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More Dieters Ditch Carb Counts (AP)
AP ^ | Aug 2, 2005 | AP staff

Posted on 08/03/2005 7:10:46 AM PDT by summer

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To: summer
If you google "Atkins" AND "Dangerous" you get OVER 362,000 (three hundred sixty-two thousand) entires that pop up. So, take your pick as to which "DANGEROUS" article you like best!

If you google "religion of peace", you get 260,000 hits.

81 posted on 08/03/2005 7:56:23 AM PDT by Shalom Israel (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: Lekker 1

Hey, typing is also a form of exercise. See that? I just burned two calories right there.

*Whew!* Feeling tired all of a sudden...


82 posted on 08/03/2005 7:56:34 AM PDT by sheltonmac ("Duty is ours; consequences are God's." -Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson)
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To: Lekker 1
LOL...I don't walk for exercise because of the high risk of being bitten by a dog. Also, riding bikes scares me because of the high risk of being hit by an automobile.

LOL, you should try my new form of exercise, kayaking! It's great fun, and no dogs or cars! Of course, if you check my info you will see that there might be a few dangers there as well!

susie
83 posted on 08/03/2005 7:56:55 AM PDT by brytlea (All you need as ID to vote in FL is your Costco card...)
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To: summer
I'm glad Atkins failed.

Meat was getting expensive but now it's cheap again !


BUMP

84 posted on 08/03/2005 7:57:07 AM PDT by tm22721
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To: rhombus
Mmmmmm fluff.

Did someone say fluff? Not a recommended part of a low-carb diet, I'm thinking :)


85 posted on 08/03/2005 7:57:43 AM PDT by -YYZ-
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To: BibChr
"Atkins bars are the best!

Have you tried Power Bar PRIA?

There are 2g impact carbs in each bar. I get them at Costco. 18 to a pack for $19.99. That comes out to $1.11 per bar.

9 Peanut Butter Caramel Nut.
6 Caramel Nut Brownie
3 Cookies 'n Caramel.

Yum! Yum! Yum!

86 posted on 08/03/2005 7:58:04 AM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: hispanarepublicana

Or chocolate!


87 posted on 08/03/2005 7:59:25 AM PDT by proudofthesouth (Boycotting movies since 1988)
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To: Shalom Israel

I have been trying to find a way to make a low carb mojito!
susie


88 posted on 08/03/2005 7:59:29 AM PDT by brytlea (All you need as ID to vote in FL is your Costco card...)
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To: Lekker 1
(calories burned + calories expelled) > calories consumed = weight loss. Now that is more like it.

Cool! I had no idea I could make pooping part of my overall dieting strategy! :)

89 posted on 08/03/2005 8:00:08 AM PDT by T.Smith
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To: Lekker 1
Everything in moderation? Wife-beating in moderation? How about murdering innocent people in moderation?

LOL--great point! The proverb actually comes from 1 Corinthians 9:25, which actually says, "every man that striveth for the mastery is moderate in all things." The word "moderate" there actually means "self-controlled". But "self-control in everything" doesn't sound nearly as appealing. :-0

90 posted on 08/03/2005 8:00:38 AM PDT by Shalom Israel (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: proudofthesouth

I actually shave baking chocolate into my coffee (decaff). It is sinfully delicious!
susie


91 posted on 08/03/2005 8:00:38 AM PDT by brytlea (All you need as ID to vote in FL is your Costco card...)
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To: little jeremiah
The solution, which I am working on, is eating less, less fats and refined sugars, no artifical or pre-prepared foods, never any sodas and few if any desserts, and exercise more.

Hmm, sounds a lot like Atkins....

92 posted on 08/03/2005 8:04:41 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: summer

Nonsense. How is cutting out sugar, starch and white flour bad for the body?

I know what people think of it but I lost close to 90 lbs on it and at 46 years old am now in the best shape I've been in since my early 20's.

The problem was, too many people didn't actually read the material.. they just started piling on the steak, bacon and low carb candybars & ice cream. Now THAT is bad for the body.


93 posted on 08/03/2005 8:05:08 AM PDT by Trampled by Lambs (This Tagline is on hiatus as I think of a new one.)
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To: Spunky

Yes, I have; and yes, they're not bad. Their PB is probably second-best, next to Atkins. The other two are flavorful, but chewier than I prefer.

My favorite thing is crunchy; in a bar, I like it to be flakier. I don't like hard and sticky. Atkins' PB is flaky (flakey?), and the S'mores is similar. Can't find that in another brand.

Dan


94 posted on 08/03/2005 8:06:25 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: summer
We have only eaten high levels of carbs for <5000 years.

Our bodies have not yet adapted.

We were meat eaters for millions of years.

We still are.


BUMP

95 posted on 08/03/2005 8:06:45 AM PDT by tm22721
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To: summer; T.Smith; hispanarepublicana

I have argued with the Atkins sugarfree kool-aid drinkers for years concerning the Air Force diet rebadged Atkins Diet. It's simply not worth it to discuss how Dr. Atkins floated this diet in the late 1970's and it crashed like so many of his dieters eating a whole loaf of Italian bread with garlic sop. It's not worth the headache of telling them Doctor Carb was bloated and sickly when he mysteriously "fell to his death." No need to argue until you're blue in the face about the serious kidney problems awaiting all these fine people. And if they are religious, there's no need to bring up biblical principles of unbalanced heretics telling people not to enjoy foods created by God -- "touch not taste not, etc."

Save your breath. Be gentle when they crash. As for me, I think I'll have pizza today for lunch. MMMMMMMMMMMM PIZZA.


96 posted on 08/03/2005 8:06:49 AM PDT by sully777 (The Religion Of Peace apparently kills!)
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To: brytlea

I make a coffee creamer with cocoa, splenda and carnation dry creamer - tastes quite a bit like regular chocolate creamer but without the sugar -


97 posted on 08/03/2005 8:06:49 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Prayers for healing and relief from pain for Cowboy...........)
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To: T.Smith
Cool! I had no idea I could make pooping part of my overall dieting strategy! :)

Pooping is a very important part of any dieting strategy. In fact, I cannot recommend it highly enough. You can never poop too much. (vomiting is also a way to expell calories, but I don't recommend that one unless you have a wife to clean up the overspray)

98 posted on 08/03/2005 8:08:56 AM PDT by Lekker 1 ("Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"- Harry M. Warner, Warner Bros., 1927)
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To: summer
The diet is still popular. All this concerns is a food products company ~ real dieters learn to do without pasta right quick.

Sounds like you have some personal issues though.

99 posted on 08/03/2005 8:08:58 AM PDT by muawiyah (/ hey coach do I gotta' put in that "/sarcasm " thing again?)
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To: summer

"Because it was eliminating foods your body needs and causing chemical changes in your body."

Which foods are those? Sugar? High Fructose Corn Syrup maybe? How about Wonderbread?

If you think Atkins was about eliminating all fruits & veggies you are mistaken.

The problem is, many people mistake the failure of business side of Atkin's crappy low carb products with the diet itself. It's the business that failed. The diet works if done correctly.


100 posted on 08/03/2005 8:09:30 AM PDT by Trampled by Lambs (This Tagline is on hiatus as I think of a new one.)
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