by RubyTuesday 34 Replies latest watchtower medical
I'll tell you one thing I did see on the news about all these carbohydrate reduced diets
And that is that it is starting to make a BIG impact on the potatoe farmers.
Already they are saying they have lots of potatoes that will probably not be sold from last years crop.
Potatoes has been a staple in our diets forever.
sincerely
Special K
Thanks for all the responses. The Truth About Dr. Atkins? Weight By Stuart Trager, M.D.
At the time of his injury at the age of 72, after years of following the Atkins Nutritional Approach TM , Dr. Atkins? recorded height was 6 feet and his recorded weight was 195 pounds.
In today's Wall Street Journal a grossly distorted story on the health of Dr. Robert C. Atkins reported that he weighed 258 pounds at the time of his death, making him obese. In fact, the day after his fall, Dr. Atkins' weight was recorded as195 pounds, 63 pounds less than reported at his death! Based on the body mass index (BMI), a desirable range for people over the age of 65, is 24 to 29. At a height of 6 feet, Dr. Atkins? BMI was 26.4, putting him squarely in the normal range for his age.
The Journal article was based on incomplete and inaccurate personal medical information that was released in violation of federal law. Furthermore, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), which, despite its name is a group of animal rights activists, illegally delivered these documents to the newspaper.
Dr. Atkins' weight was consistently and frequently documented in the years and months prior to his fall; as he was suffering from cardiomyopathy, his health was monitored closely. Despite this, he regularly played tennis, his favorite sport. His weight at his death was a result of water retention. During his coma, as he deteriorated and his major organs failed, fluid retention and bloating dramatically distorted his body.
Any implication that Dr. Atkins was obese prior to his accident shows a blatant disregard, or even worse, a twisting of medical facts surrounding this case to suit an agenda. One would also expect knowledgeable physicians to have a better understanding of the physiology of severe heart failure and the degree of fluid retention that occurred during this hospitalization for severe brain trauma. None of us would expect the physicians at PCRM to reveal any of this in light of their past and current motivation?but surely as medical professionals they understood that this weight gain was not due to obesity.
Stuart Lawrence Trager, M.D. is chairperson of the Atkins Physicians Council, a practicing physician and a triathlete.
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| Fact vs. Fallacy, Part 4 Charges that doing Atkins results in a lack of energy, an excess of protein, a dearth of fiber, calcium depletion and even sugar cravings are five myths about the Atkins Nutritional Approach TM that simply don't stand up to scrutiny. |
| Fact vs. Fallacy, Part 5 Of the many misconceptions that surround the Atkins Nutritional Approach TM , perhaps the most widespread is the assumption that eating foods high in fat is a health risk. Not so?in the absence of refined carbohydrates. |
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I know just what you mean. The refined carbs, especially if I had a pasta dinner, would knock me out like a light (as if bedtime were at 9pm) and I'd crave more and more. Just like a drug. And I always used to feel tired, but since I drastically reduced my intake of them, I've felt much more energetic. Ironically, the restricted-carb diet also increased my consumption of fruits and vegetables by a large measure. This is because when I went off the Atkins-type restriction (which lasted a month), I wanted to add carbs but not pasta, potatoes, and rice, so I added mostly fruits and vegetables. So I'd snack a lot on carrot sticks or Just Fruit snacks instead of potato chips as I used to in the past, and when I made dinner, I'd put heapings of broccoli or squash or asparagus to the meat and mushrooms to make it a big meal, and I used to be really bad about eating my veggies. So I think my eating habits have improved a lot, though I have increased meat and cholesterol. I had my blood levels tested in autumn to see how my cholesterol levels were, and to my pleasant surprise, not only was it in the normal range but the ratio of HDL had dramatically increased, so all in all things looked good. I am still heavily restricted against rice, pasta, and potatoes (which I'd eat maybe once in two or three weeks), moderately restricted against bread and cereal (which I eat every other day or everyday in small portions), and essentially no restrictions on fruits and vegetables. I think my diet would be essentially "healthy" if I ate less meat and more bread, but I'm doing that gradually because I'm watching my scale every day and I have a ceiling in terms of weight which I am strict about not surpassing.
Re Just Fruit snacks, here is the URL if they don't have it locally:
http://www.justtomatoes.com/html/1fruits.html
I especially recommend the Just Apricots, the Just Strawberries, the Just Fruit Munchies, the Just Fruit Strawberries and Bananas, and the Just Mangoes (which I like to cook with too). They have no preservatives and additives, and they are incredibly tasty and crunchy -- a real new way to eat fruit! The downside is that they are pricey. But they taste oh so good. They have lots of veggie varieties too.
I stopped eating Pizza and Beer (Heinies) for lunch and dinner daily and stopped gaining weight. I also stopped my Daily McDonalds breakfast runs and have lost some weight.
