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Atkins diet

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tontod

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Anyone on the atkins diet? I just got on it. Its not too tough for me since I dont crave pasta/breads/rice. Having the option of eating eggs, steak frequently is nice 🙂

Any negative aspects to this diet that I should be aware of?

Edit: oops, changed paste to pasta. 😀
 
Originally posted by: tontod
Anyone on the atkins diet? I just got on it. Its not too tough for me since I dont crave paste/breads/rice. Having the option of eating eggs, steak frequently is nice 🙂

Any negative aspects to this diet that I should be aware of?
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you eat paste?
 
Any negative aspects to this diet that I should be aware of?
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Next time it might be a good idea to get that info *before* you start the diet. 🙂

Do a Google search, should yield some info.
 
Originally posted by: tontod
I did, didnt find out too much. Just that longer term studies needed to be done.
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That's about the long and short of it. No one really seems to know what the long-term effects are. People do seem to lose weight on this diet, but I'll stick with the traditional "eat balanced diet and get some exercise 3-5 times a week" method, thanks.
 
Atkins diet is effective for weight loss . . . and has no short term negative consequences. A good multivitamin, high water intake, and a essential fatty acid supplement (Omega3) help alleviate some Atkins' issues. Fiber . . . well the best solution for fiber is to eat it. You really wouldn't want to supplement adequate fiber to your diet.

There is little evidence that Atkins is harmful up to 6mo. Nutritional deficits are likely to begin manifesting themselves by then. Another issue is that strict Atkin compliance is not consistent with an active workout regimen. The diet does not provide enough carbs for vigorous exercise. Diet (for weight loss) without exercise is quite unhealthy.
 
Since you have lower (if any) carbohydrate intake, your body resorts to breaking down muscle for energy.
 
Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc
Atkins diet is effective for weight loss . . . and has no short term negative consequences. A good multivitamin, high water intake, and a essential fatty acid supplement (Omega3) help alleviate some Atkins' issues. Fiber . . . well the best solution for fiber is to eat it. You really wouldn't want to supplement adequate fiber to your diet.

There is little evidence that Atkins is harmful up to 6mo. Nutritional deficits are likely to begin manifesting themselves by then. Another issue is that strict Atkin compliance is not consistent with an active workout regimen. The diet does not provide enough carbs for vigorous exercise. Diet (for weight loss) without exercise is quite unhealthy.
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Bump for lucid advice from an actual physician.

 
Originally posted by: minendo
Since you have lower (if any) carbohydrate intake, your body resorts to breaking down muscle for energy.
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Wrong. Energy comes from fat. Most people store plenty of fat to last themselves a while. Althetes don't have a lot of fat on them because of their activity level, so they need to eat more fat.

vash
 
Originally posted by: vash
Originally posted by: minendo
Since you have lower (if any) carbohydrate intake, your body resorts to breaking down muscle for energy.
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Wrong. Energy comes from fat. Most people store plenty of fat to last themselves a while. Althetes don't have a lot of fat on them because of their activity level, so they need to eat more fat.

vash
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I know this. However, only so much fat is burned which in turn causes degradation of muscle.

 
Originally posted by: BaliBabyDoc
Atkins diet is effective for weight loss . . . and has no short term negative consequences. A good multivitamin, high water intake, and a essential fatty acid supplement (Omega3) help alleviate some Atkins' issues. Fiber . . . well the best solution for fiber is to eat it. You really wouldn't want to supplement adequate fiber to your diet.
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What's the point at which the body starts to compensate for lack of carbohydrate intake (essentially, starvation mode)? I'm no physician, but it seems to me that to retain the weight loss benefits of Atkins over the long term, you're essentially committing to the diet for the rest of your life, otherwise the resultant reduction in metabolic rate means you're getting the weight back at a greatly accelerated rate once carbohydrates are reintroduced into the diet.
 
my older brother went on the atkins. He decreased his body fat from 16 to 11 percent. Eating and time in the gym did him some good. He looks slimmer and stronger.
 
Your body adapts quite well to long term changes in consumption and activity. Diets sufficient to lose weight invariably decrease metabolic activity. Exercise counteracts this effect. Diet without exercise typically leads to rebound weight gain.

The switch to fat metabolism from carbohydrates is a survival mechanism. The ketotic state puts the body awash in catabolic mediators which break down fat and protein. Atkins' claims the high protein diet reduces net muscle loss . . . which is true (short term) but the body still breaks down muscle to feed tissue starving for substrate. Unlike carbs which are stored in abundance in muscle and liver . . . essentially all protein is structural. Hence, high protein/low carb/mod-high fat diets increase the total turnover in body protein (liver, heart, kidney, brain, muscles) . . . that ain't healthy.

Granted you could always shoot up some anti-catabolic steroids like Dianabol . . .

. . . or take the reasonable route of a well-rounded diet (50% carb/30%pro/20% fat), exchange the Web/TV for exercise, and stay away from processed and fast food.
 
Originally posted by: Hamburgerpimp
Any negative aspects to this diet that I should be aware of?

ummmm yeah........Dr. Atkins had a heart attack last year.
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I'm pretty sure that it was unrelated to the actual diet, do you have some references so we could be put in the know? I'd really like to find out about this.

 
I'm pretty sure that it was unrelated to the actual diet

Diet is basically the only thing that DOES cause a heart attack.
 
Originally posted by: Hamburgerpimp
I don't think you see the irony in it! And yes he survived.
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Lol me and my friends were cracking up when we heard this a few months ago, but I ain't laughing anymore considering I'm debating whether to go on the diet or not.
 
Originally posted by: Hamburgerpimp
Edit....it was a cardiac arrest, not a heart attack
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The episode was caused by cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart's ability to pump blood is weakened because of enlargement, thickening or stiffening of the heart muscle.

In Atkins' case, cardiomyopathy was caused by an infection that spread to his heart muscle.

Ah ha! Hmm, come on people, lets get some more respones to this thread, tontod ain't the only one considering it.

 
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