Guest guest Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 , ToolPackinMama <laura@l...> wrote: > Dr. Atkin's methods have been successfully used by huge > numbers of people to good effect, and I am sure that he saved/prolonged > many human lives. Personally, I know very few people who have been successful with Atkin's Diet. It's not an eating plan that most people can sustain, and it does damaging things to the body in the early stages. Almost every I know who has tried Atkin's has ended up back with their old eating habits, and ultimately weighs more than they did before they started the diet. Apparently we have vastly different sample sets. > Meat and salad vegetables is not what makes people fat. It's the huge > piles of greasy junk food, and sugary junk food, and starchy junk food > that is making people fat and killing people with obesity, and diseases > related to poor nutrition. Dr. Atkins proved that. So all the nutritional science that came BEFORE Atkins that said junk food was responsible for obesity is irrelevant because Atkin's didn't say it? Atkins didn't prove this at all. This was widely known well before his plan was hatched. > When obesity in the USA is such a horrifying epidemic and national > shame, I think it's very wrongheaded, and just plain mean, to discourage > obese omnivores from trying Dr. Atkin's diet. Personally, I think it's cruel to encourage people to try something that has (imx) little chance of long term success and potentially damaging side effects. I think the sensible thing to do is to encourage them to learn a little basic nutrition and/or see a RD to develop a *healthy* eating plan that they can actually live with, based on sound nutritional science not how much profit can be made from selling books/supplements/etc. Carbs are not evil. Bad carb choices are a part of the problem, but certainly not all of it. Fat content in foods, huge portion sizes, and unbalanced eating habits all contribute to the problems in American dietary health. Just mnsho, of course. YMMV. -- Sherri Emancipate yourself from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds. - - Bob Marley --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.673 / Virus Database: 435 - Release 5/1/2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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