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Atkins Diet

reviewed by CastleBee

CastleBee
04/28/2005

Atkins Diet 1

This is a very unhealthy approach to weight loss and any good nutritionist will tell you so. Yes, you will lose - but no, you will not keep it off if you stop. In the meantime, you will also miss out on the nutritional advantages of eating a variety of foods and your immune system and energy levels will suffer for it. Your body NEEDS carbs - it may not need as many as most people eat - but it needs them just the same. This diet is a gimmick which made an old guy and many other people wealthy. Cutting off parts of your body will cause your weight to go down too, but I wouldn't recommend that either. All you need to remember is; exercise, drink lots of water and variety and moderation in food and drink. Ever noticed that any time someone tries to complicate something that simple you can bet that it is all about the cash involved.

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Sdsunluvit commented 1095 days ago.
Nutrionalist base their knowledge on theory not fact. Our food pyramid now has changed because of this. See actual studies. Randomized Trial of a Low-Carbohydrate Diet for Obesity Foster, G.D., Wyatt, H.R., Hill, J.O., et al., "A Randomized Trial of a Low-Carbohydrate Diet for Obesity," The New England Journal of Medicine, 348(21), 2003, pages 2082-2090. Flood, A., Velie, E.M., Sinha, R., et al., Meat, Fat, and Their Subtypes as Risk Factors for Colorectal Cancer in a Prospective Cohort of Women, American Journal of Epidemiology, 158(1), 2003, pages 59-68. Saydah, S.H., Loria, C.M., Eberhardt, M.S., et al., "Abnormal Glucose Tolerance and the Risk of Cancer Death in the United States," American Journal of Epidemiology, 157(12), 2003, pages 1092-1100. Westman, E.C., Yancy, W.S., Edman, J.S., et al., "Effect of 6-Month Adherence to a Very Low Carbohydrate Diet Program," American Journal of Medicine, 113(1), 2002, pages 30-36. Aude, Y. W., Agatston, A.S., Lopez-Jimenez F., Lieberman, E.H., Almon, M., Hansen, M., Rojas, G., Lamas G.A., Hennekens C.H., "The National Cholesterol Education Program Diet vs a Diet Lower in Carbohydrates and Higher in Protein and Monounsaturated Fat," Archives of Internal Medicine,164, 2004, pages 2141-2146. These are a few STUDIES, not theory being conducted. What stands by your nutrionalist advise other than theory?
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