doyle wrote:

> "DesertDad" > wrote in message
> news:vA4ib.20723$gi2.16054@fed1read01...
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>>"Eddie" > wrote in message
. ..
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>>>I went for a routine check-up with my doctor on Friday last. She
>>>noticed I had gained weight. I agreed. I'm 5'8" and weighed in at
>>>195.6 lbs. She then said (gasp!) "I'm recommending you go on a diet."
>>>And she further stated that I should (double gasp!) try the Weight
>>>Watchers program!
>>>Holy veganmolley! Does that mean I give up my briskets, (which I just
>>>learned to cook), pork shoulder butts which I learned to Q in my
>>>Kamado first? And how about my baby back ribs that I continue to
>>>learn from AFB that there are 100 ways to cook?
>>>Please don't tell me I have to give up those delicacies.
>>>Ok, I'll give up my Baby Ruths, and my 1/4 lb. cinnamon rolls, and my
>>>pig outs at Todai's every once in a while, and maybe even my Dreyer's
>>>Toasted Almond ice cream, but meats?
>>>Omigod, what am I to do?
>>>Eddie
>>>
>>
>>This may help http://atkins.com/
>
>
> I would talk to your doctor before doing the Atkins diet. I know more than
> one person that became diabetic while on it.

What are the odds of that? You actually know multiple people who are not only
on the Atkins diet but who developed diabetes after they started the diet?

Diabetic people use the Atkins diet, and others like it, to manage their
disease, so it isn't likely that the diet also causes the disease.

> From what I understand it can wreak havoc on
> some people.

What havoc are you talking about? Constipation? I think you don't understand
very much in that case.

martin

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