase any more - period!
May I suggest the South Beach Diet. My loss has been 30 lbs in less than 11 weeks. It is not really much different than the old Weight Watchers, except that you don't have to obsess over weighing, measuring, exchanges, and points. And it allows enough carbs to keep the elimination system functioning. After the first 2 weeks, it is easy to follow, and you can order off of most restaurant menues. I feel great.
So is obesity.
...you ready for this...?
It's called...
The EAT LESS, EXERCISE MORE Diet. It's SO revolutionary that even the cavemen might've used it once. I'm telling you, once people catch on, they're going to wonder what they were worrying about all these years.
Please, tell your family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, kids, kid's friends, kid's friends parents, teachers, doctors, lawyers, cops and criminals... it's the new diet REVOLUTION... YEAAHAHHHHHHHHHHH
/Dean
And given the fact that people were dumb enough to go the Atkins route, I'll just start by saying that people need to put down the remotes and the keyboards and read more books. Nutrition and exercise books and magazines are prolific. I recommend Men's Health for the guys out there. I've been a subscriber since college, and I've lost a significant amount of weight thanks to their nutrition and exercise tips.
Dieters haven't ditched low carb, they've ditched the high priced Atkins products. Actually, the idea behind the diet was changed after Dr. Atkins died and the company was more concerned with making $$ rather than promoting the doctor's ideas. The book versions after his death were also going out in left field from his original diet. It's certainly not surprising the media and the uninformed public can't/won't distinquish between the company and the diet.
I can't believe people still think it's all about eating bacon piled high with butter three times a day. The only foods the "original" Atkins restricted was the same as what your greatgrandmother knew in her time - don't eat white foods (sugar, starch, and breads).
What do you mean? The Atkins diet has been around for over 30 years, so it can hardly be called a fad diet. And what evidence do you have that it's damaging to the body?
Personally, I have never tried the Atkins diet. I believe in the "everything in moderation" philosophy. Too much of anything can be bad, but there is no denying that a low-carb, low-sugar diet is healthy. I prefer to look at it as a more all-natural diet--that is, staying away from processed ingredients like high-fructose corn syrups, artificial sweeteners, hydrogenated oils, etc.
I agree. It was not a diet that could be sustained, and if people did sustain, it was so unbalanced it would lead to all manner of health problems.
The solution, which I am working on, is eating less, less fats and refined sugars, no artifical or pre-prepared foods, never any sodas and few if any desserts, and exercise more.
It also helps greatly to never eat at night (like after dark), and there are certain herbs which help with fat metabolism. And I DON'T mean Herbalife.
The low carb products have been wonderful for those of us who are insulin resistant or diabetic. Although we do not have to eat a carb free diet, we do need to limit the carbs we eat with each meal or snack. The low carb products made it easy for us to do so. If they fade away from the market, it will be more difficult for us to limit carbs. Not impossible, just more difficult.