On 25/08/2005 7:46:00 PM, Chuck Norcutt (chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> The diet
> wasn't a scam. The food products were a scam. After a triple
> bypass 7 years ago I switched from 15 years of low fat dieting to low
> carb. Eating sausage, eggs, and plenty of good red meat actually
> lowered my cholestrol. The doc said: "You're
> eating what???... well,
> OK, keep it up,
> it's working.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Earl Dunbar wrote:
>
> > No problem. Atkins (the company) is bankrupt; folks figured out the
> > diet was a scam.
Same results for my brother -- astonishing lowering of all the "bad"
numbers on various blood tests etc. His doctor was floored.
From my own research, the diet doesn't actually work for everyone --
only about a third of all North Americans might benefit (and far less
people from outside NA). The central issue is simple -- are you
someone who's insulin-resistant? If the answer is yes, the diet will
probably work -- if no, forget it (although water-shedding from
glycogen depletion will result in pretty dramatic short-term weight
loss for almost everyone who tries it). Instead, just count calories
(and the Atkins diet and its ilk were also low-calorie diets, too...).
I tried it -- worked great for about four weeks, and then I blew out
all my glycogen. Wanted to sleep ALL THE TIME.
Now I drink lots more herbal teas (while taking pictures with my OMs,
of course), and eat carbs as I wish. ;-)
Garth
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