Atkins diet tastes good to retailers

I was a pt. of Dr. Atkins.

Thanks for the info. I was a pt. of dr. atkins and love his diet.

cherry...if women are taking hormone replacement therapy they tend to put on 5 pounds a year ,according to the late Dr. Atkins. Such was the case with me. After I heard him talk about these women being ketosis resistant, I quit taking my HRTs and began his diet.

Since Jan 24 I have lost 51 pounds.
My goal is another 25 pounds.
My acid reflux is gone!!!!!!!!I feel terrific. No more Prevacid. It's actually been easy.

"The controversy that has always surrounded Atkins continues to swirl around even independent research conducted by reputable institutions."

— Colette Heimowitz, M.S.

Now we can ALL scream for ice cream. Introducing Atkins Endulge(TM) Super Premium Ice Cream. In chocolate or vanilla.

Last week the media reported extensively on two new studies published in the May 22 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. Both studies compared the results of individuals who followed a low-fat diet with those who did Atkins or an Atkins-type low carbohydrate program.

The results of the studies add to the growing body of evidence supporting the low carbohydrate approach and are consistent with the findings of other recent trials comparing Atkins to low-fat programs. In both of the new studies, the low carbohydrate participants lost more weight and showed greater improvements in cardiovascular risk factors than did the low-fat participants.

Despite these positive findings, media coverage was inconsistent. Let us give you the full story, based solely on facts, for each study.

The Veterans Administration Study
The research conducted by Frederick F. Samaha, M.D., et al, is one of the first studies that has looked at significantly obese patients. The 132 subjects weighed an average of 288 pounds—and many also had diabetes or the metabolic syndrome (a prediabetic condition), heart disease, hypertension and high total cholesterol. Half the volunteers were placed on a low carbohydrate program, the others on a conventional low-fat program. After six months, the individuals on the low carb arm of the study had lost more weight and demonstrated better results in certain cardiovascular and diabetes markers than did those on the low-fat arm.

Food and Mood - For better and for worse, what you eat can affect how you feel. There is abundant research connecting mood and food, revealing that poor eating habits can lead to depression, anxiety and fatigue.

You know what the problem is: You're depressed, anxious or fatigued—or all three. You know what the solution is: food. You're right, because there's abundant research connecting mood and food. What you eat can have a major impact on how you feel—and vice versa.

The High Carb Mood Trap
When you're feeling down—no matter why—chances are your first instinct is to reach for your favorite high carb comfort food. That food may indeed lift your spirits a bit, because eating carbohydrates can increase your level of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that plays a role in depression. In the end, though, the carbs are just a temporary fix that will probably leave you worse off. Why? Because while the pleasure of eating the food may cheer you up, and you may get a slight serotonin increase, those positive effects are far outweighed by the ultimate negative effect of the carbs. All those carbs may give you a brief energy boost, but within a few hours you're likely to experience a big energy crash as your blood sugar takes a sharp swing downward. How will you feel then? Depressed, irritable, tired, unable to concentrate—and the cycle starts all over again.

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Playing for Life - Rock guitarist Jason Shepherd lost himself in a world of nightime gigs and fast food, but after he shed 56 pounds on Atkins, he rediscovered his potential.

"I used to be your typical longhaired rocker. I stayed up until 4 a.m. and slept all afternoon. I ate nothing but fast-food burgers, fries and milkshakes, and it really showed. Fast food was my only happiness, and I got sort of a thrill just thinking about what I was going to eat next—pizza, burgers, fries, whatever I could pick up—or have delivered."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

—Albert Einstein

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"we are trying this diet and my hubby is losing while I am not....does this diet work differantly for women? also.....can you lose weight simply by decreasing your carbs....say keep them below 100grams a day....and still lose weight, although slower?"

Yes, it does. Yes. But keep total carbs below 70grams if you want to lose weight. Women lose slower because they have less muscle mass than men. More muscles/activity means more energy burned. Step up your activity level a little and you will see a change. It's not unusual to lose 3 pounds a week on a carefully-followed low-carb diet.

My questions for the ages: At what point in human history did a synthetic, processed, carb/chemical/filler-laden diet become more nutritious than the historical, natural, and wholesome unrefined diet of our ancestors? If the synthetic diets are so much better for us than the natural diet, how come so many more people are fat, diabetic, and sick than 100 years ago? And, finally, why do we let people who don't know anything about the biochemistry of human metabolism tell us that synthetic foods and the removal of natural, unrefined foods is healthful for us? Go HERE and learn the real truth about real nutrition.

"I need an easy breakfast food."

Cheese. Hard-boiled eggs you cooked the day before. Cold roast beef. Precooked shrimp. Tuna. Canned ham. Use your imagination. The NO list is much shorter than the YES list:

NO!
Flour
Sugar
Any combination of the two
Potatoes, yams, peas, corn, or fruit, especially in the early stages of the diet.

YES!
Anything that isn't on the above list.