The is not one, NOT EVEN ONE successful study in all these years, despite the millions of dollars spent in this country and abroad trying to link a high fat high protein diet, (read Atkins here), to coronary heart disease. The Framingham Heart Study, the Techumseh Study, the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial, The WHO Coronary Prevention Study.........they all came back with big fat zeros. (Go Here to Read it For Yourself)
I am a convert, and I will use the diet to be a drug free diabetic for as long as I can.
I follow a modified Atkins now, which is to NEVER eat protein and carbohydrates at the same meal. I love popcorn, but I never eat it within three hours of a meal. I've managed to keep the weight off.
The hardest thing to do, however, is to break that carb addiction, which is exactly what it is.
Amen to that! My blood sugar was out of control. I couldn't keep it under 200 and I was spiking to around 400. My mother spent weeks in a diabetic coma and I was afraid I was heading for the same thing. I went on the Atkins diet and started a daily workout and lost over 110 lbs. The Atkins diet cured my diabetes symptoms...no medication, my BP is normal, no more meds...I had sleep apnea and used a Cpap debive to sleep, but no more and I was on medication for acid reflux...no more. I think Dr. Atkins helped to save my life.