Low-carb diets warning

[Taz]

Diets like Atkins and other low-carb ones *may* not be good for your ticker:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4435046.stm

Food for thought.

[Lowe]

To be honest it's bloody obvious that such a diet isn't good for you. My other half is currently on the first few days of Atkins, and she knows I disapprove. It'll be interesting to see if she can manage her usual gym routine...

[Taz]

A couple of my workmates have been on Atkins with zero success. They both looked ill after a couple of months!

Nothing beats regular moderate exercise and a decent balanced diet.

[windog]

This just winds me up! There are 3 problems with low carb diets...
people who try it without reading the instructions
journalists who dont want to read the instructions
scientists who are paid to prove its bad!

The study quoted was carried out over 2 weeks, this would be just the first, and most severe phase of the diet. Subsequent to this phase your intake of carbs would increase from 6grms to arround 20grms, and so is completely useless as a study. (I wonder who paid for the study?)
The first instruction usually ignored is to have a check up to ensure you are healthy enough to start the diet.
At no time do you cut out carbs, just controll your intake.

As for being unhealthy, if you think about our natural evolution, hunter gatherers our diet probably should be higher in protien & lower in carbs.

You are far more likely to damage your health with salt, processed sugary foods, carbonated drinks etc.

Lowe, just make sure your missus is healthy to start with,(not diabetic, no kidney or heart problems) and buy & readthe book!

And dont cheat

[FarmerJon]

note you used the word highER and lowER not completely without or even reduce so drasticallu...diets which remove (or effectively remove)any single part of our natural diet are a load of crap, every single area (carbs, protein, fat) is vital in its own way & in its own quantity...carbohydrates are the body's normal short term energy supply, regardless of the fact that people eat too many simple carbohydrates and not enough complex ones

[0iD]

My question is why? It's pretty obvious the best diet of all is eat less, eat healthy balanced meals, take regular exercise.

[Mutley]

Low carb diets are a fashion accessory driven by parts of the food industry.
If you go to the States, so much food is sold as "low carb", and there are bill boards all over the place advertising foods as being "low carb".

Any "diet" that tells you to avoid food groups that are necessary to your long term health are insane IMHO.

As most people hear are saying, healthy eating is about moderation, making sure you get the right balanced intake of food groups, PLUS GETTING EXCERSISE!

And of course, if you want to lose weight its very simple - Consume less calories than you burn.

[Million]

It's a fad fuelled by pseudoscience and celebrities. Losing weight sensibly is not even about eating less (within reason), it's about eating healthily. Take a look at the World Heath Organization's recommendations for daily intake and try that. Also, increasing muscle fitness and mass (within reason) can help a lot, since larger fitter muscles burn more calories constantly

[[GSV]Trig]

I know 2 people that have been on the Atkins DIEt, both looked ill, pale and stank like **** when they farted, proper foul...

http://www.illwillpress.com/fatkins.html