the atkins died: fat or fiction

just saw this on 4OD (im afraid uk people only) so i thought id share

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-atkins-diet-fat-or-fiction/4od

It's not fiction because the value of restricting certain sources of carbs has been proven to be effective. But Atkins specifically is not for everyone. There are other low carb plans that are structured differently and might be a better match depending on your own lifestyle and food preferences.

I know for a fact that if I stay lower carb, in addition to watching calories, I will lose weight easier. But the problem lies in maintenance.

I find your subject error ironic, considering the man who came up with this absurd diet died of a heart attack before the age of 50.

He died from a head injury after being in a coma, as the result of a fall. Do some basic research before you start yapping.

Thanks, I will see if it is on youtube. However, for someone that does a low fat diet, I believe a low carb diet works for those who don't like carbs.

To be honest, I don't believe in a diet where you restrict things can work forever. There's no way you could live every day off less than 15g of carbs, to me. I'd like to find someone who has done the Atkins diet for 30+ years.

yeah it's true, the atkins diet died like 5 yrs ago....

I find your subject error ironic, considering the man who came up with this absurd diet died of a heart attack before the age of 50.

He died from a head injury after being in a coma, as the result of a fall. Do some basic research before you start yapping.

Yup. Slipped and fell on the ice due to a HEART ATTACK. The fall put him in a coma, you are correct. But the fall occurred due to a heart attack. Basic research complete.

I hope you don't do research for a living because you'd fail miserably;

First off, it wasn't because of a heart attack;
Second, he was 73, not 50.

:huh:

I find your subject error ironic, considering the man who came up with this absurd diet died of a heart attack before the age of 50.

He died from a head injury after being in a coma, as the result of a fall. Do some basic research before you start yapping.

Yup. Slipped and fell on the ice due to a HEART ATTACK. The fall put him in a coma, you are correct. But the fall occurred due to a heart attack. Basic research complete.

Yeppers. . I just found an excerp from the medical crap and posted it. . . He was overweight and had major health problems. . .

No, it's not Hate Atkins Day. I've seen it work for people, but just like many fad diets it is not sustainable long-term. Once the weight is gone (in the case of my father-in-law who lost 60 lbs w/ Atkins) a new plan (long term) needs to be put in place to keep the weight off for good. This is the case with any 'restriction' style diet (think: Special K diet).

I was just saying that any diet that requires the use of testing strips is not the one for me:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketosis

It doesn't require serious calorie restriction OR testing strips, and as a lifestyle that's been around and popular for over 30 years, I'd hardly call it a fad.

The heart attack rumor on Atkins' death is just that...a rumor.

He was in fact diagnosed with cardiomyopathy prior to his death, a condition that has many potential causes beyond coronary artery disease. In fact, a cardiac catheterization performed on him at that time revealed clean coronaries.

Furthermore, a serious bleed to the head results in a series of not-so-good consequences, not the least of which being severe hypertension as your system tries to get blood to dying brain cells. Also, hypertonic saline is frequently given to these patients in order to control brain swelling...this, of course, can lead to major fluid retention and heart failure even in healthy individuals.

Bottom line: I think all low-carbers and vegans will agree when I say: eat your veggies people! Whether or not you pair those veggies with meat or carbs is up to you, and I'm not going to tell you what I think you should do. Do your research, educate yourself, and go with your gut.

This does work, it is fact. I have been on it for 3 weeks. I just started to incorporate alli diet pills too.

Really this is the magic bullet combo. don't believe anything you hear. just try it

totally unrelated to the opening topic, but when i started atkins i too used alli and found i was tired for weeks. When you aren't eating carbs you must eat fat as your body only can use carbs or fat for energy. Nothing else. Just my 2c, BTW I'm still an atkins girl so not slating your woe at all xxx

I find your subject error ironic, considering the man who came up with this absurd diet died of a heart attack before the age of 50.

He died from a head injury after being in a coma, as the result of a fall. Do some basic research before you start yapping.

Exactly. And he was in his 70s.

A restriction diet is when you CAN'T eat certain things. Like the Special K diet where you must eat Special K products for breakfast and lunch each day.

Although Atkins does not REQUIRE testing strips if you do the full Atkins and don't test with the strips (use long term) that is your own decision. Your own body. From what I've learned the responsible Atkins followers use the test strips...it was not random web searches, I learned that from other MFP users. If they are also wrong I apologize.