Guest guest Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 I was reading in the paper this morning of the Akins Diet. It is a diet designed to lose weight and it works. It says you can eat anything except carbohydrates. And he says no fruit. So you can eat lots of cooked food except carbohydrates. It seems to be the opposite of the raw food diet. What do you think of the Atkins Diet? Victor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 I think in the short run you may lose weight. In the long run... it will kill you. I think it is positively one of the worst diet crazes to ever be thought up. Just my humble opinion. Do some research and I think you will agree. Monte rawfood , shortus <no_reply> wrote: > I was reading in the paper this morning of the Akins Diet. It is a > diet designed to lose weight and it works. It says you can eat > anything except carbohydrates. And he says no fruit. > > So you can eat lots of cooked food except carbohydrates. It seems to > be the opposite of the raw food diet. > > What do you think of the Atkins Diet? > > Victor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 > What do you think of the Atkins Diet? Victor, Thanks for posting this. I am going for my Masters in Health Services Administration and know a number of doctors who tell people not to try this diet. The main problems associated with this diet is kidney and liver malfunction after a number of years on the diet. Not something I wish to have, personally. Raw foods all the way! Aaron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 Victor, I came across the Atkins diet before I even knew about raw foodism. I bought the good doctor's book and tried it out. It constipated me to the point where I thought it was not for me. With hindsight the best thing about the book is that it dares to challenge the medical world. The American Heart Association is perjorative about Atkins but is unable to articulate. I though they should either endorse him or declare him a quack. They do neither. Instead they sing Dr. Ornish's praise and he doctrinairely - why not - declares you need to eat his cooked broth. By the time I found this out I had adopted the notion of exclusive raw food eating. In answer to your question. I enjoyed reading his book, I like his style but I think his diet is not for anyone who knows better. Your plan looks fine. The green leaves to clean the blood will be important and there will be enough sugar in the vegetables and still in your body to carry you through. It is amazing how the human body carries so much fat. In early days of transition to a raw diet I found a strange quasi feeling of hunger lingered without the driven need to eat. I suspect that it is at this point where many return to old habits. A pity really as the body is looking around for the huge carbohydrate packets found in cooked food but they do not arrive. It is learning to take what it needs from humbler sources. It learns to pull more out of sugar sources in both vegetables and fruit - red peppers for example. Meanwhile the quality of muscle tissue improves, mental clarity improves, energy levels go up and the whole litany of raw foodism is manifest. Peter shortus [no_reply ] 17 February 2003 05:28 rawfood [Raw Food] Question of Atkins Diet I was reading in the paper this morning of the Akins Diet. It is a diet designed to lose weight and it works. It says you can eat anything except carbohydrates. And he says no fruit. So you can eat lots of cooked food except carbohydrates. It seems to be the opposite of the raw food diet. What do you think of the Atkins Diet? Victor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 --- " alpha13081 <wolf_nicholas " <wolf_nicholas wrote: > > What do you think of the Atkins Diet? > > The main problems associated > with this diet > is kidney and liver malfunction after a number of > years on the > diet. Not something I wish to have, personally. it doens't even have to be after a couple of years. i have talked with people who have had liver problems (short term problems, but problems nonetheless) after just a few weeks on the diet. Send Flowers for Valentine's Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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