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Two Studies Vindicate Atkins Diet
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Posted on 05/21/2003 2:20:12 PM PDT by Johnny Gage
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To: Johnny Gage
"For the last 20 years that I've been helping people lose weight, I've been trashing the Atkins diet -- without any real data to rely on," said Dr. Michael Hamilton, an obesity researcher who was not part of either study. "Now we have some data to give us some guidance." Now, he said, he would neither trash it nor endorse it. "I'm going to say I don't know. The evidence isn't in," he said.
This guy still believes that second-hand smoke kills 40,000 people a year, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
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posted on
05/22/2003 5:45:51 AM PDT
by
CaptRon
To: dead
Got a buddy that got it when he was younger than you!
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posted on
05/22/2003 5:48:19 AM PDT
by
CaptRon
To: Aquinasfan
I have seen personally cholesterol numbers go up with some people....much to their surprise.
It isn't a magic bullet, and while it works for some....it has been pretty rough on others.
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posted on
05/22/2003 5:55:39 AM PDT
by
najida
(Yes I have a truck, and no, I won't help you move.)
To: Otta B Sleepin
It would be interesting to know how these people would have fared on any other kind of diet. Those who want the "quick fix" of a rapid weight loss without changing their long-term eating habits will inevitably regain much or most of their weight when they go back to eating indiscriminately. "Yo-yo" dieting is a way of life for many folks.
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The people I have known personally who had long term success have
a. Took up a permanent activity/exercise program.
b. Changed their eating habits (and these have varied pretty much from person to person).
c. Allowed themselves to eat most foods they enjoyed, just in moderation the 'bad' foods.
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posted on
05/22/2003 5:59:34 AM PDT
by
najida
(Yes I have a truck, and no, I won't help you move.)
To: Johnny Gage
I eat an Atkin's diet for lunch only. I'm not trying to lose weight but to avoid that horrible sleepy, sluggish feeling I get in the afternoon. It works.
To: Maven
Well the Atkins threads around that time made me give it (the diet) a second look. I normally shy away from any of these "diets" that fill our bookstores and supermarket tabloids. I am very cynical about them. Still, I have issues with the Atkins diet. I believe it is not balanced enough and too extreme with its anti-carb agenda. But I have adopted about 70% of it - and I am pleased to say that in conjunction with my walking program of 6-8 miles a day, it works...well it works for me.
With the exception of rice and cous-cous, I pretty much have cut out most of the high-carb foods in my regular diet. No more pies, cakes, candy, packaged snack foods, chips, etc. Since cutting this stuff out and doing my walking every day, my hunger for these foods have disappeared. I used to crave stuff like those peanut butter and cracker sandwiches that you see in the vending machines. I also craved things like those Goldfish snack crackers and Fig Newtons (thinking they were somewhat healthy). All those cravings have disappeared. Now I have just a banana for breakfast and a tin of sardines (or small bag of peanuts) for lunch on most days and I am not even hungry. In fact, I have to sometimes force myself to have that banana in the morning because I know I need to put something in my system after doing my 5AM walk. I'm just not hungry at all. It amazes me that I have cut my food intake (as measured in calories) by half while walking 6-8 miles per day.
I don't bother counting calories but I estimate I do not go very much over 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day (including the beer and coffee I drink) since starting the "modified" Atkins plan (along with the walking program). I walk three miles in the morning and about 4 miles at lunch.
I have been eating much healthier for about two full years now and my weight gain had stopped. But it wasn't until I cut carbs significantly that I started losing the weight. Now I am losing it rather rapidly.
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posted on
05/22/2003 6:18:29 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(California wine beats French wine in blind taste tests. Boycott French wine.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
You can have a lot of substitutes for all that stuff. There are carb-free bread mixes, pancake baking mixes and carb-free maple syrup, and tons of low-carb chocolate stuff. mmmmmmmmmm. I couldn't live without it.
I don't think there is a diet ever invented that some people don't gain weight back. more of a problem with not staying on the diet for the rest of your life...or never exercising.
To: Aquinasfan
Get a scale that measures percentage body fat as well as weight.I've seen these scales in sporting goods stores. I just assumed it was a gimmick to sell the scales for more money. Are these scales accurate? How do they figure out body fat? Are they worth the extra money?
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posted on
05/22/2003 6:24:11 AM PDT
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SamAdams76
(California wine beats French wine in blind taste tests. Boycott French wine.)
To: najida
Poor old Doc Atkins never claimed he could fix the weird minds of the morbidly obese ... just their huge buns and bellies.
Sorry, but people in the 300-400lb range are usually mental cases. BTW, there are enormous number of these porcine sickos on the loose right now, and I don't think they ought to be driving cars. They eat as they drive and fall asleep.
To: BibChr
I mean, you know the one about the statistician who drowned, wading across a river with an "average depth" of four feet? Hah! But seriously, I know several people who lost 40-60 lbs in 6 months. 15-20 lbs seems insignificant when you are 280.
To: Maven
My sister-in-law has diabetes, and her doctor told her emphatically to stay away from Atkins. I think she need a new doctor.
To: Kenny Bunk
Poor old Doc Atkins never claimed he could fix the weird minds of the morbidly obese ... just their huge buns and bellies. Sorry, but people in the 300-400lb range are usually mental cases. BTW, there are enormous number of these porcine sickos on the loose right now, and I don't think they ought to be driving carsWell, I'm sure that you, with your humble, self-aware, compassionate, caring, loving approach, will succeed where Dr. Atkins failed.
Dan
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posted on
05/22/2003 6:37:27 AM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: Mr. Jeeves
One pretty much has to view those "just once's" the way an ex-drunk views "just a sip," don't you think? Broadly speaking, it's never "just a sip."
Dan
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posted on
05/22/2003 6:42:25 AM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: Anoel
For your information.
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posted on
05/22/2003 6:46:32 AM PDT
by
DeSoto
To: L,TOWM
Of course, when I was eating "the world's staples", I got nice and fat, tender, and juicy myself. Never did produce good eggs though. LOL.
I like what a friend said: "Salad is what food eats!"
Dan
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posted on
05/22/2003 6:54:56 AM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: BibChr
That's just what I had in mind. Though Atkins doesn't strictly prohibit eating certain foods once one reaches one's goal weight, food addictions require the same self-discipline to beat as any other addiction. It's a Marine boot camp mentality - forever - or else the risk of backsliding is too great.
To: tickles; dead
Would either/both of you catch me up on what Michelob Ultra is, how it fits in the discussion... and how it tastes?
Dan
(C8
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posted on
05/22/2003 6:56:31 AM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: Maven
Thanks for again putting yourself right out there. Love the pix; you hang in there. You're a rich resource in these discussions. And your I DID IT post rather seems to trump the FROM WAY OVER AND UP HERE I DISDAINFULLY DISAPPROVE postings spattering this thread.
Thanks!
Dan
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posted on
05/22/2003 7:01:32 AM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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