[wastoute]

I can prove it. I am a Pyhsician. I have been on 20 grams of carbohydrates a day for about 7 weeks, I have lost 15 lbs. My Cholesterol yesterday was 150, HDL 52 and LDL was 82. Your results may vary...

[Jimmyclyde]

I agree with you 100%.

I have been on a low carb diet and have lost almost 20 pounds.

It works.

[skeeter]

I can prove it. I am a Pyhsician. I have been on 20 grams of carbohydrates a day for about 7 weeks, I have lost 15 lbs. My Cholesterol yesterday was 150, HDL 52 and LDL was 82. Your results may vary...

Lower carb intake also lowers cholesterol? I have no weight problem & exercise regularly but still have high LDL and HDL levels.

I'm sick of oatmeal & don't want to bother with cholesterol lowering drugs.

C'mon, lay a little free advise on me doc.

[ko_kyi]

I have wondered about the cholesterol question since doing Atkins and having improvement in my numbers.

When your body manufactures cholesterol does it mostly make LDL or both? And does your body make more cholesterol when you eat less of it, or does it make pretty much the same amount all of the time?

[Question_Assumptions]

I can prove it. I am a Pyhsician. I have been on 20 grams of carbohydrates a day for about 7 weeks, I have lost 15 lbs. My Cholesterol yesterday was 150, HDL 52 and LDL was 82. Your results may vary...

I think the bigger problem is the idea that there are "one size fits all" diets out there. For example, a significant number of women have PCOS and a low-fat/high-carbohydrate diet can often make their problems worse. (See this article, which doesn't recommend the more extreme low-carb diets, for a decent summary of the issues involved.)

[lafroste]

I went from 296 to 208 lbs in six months. Cholesterol went from 220 to 178. Stress tolerance skyrockets from struggling to swim 300 yds to struggling to swim 2,200 yds.

I have concluded that corn is the killer. And corn is in nearly every pre-packaged food (even Slim-Jims). Atkins is right, these guys need to be more forthright in their analysis. Ask them why, after 25 years of dieting, diet this and sugar-free that, obesity in America has risen dramatically...

[Spirited]

"Your results may vary... "

Thank you for your contributions here.
Why does our population assume that we are paper doll cut-outs instead of as unique as snowflakes? Each of us differs in metabolic as well as physical make-up and functions.

The myopic view of the medical profession these days is stunning in its' stupidity. The prominent part the pharmaceutical companies have played in the education of physicians and politicians has allowed them to dictate to the lot and beguile the whole. That seems to lead the other croaking frogs in the same errant directions.

[leadhead]

I never had luck with Adkins, so I went lo carb, lo fat. Mostly salads with fish or chicken breasts, some cottage cheese, yougert, heavy spinich & salmon. Lost 15 in three weeks. Would have lost more if I believed that Bud Lite was actually beer.

[I got the rope]

This is an interesting post. I've been on Atkins for 4 weeks and have gone from 230 to 215. I still eat like a pig but I've cut sugar and breads. I'm at 50g of Carbs a day.

[carton253]

Started atkins 9 weeks ago... 16 pounds gone, 5% of my body fat and close to 18 inches gone..

Diet is easy, and I feel fabulous!

Thanks for your encouraging words.

[Dad was my hero]

I tried Atkins, had a tough time on it. Initially didn't have the right book in his series so went to the second phase and lost about 8 lbs, felt hungry most of the time even though I was eating constantly. Then I got the right book and went to the induction phase and really felt bad. Finally discontinued the diet because I felt so bad, couldn't run anymore and went back to the old carb loaded diet. I still think Atkins has it right along with Sugar Busters. It is sound from a pathophysiological standpoint.

Maybe I need to go back on but not at the induction phase? What do you think?