Guest guest Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 you guys are aware that research shows the maintenance atkins diet is at least as healthy as a brown rice and veggies diet and works much better for weight loss and long term maintenance. if you read the atkins website, you will see that the hype about a life of bacon and beef is decidedly NOT what they recommend at this point. They are strong vocal detractors of sugar and white flour. Big on fiber and low carb veggies (the anticancer foods). A diet of animals and veggies with some starch is absolutely the diet human gather-forgagers evolved with. Agricultural societies centered on the production of grains, but this was more about social and political control than nutrition. If society tells you only rice is good and then makes it so one has to live by the rules of society to get rice or you starve, then one is brainwashed. the mere fact that China is an agricultural society and thus used grains as their main food source is no evidence that the chinese diet is superior in any way to others. It is evidence that in ancewint times, grains were necessary to promote civilization. no more. no less. A small amount of carbs in necessary to prevent ketosis. Otherwise carbs serve no purpose in the body besides energy and fat gives a nicer smoother burn and keeps blood sugar levels more stable. Since whole gains are essentially unavailable in the restaurant world, a maintenance atkins diet is probably the healthiest diet one can eat when one is on the road. BTW, I have never had a weight problem, never tired atkins and usually eat mostly veggie. So nothing personal here. , " Pat Ethridge " <pat.ethridge@c...> wrote: > Right. That's the big fad of the moment. > > Pat > > > Unless they are on the Atkins diet > > > On Jan 12, 2004, at 8:34 AM, Pat Ethridge wrote: > > > More typically here in NYC, I see people eat a bagel or muffin for > > breakfast, deli sandwich or salad bar for lunch, and then for supper, > > take > > out chinese or pizza, or, if they are into the club scene, tapas or > > other > > snacks. Donuts anytime. I read somewhere that at least 50% of the > > people > > who eat at salad bars regularly here have parasites. Not the best > > diet, to > > be sure. > > > > Pat > > > Chinese Herbal Medicine offers various professional services, including > board approved continuing education classes, an annual conference and a > free discussion forum in Chinese Herbal Medicine. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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