zxcvbob >, if that's their real name, wrote:

>If it weren't for the high cholesterol part, I would say Adkin's Diet
>plus exercise. (BTW, I don't believe Adkin's's a normally good weight
>loss program, but I'm naturally a skeptic about such things.) It might
>be a good way to go even with the high cholesterol if you monitor it
>closely and switch to something else if your LDL goes up instead of
>down. I suspect the cholesterol will go down by itself as you lose
>weight, and Adkin's diet should be great for diabetics -- and my brother
>has lost 60 or more pounds on high protein with very low carbohydrates.

Atkins is GREAT for high cholesterol. Here's a copy of a post I made to
the low-carb group, before I fell off the wagon. I'd lost 40 pounds.

This is the difference from November of 2002 to April of 2003:

Total Cholesterol from 195 to 167
HDL from 44 to 52
LDL from 117 to 91
Ratio from 2.7 to 1.7
Triglycerides from 168 to 121

Low carb is the way to go. (BTW, Atkins isn't a high protein diet. It's
high fat sufficient protein, and low carb)

Carol
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