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> On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 16:44:19 GMT, Nancy Howells
> > wrote:
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>>In article >, GQ
> wrote:
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>>> Is there anyone here doing Atkin's Diet? If so, how do you like it and
>>> has it worked for you?
>>
>>I'm doing it - or rather, was. I'm currently on a little haitus.
>>However, I've lost (and kept off) nearly 100 pounds. I have more to go,
>>but will re-start in a couple of weeks.
>
> Why would anyone go on Atkins? You'd have to be a complete idiot.
> The guy died as a result of his own diet. WAKE UP !!!!
> And, why do you need ANYONE to tell you how to diet? Are you too
> stupid to figure out by yourself that all you need to do is stop
> eating like a pig, and get some exercise. How hard is that?
> A good head shrink will do you more good than Atkins, because they can
> help you overcome your addiction to food, if you dont have any self
> control.

I agree with a previous poster who stated you are astonishingly stupid. You
truly are.
Dr Atkins did not die from his own diet. He died from a head injury he
received after falling down on ice. I remember the story, but looked it up
again anyway. That evening, some people I chat with joked that it's how life
goes.. eat right, exercise, and die anyway. ha
That said, I have never and never will try the Atkins diet. It is a heart
attack waiting to happen. Yes, I know people lose weight on it. The weight
loss is a result of them not eating all the sugar, flour and processed
foods, and anyone would lose weight eating that way. When people go off it,
the weight piles back on. However, even Dr Atkins himself was obese, and
had hypertension (high blood pressure), and a heart attack, and congestive
heart failure.. before his death.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/10/atkins.widow.ap/
lucy