[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Atkins Diet

[Renee Gunn]

I'm a biology major and have taken several courses in physiology and have several friends and know quite a few respected research specialists in the field of nutrition and biochemistry and in discussing various diets with them, they've informed me for the majority of people, it isn't healthy.  It isn't the only diet they've explained to me as  being unhealthy and why, but it is one of them.  As I've said several times.  For the MAJORITY of people, it is not the healthiest option, for SOME people the diet works and works well, and that's a great thing.   For the most part though you should talk to a doctor and a nutritionist to determine, based on your psychological, past eating history and medical history what is the best thing for you.  

Renee

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: joytest999 
  To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 3:41 PM
  Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Atkins Diet


  --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Renee Gunn" <nee1 at w...> wrote:
  >   lowering carbs severly, which is what a lot of people who follow 
  Dr. Atkins and the Zone do is unhealthy.  
  > 

  How do you know that?  I've always heard that, as well, but a recent 
  article in the New York Times Magazine:

  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/07FAT.html

  says that the claims by the AMA and other mainstream medical and 
  health organizations that low carb diets are unhealthy are based on 
  absolutely NO evidence, research or studies at all.  This guy says 
  that there is also no evidence that low carb, high protein diets 
  cause the heart or kidney problems that the medical establishment 
  says they will.

  I've just read thru the thread on diets and lots of people on this 
  group say that low carb diets are unhealthy, but are any of you 
  basing this on actual scientific evidence?

  I'm not trying to be combatative, I'm just really fascinated by this 
  whole dispute -- since the author of the Times article makes a good 
  case for his position that the medical establishment is just wrong on 
  this one.  I'm also not advocating Atkins or any other diet -- I'm 
  not on one, although I probably should be -- but I know that lots of 
  people don't lose weight on low-fat diets.

  I'd love to know what people think of the Time article.

  --Joywitch M. Curmudgeon, who hasn't dropped by OTC in a long time 
  and is glad to see that things are hoppin' here


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