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Great read! Thank you!

I enjoyed it as well. Thank you.

Great summary and yes, covers all the key points around Atkins's approach to carbs vs fats. I would only like to STRESS that it is a misnomer that Atkins is about high protein low carb. You mentioned MODERATE PROTEIN which is exactly right. A lot of people go on Atkins overdoing the protein. Too much protein can bring on a gluconagenic effect similar to eating carbohydrates and so take you out of ketosis. It is a fine balance with proteins. Also it is recommended that supplementation of minerals may also be required if you are becoming light headed etc. on Atkins. If doing a lot of exercise you need to be careful in maintaining your sodium levels to prevent your body leaching out other minerals as a result. Ref: interview of Peter Attia MD on UTube ref:- Diet Doctor, Very Low Carb Performance.

The other thing I like to add from my own experience is to eat slowly and to stop eating as soon as I am no longer hungry. Better to have many small meals. Also, if you are insulin resistant to try and keep carbohydrates to no more than 5gm per meal as going over 5gm will increase insulin levels in your body.

great info for a keto newbie. Thanks for taking the time to write.

You have written some great stuff here. But be careful when you say this information, like keto and metabolic syndrome, is gaining acceptance. I don't see that. If you look at other forums on MFP, you will see and army of nay-sayers that will lash out at you. This morning I put in my two cents in backing someone else up who posted a positive comment on Dr Robert Lustigs famous sugar a bitter truth video, and goodness did I get my buttocks kicked for that! There's a very strong sentiment out there that these highly qualified people ( like Lustig of UCSF) and the valid science behind them are quacks.

Yeah. the nay-sayers are pretty much a small group of *kitten* that cannot get past calories in vs calories out. It's like saying the only way to make a car go is to put in more gas, or to take away gas to make it stop. Anything else beyond CICO is quackery and just excuses by the obese to do what they want. They have no understanding of biology and the human body and they make me sick.

You want to know the reason why they make me sick? They disgust me because if I was starting my journey now, without and proir knowledge of how hormones work, then I'd take their advice, still be fat and tired and sick, and I'd probably have diabetes. They do a tremendous disservice to others by shooting down people like Lustig and they can go to hell.

You should thank them, because of them, only those who have put in some time and effort on their own attempt this way of life. They help weed out the casual and fad dieters for you. Because of this unintentional assistance, they are giving you, the time you take to help and clarify things for us new people is not waisted on the uncommitted.

Just a new way to see it.:flowerforyou:

TL;DR
Eating carbs makes you hungry for more carbs and sad. Eating fat and protein makes you full and happy.

LOL I did read it all, but excellent summary!!!

Thank you!

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