Quite right. I did forgot to mention my raw veggies, salads, limited
fruits, and so on.
The original Atkins is a very healthy diet *if* it suits the individual.
I personally think things began to go badly awry with Atkins as an
eating plan, when they got into all the fake carb replacements for
breads, cakes, pastas, and sweets of all kinds. I prefer to stick to
real foods as much as humanly possible.
sol
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Sometimes people get the wrong idea about the Atkins diet, that it
consists of only meat, cheese, fat, and so forth. That would
definitely not be healthy, although I know some people who do well on
that, and some who don't. Atkins himself said that after the initial
breaking in period with his diet, that he recommends fruits and
vegetables (complex carbohydrates), and that people have gotten the
wrong idea about his diet. That would leave out only sugar and
refined carbohydrates, and there is much evidence to suggest that
these are the culprits in weight gain, as well as many degenerative
diseases. The complex carbohydrates are healthy, and the more raw,
organic food we eat, the better. One may choose to focus on those
complex carbohydrates which have a lower glycemic index, however.
Some people are unaware that the Atkins diet was not originally
designed for the purpose of loosing weight. Atkins was experimenting
with a diet that would treat serious illness, such as heart disease,
cancer, diabetes, etc., that was recalcitrant to other treatments.
His famous diet worked outstandingly for these patients to return them
to health. The weight loss effect was noted later, as a side
effect!!!!! Nowadays, people often think that is its only purpose,
and that benefits of loosing weight must be weighed against (sorry for
the pun) the disadvantage of following this "unhealthy" diet.
Jill
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