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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. >