High-protein diet reduces appetite

News@nature.com ^ | 5 September 2006 | Michael Hopkin

[metesky]

With Atkins, the ketosis stage is just the first two weeks. I don't know why everyone thinks Atkins tells you to abandon all carbs. It does not.

[metmom]

Somehow, high protien puts a lot of stress on the kidneys and makes them work harder. I'm not sure what the mechanism is but I have a friend who constantly had to watch out for that when she did low carb.

I've found eating lots of veggies helps replace the wheat type carbs and helps control my appetite better. Keeps you regular, too, which is a problem on high protien diets.

[Old Professer]

""Prehistoric hunter-gatherers did not routinely live to be 80 years old," she points out."

Every now and then, one must feed the kitty.

[Hound of the Baskervilles]

"I believe that it's all about calories and exercise. You can eat 1200 calories of cheeze-its every day for a week and you will lose weight."

I think so too. Years ago I went on a diet of 1000 calories a day. For breakfast I had a can of chocolate Sego and a slice of Weight Watchers cherry pie. Basically it was a chocolate milkshake and a piece of pie. But it was only 350 calories. I spent my calories well and lost lots of weight.

[geezerwheezer]

I just peuked up my lunch....thanks!!

[VOA]

bump

[sneakers]

I'm a "fatty", as you call us and , yes, my weakness is carbs. I crave sugar. I went on Weight-watchers and lost 45 lbs. Then the sugar intake slowly increased and so did I. I never gained it ALL back though. I did learn a few things from WW that helps me, but it's a battle I have fought for years because I don't pay attention to what I'm putting in my mouth.
Nobody to blame but myself.

[wouldntbprudent]

I have always wondered about increasing protein by adding whey to various drinks/foods.

Also if fiber (lacking scientific term) "counteracts" carbs---the "net carbs" are determined by substracting the amount of fiber from the amount of carbs---why can't a regular carb-filled drink, such as orange juice, be made lower-net-carb by adding a soluble fiber, such as Benefiber?

[wouldntbprudent]

That's b/c the looney left views the Atkins diet as ALL ABOUT MEAT.

Meateaters are in the same category with breeders, in their view, and that ain't pretty.

[wouldntbprudent]

You can't expect the drive-by media to actually read a book and understand the diet they are criticizing! And then for scientists to actually read the book rather than the drive-by media's summary of it!

[wouldntbprudent]

Congratulations!

[gaijin]

You could go that route (as I have many times), or you could simply use cheap psyllium husk fiber.

You will lose lots of weight.

Take care that you go long on the liquid, as otherwise you (or persons proximate) will suffer (your) gas.

[MarkL]

Wow! There's so much in this article that's either completely wrong, or at least, biased misrepresentation, I don't know where to start!

"Don't know why the low carb, high protien diets work?" That's a doosey right there!

Mark

BTW, when I was on the Atkins diet, I was eating healthier than I ever had in my life before! Just because you CAN have saturated fats doesn't mean you MUST have saturated fats... And you can have carbs, just specific ones, in limited quantities.

[MarkL]

Thing is, a lot of protein sources are loaded with artery blocking stuff. It is improbable that high-protein dieters are living on tofu and beans.

When I was on Atkins, I was eating primarily chicken or turkey (about 10 meals a week), then about equal amounts of fish and beef or lean pork (about 2 meals each a week). The #1 fat in my diet was olive oil.

Mark

[MarkL]

One thing we never NEVER use is Crisco or margarine.

What!?!?!?! It's the best! Give me a can of crisco, a 5# bag of sugar, and a spoon!

YUM!

Mark

[Coldwater Creek]

Your tag sure fits you. I have wondered what had happened to you. Hope all is well!

[Tamar1973]

I eat a much healthier diet on Atkins than I've ever eaten in my life of fresh vegetables, fruits and lean meat, fish and chicken. If I'm hungry, I eat. More importantly, I can stick to it. I've maintained the weight loss for a year, I've never felt better and my cholesterol numbers are great. And, I have the full support of my doctor who understands how this way of eating really works.

AMEN!!!! Preach it, sister!

[Mase]

Unfermented soy products are much worse for you than saturated fat.

Are you referring to isolated soy protein? How is that more dangerous than saturated fat? For that matter, why are unfermented soy products bad for you in the first place? Can you be more specific because your links are filled with misinformation?

And why is saturated fat, in moderation, bad for you?

[Mase]

A close second is the copious use of corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup in just about everything

I don't see the copious use of corn syrup in our food supply but even if it was being used a great deal, what do you have against it? High fructose corn syrup has replaced sucrose over the past 30 years on a nearly one for one basis. Where there was once (or would be) sucrose there is now HFCS. HFCS is made up of the same two molecules as sucrose in almost identical proportions.

That hidden sugar and calories could blow just about any good diet

Nothing is hidden. The ingredients and nutritional information is printed clearly on the label. If you want to eliminate carbs from your diet, you should simply read the label.