The Diet that Kills???
Am new to the list as of yesterday and am quite disturbed by the comment
that this diet kills.
(This is long - sorry to be so long-winded on my first post!!)
I did this diet a few years ago and it was wonderful and I kept the
lifestyle for a few years. I fell off the wagon when I began to teach as it
was soooo easy to eat in the school cafeteria - BIG MISTAKE - so I am going
back to basics and am so grateful that there are actually people who do this
diet. Not many in 1998 when I did it the first time and I heard all of the
terrible negatives. (People ask how you have lost weight and then criticize
how you did it and then don’t really have a clue as to what they are
criticizing)
The reason I am writing is that I want to give anyone who needs it more fuel
in the battle against the naysayers.
While doing the diet the first time I was in graduate school taking a
medical anthropology class and we studied the diets of quite a few different
peoples. The professor used quite a lot of scientific journal articles
during these studies. It was very ironic to me that most of the articles he
gave us to read backed up every thing Dr. Atkins writes about in his section
on diets of people from various places and times. The articles we read
discussed modern diet related diseases, malocclusion of the teeth,
lifestyles, etc.
I did not need any proof other than Dr. Atkin’s scientific explanation to
realize that this was the absolute best way to eat, but it was very
gratifying to know that the research is out there if you know where to look
and that while the research was not done to confirm or deny this way of
eating, it does a pretty good job of backing up the claims.
I might be able to dig up the papers if anyone is interested - may be deep
in storage in the attic, but I know first hand how critical folks can be
about this diet. I heard it almost everyday from family, friends, and
acquaintances last time and am so happy that it has become a “mainstream”
approach and that it is getting so much notice (and research).
I hope whatshername figures out how to unsubscribe soon,
Tracy
December 2nd, 2005 at 9:28 am
I have spent my career working for the leadership of medical associations and as
a result I know many high-level, high-skilled physicians and surgeons. After
having seen three of the brightest I’ve ever known lose weight on Atkins, I
figured I’d give it a go. Believe me, these folks didn’t come by their
decisions easily but have committed to this and look great and feel great. If
its good enough for them, its good enough for me.