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)
Because it was eliminating foods your body needs and causing chemical changes in your body. It was a terrible diet. I can't believe that guy was a doctor. Though I noticed he was reportedly quite heavy at the time of his recent death.
You are right-Atkins works!!! It hasn't failed, the business managers failed. I don't even understand how their bankruptcy has foddered these "no carb craze" discussions. What does one have to do with the other? That's like saying b/c Enron failed, energy doesn't work.
Right! I've lost weight very effectively by watching carbs (basically, lots of salad, avoiding bread, cake, potatoes), but I've also gained it back by returning to my preferred, almond-torte-rich diet.
Hi brytlea, there is plenty of information regarding the damaging effects of low-carb dieting on the internet so you may want to do some research. I researched it a few years ago when a friend decided to put her and her hubby on the low-carb diet. I have serious concerns for her health and that of her husband. I'm not a doctor but was advised BY my doctor against going on these sort of drastic diet fads.
Personally, I prefer the commonsense approach to dieting and staying in shape. Counting calories and making those calories count in a well-balanced diet. And of course, exercise.
I always thought that someone should invent a chewing gum that tastes like pizza, tacos, potaoes and gravy. All the foods that cause a person to gain weight.
Most the people I know who are over weight, eat for the taste and comfort it provides. They don't have to be hungry to eat. Most the time they aren't. It's for the taste and the comfort they find in eating. As strange as that sounds.
Someone invent a chewing gum. They get the taste, the chewing as they do when eating and the comfort.
But basically, it's eat less move more. That simple. Ha!
Excellent quote.