Craven de Kere wrote:Hmm, I don't want to read this whole thread, but the diet has many drawbacks, any weight loss diet will.
What it does do is help lose weight. Sure it's not healthy, heck they even recommend taking vitamins.
In what you said earlier was there any criticism of it's ability to help with weight loss?
No, it does help you lose weight in the short term (no long term tests). I talked about the negative health implications, the fact that it's based on previous (healthier) diets, and the physiology of why it/they work. I am glad to hear that most people on here are on a "modified" atkins, which is sort of like a celiac diet. It bothers me that so many people are paying lots of money for the latest fad. It also bothers me that they aren't concerned with -why- it works (physiologically, what it is doing to their bodies in order to work.)
I'll summarize the major points:
1. you get sick of eating greasy, fatty things all the time, so you eat less.
2. like the olive oil diet, you turn your body into a "greased tube" - all of
the oil prevents absorbtion, and most of it goes right through you.
3. Carbohydrates -are- bad for you, except fiber which is a neccesary part
of your digestive system (beans, granola, etc...)
4. Protein is a mild diuretic, and in large amounts it exits the body.
If you chose this diet, I encourage cutting carbs (But think being afraid of a Ketchup condiment is a little extreme.) The olive oil diet sounds much healthier to me than butter because olive oil reduces your (goodness, was it saturated fats or cholestorol? I forget. It's still not great for you, but it's better than the other food lipids out there.) If you're going to be eating that much protein and unhealthy fat, please take your vitamins (did I mention that for all bread's faults, it's usually made with enriched flour?) And for christ's sakes, exercise.
. Why don't you try eating healthy and exercising? Oh, wait, that would take work :wink:.
