Doctors' group urges Atkins diet ban

Washinton Times ^ | August 22, 2003 | UPI

[Cincinatus' Wife]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Nutritionists are urging the top 10 U.S. hospitals to ban the Atkins diet, reports said Friday.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine announced Friday in Washington it hopes the hospitals will emulate England's Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, which is eliminating the controversial diet from its menus, fearing a link to kidney damage.

[Coleus]

Just don't kill your Grandma if she refuses to give you carb laden rice!!

 

A chubby Queens woman hacked her mother-in-law to death with a meat cleaver after the older woman refused to serve her rice with dinner because it's too fattening, authorities said yesterday.
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[Aquinasfan]

Thanks for the recipes!

[Aquinasfan]

Anyone have any suggestions?

Try Hansen's or Waist Watchers (both sweetened with Splenda) fruit sodas with Absolut. Not bad. My wife and I like the Lemon Waist Watchers.

[SamAdams76]

The sardines are packed very tightly in the can (hence the popular expression "crammed like sardines"), usually in an oil or in plain water. I recommend the olive oil because not only does it make the sardines much more palatable, but olive oil is full of nutritional benefits. Both sardines and olive oil are very, very good for you. These two foods combined make this one of the best foods you can possibly eat.

No, they do not have heads on them! At least not the brand that I buy (King Oscar). No need to debone them. Like canned salmon, the fish is cooked so throughly that the bone literally dissolves in your mouth. In fact, you don't even realize that the bone is still in them. Speaking of salmon, that's another great food.

You can eat these sardines right out of the can. No preparation is needed. Some prefer eating them with crackers as I once did but since crackers are off my menu, I either have them just as they are or with a hunk of cheese. Sometimes when I am home and I have the time, I will have the sardines with cheese, slices of spicy pepperoni and a bottle of German smoked beer that I keep around for just that purpose. Makes a decent meal.

But usually, I bring the sardines to work to have for lunch. While my co-workers are wolfing down meatball subs, fast food tacos, burgers and fries, etc., I open my can of sardines (after my lunchtime walk). It's 150 calories of concentrated nutrition that is surprisingly filling. That's usually the only thing I have for lunch. In my desk drawer at work is a container of plastic spoons and an "emergency" stash of these sardines.

BTW, these tin travel extremely well. I stash them in luggage on trips (which must give the baggage inspectors something to talk about) and so I am never without vital nutrition when I am on the road. Just don't forget the plastic forks because it is very messy eating them with your fingers (I was forced to do that once or twice).

[SamAdams76]

On the subject of ice cream (once one of my culinary favorites), I have had no desire for it since going low-carb. Even a low-carb ice cream would not necessarily appeal to me. Taking the place of ice cream is yogurt. Believe it or not, in the absence of sweets and other sugary junk, yogurt is now as delicious as ice cream to my palate. Especially the yogurts with fruit on the bottom (berries such as blueberries, raspberries, strawberries).

One does need to be careful however as many supermarket brands of yogurt are little better than ice cream sundaes with respect to sugar content. Look for the "all natural" brands and shun like the plague any yogurts with high fructose corn syrup and other junk like that. Also ensure that the yogurt has a "live cultures" seal on it. Without the live cultures, you might as well just eat plain ice cream. The live cultures is what makes yogurt so beneficial to you.

I brand that I like is Stonyfield Farms. Even though the owners have "Ben and Jerry" disease, it's a fine product that uses live cultures and real fruit. It does have 23g of carbs because they use real sugar. I justify that based on my 7-10 miles of walking I do each day. If I didn't exercise, I'd probably want to stay away from that much sugar and would eat plain yogurt instead. Another alternative would be to eat plain yogurt and sprinkle in a few blueberries or strawberries yourself.

[diotima]

I recently learned about the carb count in yogurt HERE. It appears to work a little differently than other foods.

Blue Bunny makes yogurt and according to the article I linked above, it has about 4 carbs per serving. Super WalMart sells Blue Bunny, but I don't live near a Super Walmart. (Can you believe there are no super Wal-marts in LA?) Blue Bunny has a website and you can look up where they sell the yogurt in your area.

[Cincinatus]

I've looked for Blue Bunny ice cream, but I also don't have a nearby Super Walmart. However, I found that Food Lion sells a Splenda-based ice cream under their own brand name. It's identical to the Blue Bunny variety (according to the info they publish on their web site). The flavors I've found at my local Food Lion include Neopolitan, Vanilla, Vanilla-Chocolate swirl, and Carmel Pecan. Great stuff, and only 4 g of carbs per scoop.

[Greek]

Atkins is already dead, slipped on ice and broke his head....now no more meat will he be fed....

[diotima]

Thanks, I'll check into that!

[carlo3b]

My pleasure, I hope you enjoy them.. :)

[carlo3b]

A chubby Queens woman hacked her mother-in-law to death with a meat cleaver after the older woman refused to serve her rice with dinner because it's too fattening,

Gives a whole new meaning to the saying, "that rice recipe is to die for" YIKES!!

[carlo3b]

Made it for breakfast, early (O-Dark-Thirty) this morning.

some of my favorite memories, great food in the very early summer mornings.. I am so pleased that you enjoyed it

[MadelineZapeezda]

I walked thru our nearby Costco and to my suprise they were demonstrating frying a brand of Queso Blanco cheese in a teflon pan with nothing else in it. It was awesome......a slight nutty taste. It come in a brick type slab and is quite inexpensive. It will get raves. Trust me, my relatives who were visiting gobbled it up. Fry on a high temp so that it turns brown.

Sam...you look terrific. If I get the courage I'll post a pix of me .....68 pounds so far.

I drink 2 to 3 cups of reg coffee per day, never gave it up. I also indulge in 1 cup of Splenda sweetened whipped cream several nights a week, with or w/o berries as my indulgence.

[The Shrew]

Check out this article:

Eateries going with Lo-Carb Menus

Regards,

TS

[Beck_isright]

Now you've done it. The Daschle's and other grain state power brokers will be coming after you...

[RJayneJ]

I'm munching on some cheese critters now, but I'll have to try that. I am toying with the idea to try other kinds of cheese. They really do satisfy that craving to munch. Pork rinds get old after a while. I have a cook book that suggests that you bake chicken skin, lightly salted, until crisp, to snack on. I haven't gotten my nerve up to try that yet. I could probably eat it if someone else fixed it.

[ko_kyi]

Atkins is already dead, slipped on ice and broke his head....now no more meat will he be fed....

Nor will this poet thread be read.

[carlo3b]

Eateries going with Lo-Carb Menus

The Low Carb train is well down the track for sure, and I believe, as appearently you do, that there is a long way to go. Look for a few more fringe chains to Beef-Up their menues. I believe the larger chains will be dragging their feet because they are already a target of the trial lawyers over the fat issues, leaving a wide hole for quick thinkers, and fast movers..LOL