"mdginzo" > wrote in message
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> >If the diet is followed correctly, it is NOT high protein. Here's >an
> >example, imagining a typical American overweight person and >what may be
> >a typical meal:
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> Even done right, with the Atkins diet you still have to worry about
> testing your Ketone level

Testing ketone levels is only a fun tool. It's not necessary to test for
them. The problem with the ketone thing, is that it has gotten a bad rap
because it is a danger flag for diabetes. But that is actually called
ketoacidosis, and it could be a sign that a diabetic is not burning the
carbs that are ingested, and is having to break down fat and muscle tissue
from the body. Not a good thing.
Ketosis, on the other hand is the body's way of burning fat. Nothing wrong
with that. It's not a dangerous thing. It is often confused with
ketoacidosis, even by doctors.

>and have to take a handful of vitamins every
> day. That alone should send bells and whistles blowing.

That is not true. It is recommended that a person dieting to lose weight
take a vitamin supplement if calories are very low. Many diets recommend
that. Besides, doesn't it make sense that if you are taking in less food,
that you may be unable to get enough vitamins? But that is the price you pay
for gaining all the weight. The body isn't as good at storing vitamins as it
is storing extra fat. When you put on weight, you're not getting any
healthier by eating extra food and vitamins. When you are trying to lose
weight, you still need adequate vitamins and minerals, but may not be eating
enough food to supply them.
Also on the topic of vitamins. When grains and sugar are refined, they are
stripped of most of the vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Many packaged foods
state, "Fortified with vitamins and nutrients". They wouldn't have to
fortify the foods if they weren't removed in the first place. Atkins' is
mainly about removing these empty calories from the diet.
It's funny that nobody worries about vitamin deficiencies when you're
eating white bread, french fries, pasta, potatoes, white rice and pop. These
are staples in many families' average food intake. How many vitamins are in
these foods? How much fiber is there in white flour?
This post was started mainly about what Humans ate over their history.
Many arguments were made about whether we should be eating whole grains or
not, how much meat we should be eating, what % of all this should be carbs,
saturated fats and cholesterol, etc. Well, when I walk down the aisles in a
grocery store, I don't see a lot of whole grain foods. All I see is highly
refined white flour products. Where's the whole grains? Is it in Honeynut
Cheerios made with whole grains? Is it in the brown colored bread? I
wouldn't have a problem with someone that actually ate whole grains.
Most of the white flour products seem to be categorized as whole grains,
but they are not. This is supposed to be healthy? This is supposed to be 50
to 60% of what we eat? Grains that are stripped of most of the vitamins and
nutrients, with added preservatives and bonding chemicals?
We may have adapted somewhat to eating grains. Fine. But, grains can not
be eaten without some kind of refinement of crushing and cooking. Whether
you want to argue about the amounts we should be eating, I don't care. But
we are not eating whole grains. We are mainly eating the calories extracted
from the grains. That is not natural, and no animal is designed to eat them
that way.
I have been eating low carb for 2 years. I have lost the extra weight, my
cholesterol and blood pressure are down, I no longer suffer from acid
reflux. Generally, I'm a lot healthier than before. I notice that many of
the people that dis the Atkins diet eat a lot of crap, and don't eat as many
vegetables as I do. They're scared of eating fat, but the alarm bells don't
go off for them when they are eating french fries or ice cream. It's got
carbs, so it must be ok to eat them, eh?
I don't eat any of that stuff, but since I'm doing Atkins, people tell me
my kidneys are going to drop out, my cholesterol is going to soar, and I
must be vitamin deficient. Isn't it diabetics that mainly have kidney
problems and high cholesterol?

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