the atkins diet was deemed to be dangerous years ago and was taken off the
market- but
it has resurfaced again.
   connie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Crabtree" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: Success with 7:1 diet


> I am usually just a lurker, but I was reading in here about this high
> carbohydrate type of diet and just had to write concerning things I have
> been reading lately on diet types.
>
> I think a high carb diet is definitely the wrong way to go.  I have been
> reading books advocating a low carb / adequate protein type of diet.  Most
> people think these are high protein diets, and of course that can cause
> problems too.  But these are not advocating high protein, just adequate
> protein.  The main emphasis is on eating less carbs.  These books are
along
> the lines of the Atkins diet, and I have that book too, but have not read
it
> yet.
>
> There is a growing body of research which shows that carbohydrates, which
> turn into sugar in the body, cause all sorts of problems for us.  For one,
> they cause a constantly higher insulin level.  The body eventually becomes
> insulin resistant, and releases even more insulin to counter the constant
> barrage of sugar in the blood.  Diabetes often sets in as a result.
Obesity
> is also a result, not of eating too much fat, but of eating too much
> carbohydrates.
>
> A high carb diet is suspected to cause problems with the immune system.
It
> is not known what causes most cancers, but they do know what most cancers
> feed on once started, and it is sugar.
>
> Who knows what other problems the constant high sugar levels, and high
> insulin levels could be causing?  The links just have not been found yet.
> These factors are bound to have effects in the brain too.
>
> Here are some books to check out:
>
> 1)Neanderthin, by Ray Audette
> 2)Protein Power, by Michael and Mary Dan Eades  (very explanatory on
> diabetes, obesity, cholesterol)
> 3)How I Gave Up my Low Fat Diet and Lost Forty Pounds, by Dana Carpender
> 4)Life Without Bread- How a Low Carbohydrate Diet Can Save Your Life, by
> Christian B. Allan, PHD
>
> The first 3 are oriented towards weight loss, but touch on the problems
> caused by high carbs and sugar metabolism.  The Life Without Bread book
has
> a whole chapter devoted to explaining the link between cancer and
> carbohydrates.
>
> Following is a quote from the Life Without Bread book:
>
> "Our bodies evolved to require mainly fat and protein.  After all, we are
> humans and not bacteria.  The message here is simple.  Fat and protein are
> not the foods that cancer cells desire and need.  We strongly believe that
> eating a low-carbohydrate diet reduces the risk of cancer because the most
> important food for cancer cells is glucose.  The Eskimos who ate only fat
> and protein never had any cancer in their population until a Western (high
> carbohydrate) diet was introduced.  Why don't we ever hear of cancer of
the
> heart?  Probably because the heart uses almost all fat for energy, thus
> cancer does not have a chance to develop in those cells."
>
> My point is: we don't yet know what other problems the high carb - high
> sugar - high insulin levels could be causing.  The books all point out
that
> our bodies require protein and fats.  We do not need carbohydrates at all
in
> the diet.  And a vegetarian diet is completely the wrong way to go.  It
> starves the body into an unhealthy condition.
>
> Thanks for listening.  FYI:  My mother has Parkinsons.  She won't do the
low
> carb thing.  She feels at this point and with what she is going through,
she
> should be able to enjoy eating anything she wants.  My father died of ALS.
> I intend to have neither disease.
>