Why do people fall for the Atkin's diet???

[Odin]

If one knew human biology and evolution enough one would know that our bodies arn't made for eating a lot of animal material, that is why we have problems with cholesterol (which is found only in animals) and saturated fat. We humans need about 60% of our food to be carbohydrates, 20% protein, and 20% unsaturated fat. This stems from the diet our Ausralopithicine ape ancestors; who got carbs from fruits, vegetables. Protein and fat came from nuts. Meat was not a part of the diet until the invention of stone tools 2.5 million years ago.

[Imran Siddiqui]

We had this discussion before.

In fact from all the evidence of that debate, I think the Atkins diet is just as good as any other. Vlad (I believe) said our bodies are BEST made for digesting meat.

Carbs make you fat.

[Ted Striker]

Imran is right.

Cholesterol problems are usually linked to processed sugar, starchy carbs, and hydrogenated oils.

Personally I think the food pyramid is a joke.

Atkins does work for many people, it all comes down to how your insulin system works.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Hey TS... long time no see.

[Ted Striker]

Hi Imran. I see your boys swept the Federal Government. With the Ice Queen as the Dems number one contender, they might just get themselves rolled over again.

[Imran Siddiqui]

LOL... yep. Though I'm not with Bush on this Iraq war. We'll see what happens. I'm hoping for some Libertarian judges on the bench (bring back Bork? )

[Ted Striker]

Yeah I am really nervous about this whole Iraq thing. I agree that whatever is going to happen is going to be unexpected.

While I think the whole "it's all about oil" theory is a load of BS, you do have to wonder how personal it is, I mean Saddam tried to kill Bush Sr. and likewise.

I read that there was a 1000 lb. bomb that almost got Saddam one time but it hit the car in front of his. (But then you would figure a 1000 lb bomb would knock him out with it).

[monkspider]

Actually the Atkins diet is nothing but bad news, all that protein will kill your liver.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I read that there was a 1000 lb. bomb that almost got Saddam one time but it hit the car in front of his. (But then you would figure a 1000 lb bomb would knock him out with it).

Yep... must have been a funny article .

[Darius871]

Originally posted by monkspider
Actually the Atkins diet is nothing but bad news, all that protein will kill your liver.

Since when does protein kill your liver? News to me.

[chequita guevara]

Actually, our bodies are made to eat both meat and veggies. Grains are relatively recent to our diet, but starchy roots and foods have always been part of the human diet, even before meat. BTW, australopithicines are side branches of humanity, not our ancestors.

Meat isn't bad for us, provided we live a life-style that allows us to burn the fat we take in with it. Since we no longer do this, we need to adapt our diet to leaner meats and less fat. If all you do, however, is replace them with lots more carbs, however, you aren't doing yourself any good.

The food pyramid is actually quite good, as it concentrates on those foods we should eat most of, fruits and veggies.

[Ted Striker]

Ya, the appendix is often referred to as a leftover organ that is no longer used, that used to help humans digest raw meat back in the day. So we are omnivores who can eat pretty much everything.

Steamed green veggies yummy. *mouth watering*

[DarthVeda]

Yeah that atkins diet... what a load of crap...

*looks at signature*

oh wait...

[Ted Striker]

Hey Darthveda,

Congratulations!!!

[DarthVeda]

Thanks. I still have a ways to go but I've come a long way since this summer.

I also think the pyramid is a joke. The vegetables should be at the bottom, followed by meats and dairy, and then the grains/ pasta and fruits, with fats and oils at the top. It doesn't surprise me that the only product you see that goofed up pyramid on is Cereal or Bread. Have you ever actually eaten 8-11 servings of grains/cereals a day?

I remember a couple years ago when I actually tried to eat the food pyramid diet. I figured out that in my tubby condition I was still eating less daily than the food pyramid recommended! When I cut the cereals and grains down by half and combined that with exercise, I started to lose a pound a week. But that's nothing compared to when I discovered Atkins back in 1999. Granted I gained the weight back (something I'm not going to repeat this time) after staying off the diet for about 20 months (also something I'm not going to repeat this time).

Physically I've found no problems with the Atkins diet. I feel great and I'm losing weight at a rate of about 3-4 pounds each week (and that's without exercise). When I do exercise, I lose 4-5 pounds each week. I hope to reach my weight goal sometime between April and July.