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FastShark85 · 08-19-2003, 08:46 AM

Atkins allows you to eat as many fiber carbs as you want. The first phase of the diet, called "Induction" requires you to eat less than 20 NET carbs. Net carbs are total carbs minus fiber carbs. So, if an item as 20 carbs and 15 are fiber, it only counts as 5 net carbs.

I've been on the Atkins diet since July 28 and have lost 19 pounds and 2" off my waistline. The first few days are hard since your body is overcoming its addiction to sugar and excessive carbs. Since about day 4 or 5, my energy level has gone way up, my periodic heartburn has completely stopped, I no longer get headaches, my blood pressure has dropped, and I'm sleeping better at night.

Since most beverages contain sugar (and thus many carbs), I've been drinking nothing but water for nearly a month. Doing without caffeine probably causes the better sleeping. I can drink wine if I want to, but I just don't like it with meals.

I'm enjoying the diet now. There are a LOT of people that criticize it, but I believe that much of it stems from the fact that traditional weight loss programs and their proponents view Atkins as an economic challenge to them....it is.

When I started, I asked my brother (who's a board-certified gastroenterologist) whether the diet was OK. He said everything he's heard about it from his colleagues is positive, and he said the lipolysis/ketosis condition brought on by Atkins is NOT harmful in anyway. The diet by default encourages people to increase their intake of protein, which avoids the commonly mistaken condition of ketoacidosis (aka starvation).

I frequent another forum and have a thread that extends 4 pages on the topic. After I took the initial onslaught of ciritcism from people attacking the diet, other people on the Atkins diet jumped in who had only been following the thread before. For those that stayed on the diet past the initial uncomfortable stage, all results were very positive.

Atkins has been around for over 20 years. If it was harmful like the critics say, they would be able to point to specific examples of people who have been harmed by it. I'd like to see such evidence if it exists.

08-19-2003, 08:46 AM	#10 (permalink)
FastShark85 Psycho Location: In the garage, under the car.	Atkins allows you to eat as many fiber carbs as you want. The first phase of the diet, called "Induction" requires you to eat less than 20 NET carbs. Net carbs are total carbs minus fiber carbs. So, if an item as 20 carbs and 15 are fiber, it only counts as 5 net carbs. I've been on the Atkins diet since July 28 and have lost 19 pounds and 2" off my waistline. The first few days are hard since your body is overcoming its addiction to sugar and excessive carbs. Since about day 4 or 5, my energy level has gone way up, my periodic heartburn has completely stopped, I no longer get headaches, my blood pressure has dropped, and I'm sleeping better at night. Since most beverages contain sugar (and thus many carbs), I've been drinking nothing but water for nearly a month. Doing without caffeine probably causes the better sleeping. I can drink wine if I want to, but I just don't like it with meals. I'm enjoying the diet now. There are a LOT of people that criticize it, but I believe that much of it stems from the fact that traditional weight loss programs and their proponents view Atkins as an economic challenge to them....it is. When I started, I asked my brother (who's a board-certified gastroenterologist) whether the diet was OK. He said everything he's heard about it from his colleagues is positive, and he said the lipolysis/ketosis condition brought on by Atkins is NOT harmful in anyway. The diet by default encourages people to increase their intake of protein, which avoids the commonly mistaken condition of ketoacidosis (aka starvation). I frequent another forum and have a thread that extends 4 pages on the topic. After I took the initial onslaught of ciritcism from people attacking the diet, other people on the Atkins diet jumped in who had only been following the thread before. For those that stayed on the diet past the initial uncomfortable stage, all results were very positive. Atkins has been around for over 20 years. If it was harmful like the critics say, they would be able to point to specific examples of people who have been harmed by it. I'd like to see such evidence if it exists.