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

[monkspider]

Originally posted by Darius871


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

Sorry, I meant Kidneys.
But congrats to Darth. I used to be about 250, I went a bit overboard and was all the way down to 150. I have since stabilized at about 180 and feel good. Best of luck!

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by 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.

Um, no. The appendix is for digesting roughage. Fiber is stored in the appendix for long stretches of time until bacteria break down the stuff.

How is your DBA job going?

[RGBVideo]

Atkins diet will maybe temporarily lower your weigh, but it kills your health.

[DarthVeda]

Really? Cuz I run a mile in half the time I used to...

[Dis]

because it works

[monolith94]

Atkins diet seems to be working ok for my parents...

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Tuomerehu
Atkins diet will maybe temporarily lower your weigh, but it kills your health.

You a doctor?

[Dis]

nice avatar

[Darius871]

[Odin]

Complex carbs arn't fattening, simple ones (like sugar) are. I also think the food pyramid shood be changed. The position of vegies and starches should be switched, and. Vegies would form the bottom, fish and fruit form the next level. The 3rd level is home to dairy, poultry and starches, and red meat + fats form the top.

Che, the genus australopithicus IS ancesteral to the genus Homo, look in every recent book on human evolution, they say Homo evolved from Australopithicus afracanus, Australopithicus robustus, or Australopithicus afarensis.

We also have the teeth of a mostly herbivorous animal; our molars are made for eating tough gritty plant material. We have thicker enamel on our teeth than any other primate, showing that our ancestor's diet changed from fruit eating to eating nuts and vegies. The small amount of meat we did eat then was mostly fish, which is why fish is good for you. (Brain food, maybe that's why we have such large brains.) We are not adapted to digest land animal fat, that is why we have problems with digesting cholesterol and saturated fats, we didn't start eating alot of animal products until we invented stone tools.

[Ted Striker]

But Odin then I could point out the big ass canine teeth we have that are used for ripping meat off and also the front teeth that are great for cutting. Those meat ripping and cutting teeth number around 16.

Take a look at many primates, who do eat lots of meat. (I think there are cases of chimps who are actually cannibals).

I do agree that fish is the best meat, salmon is a high quality source of protein and fat.

I also disagree that many complex carbs (such as white bread, white rice, and especially bleached flour) are big culprits to obesity.

Brown carbs are king though.

[Dis]

carbs by themselves don't lead to obesity. Calories lead to obesity. Americans eat too much plain and simple. I didn't go on any fancy Adkins diet. I just started eating less- and whalaa! I lost weight.

It is not normal to get a triple bacon cheeseburger supersized at McDonald's. At least not for normal sized folks. And I have had a triple cheeseburger before

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Darius871


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

Excessive protein intake in a single sitting, or overall, can overstress the liver and screw up it's function. Mostly the effect is temporary, but chronic excess intake can interfere with the liver's ability to produce several necessary enzymes. The liver is involved heavily in all protein metabolism/catabolism, as well as a bunch of other functions that especially affect overall energy and health levels.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
But Odin then I could point out the big ass canine teeth we have that are used for ripping meat off and also the front teeth that are great for cutting. Those meat ripping and cutting teeth number around 16.

Well yeah, you need them cutting teeth for veggies and fruits too, not just meat.

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Take a look at many primates, who do eat lots of meat. (I think there are cases of chimps who are actually cannibals).

IIRC, among the Great Apes, only chimps eat meat.

[MRT144]

think about this though, diets alone dont work, you need to also excercise. If you excercise you can eat almost anything and it wont make you fat. if you take in calories and dont burn them you will get fat.

so the atkins diet works on the premise you arent taking as many calories as you are burning because of increase of protien consumption.

really though, just excersize...