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Originally posted by Seaver
Besides the guy who made it... was obese with a heart condition. Doesnt say much for the diet.
If you cant tell I hate the Atkins diet and the fad it has created.
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I know for a fact that there was a "Low-Carb" diet back in the seventies, before Atkins himself came up with the plan. It was used by bodybuilders to help promote lean muscle mass and remove excess fat. Those guys are still around.
That gives me the reassurance that its relatively safe. Now, there are people on the atkins diet that do nothing but eat, all the time, and they eat things that should only be consumed in moderation. Those people scare me.
I'm pleasently suprised with my state of mind and level of energy that I am experiencing with the diet. I don't ever have the 'sugar-crash' after a carb-rich meal and I have almost quit taking my ADHD medicine.
As for success stories, my father has lost more than 100 lbs and his HDL and LDL cholesterol levels have completely turned around are are in great shape.
As for my mother, being on the south beach diet, she no longer has her hot-flashes, her 20-year struggle with acid reflux is completely gone and she has never felt better.
Proof like that makes me beleive that this diet can work well for some... ...when done correctly.
-SF