Just as a thought. Atkins didn't invent this diet. He read about it in an article!! So who was the author of the article?? We need to give credit where it is due!
celery is NOT out on this diet..omg so much makes me angry..u can have melon..and berries..and veggies of most sorts..u don't only eat meat,cheese and fat!!!!
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atkins isn't good for your body in the long term. seems like it'd be better to stick with a diet that doesn't exclude entire categories of food like breads and fruits. I think a diet is a bad one if it labels certain foods as "bad" or "no".
"for 99.9% of our existence, humans ate mostly high protein and fat diets low in starches and carbs" --- With what evidence do you support that claim?
@smoothMousePad Agriculture, the primary source of carbohydrates (corn, wheat, rice), was invented only 10,000 years ago so 10,000/2500000 is about .4% or roughly 99.6%, so his number is pretty close.
@aangel100 Are you dumb or just playing dumb? I asked what evidence does he have to support the claim that humans ate mostly high protein and fat diets, not how long they are eating products of agriculture. Humans are sugar eaters and that is a fact. Fruit, sprawling in carbohydrates, is the ONLY source of food that humans find attractive in its raw, natural, unprocessed state. Humans started as frugivores. We were foragers for a long time before we started eating meats...
@smoothMousePad Ok, despite your insult, I'll spell it out for you, since you didn't get it the first time. There are three major macronutrients that we eat: fat, protein and carbs. If agriculture came on the scene only 10,000 years ago and is our major source of carbs, then we must have eaten mostly fat and protein because carbs were hard to come by (even fruit). Studies of modern-day hunter-gatherers, which we reasonably presume live like we all used to live, confirm this. Quit being insulting
@aangel100 And again you are blindly regurgitating senseless assumptions presenting them as facts. "Studies of modern-day hunter-gatherers" - yes, just like studies of modern-day humans can tell you a lot about human lives and society architecture tens of thousands of years ago. Human are frugivores, we are equipped only for eating fruits, we are unequipped for hunt, we cannot digest cellulose and are having difficulties digesting meats. Humans were fruit eaters long before they started hunting.
@aangel100 Off course you are not interested. if you were in the slightest interested in a common sense approach to uncovering human nutrition history, you would look pass the "insults", as you call them. If you are "insulted" by something some guy from who knows where typed in youtube comment, then congratulations on being a ripe adult.
@smoothMousePad "we are unequipped for hunt, we cannot digest cellulose and are having difficulties digesting meats. Humans were fruit eaters long before they started hunting." - Hard to see that being remotely true considering our own evolution includes that of creatures that ate meat. Stating we aren't equiped for it when we possess the very same mechanisms of other meat eating animals is simply ignorant.
@aangel100 Fruits were NOT hard to come by in our cradle, what is now known as Sahara desert. It was a lush, green terrain riddled with lakes and rivers, perfect for thriving of fruit eating human population. Adaptation of humans to carnivorous diet was essential in order to survive the ice age just as much it was essential for humans to adapt to agricultural products in order to build modern society (which would be impossible without the agriculture).
@aangel100 So, you see, diet is not responsible for obesity and modern degenerative diseases. What is responsible is the degree of physical inactivity.
@smoothMousePad you have no idea what youre talking about, study after study has shown that exercise does little to nothing for weight loss. In fact, Im not sure there is a study that has shown you can lose weight by exercise alone. Modern diseases are caused by process flour, corn, and wheat products.
@Jleigh225 It seams more like YOU have no idea what YOU are talking about. To me, study after study shows only one thing: those who perform the studies are completely incompetent. You want real studies? Take real life examples. For example take my relatives who live on the farm. Their diet consists of about 60% white flour, 20% dairy, 10% fruits and 10% meats. They work 8 - 10 hours in the field. Do you think they are fat or weak or sick? No, they are not. They are in perfect shape.
@Jleigh225 You see, 8 to 10 hours a day of hard physical activity is exercise, NOT 30 - 40 minutes of jogging. But off course, political correctness is a major factor in shaping the results of those "studies" in which you are swearing like in a bible. You see, if you are on an Atkins - type diet and you are losing weight while doing no exercise, you are in fact WASTING. Think about that...
@smoothMousePad I totally agree with you! How can someone say that exercise doesn't really help with weight loss? Geez! Clearly they're speaking out of their butt.... :P
@xXSnowflakezXx Yes, and it's not a matter of weight loss. You don't want to lose weight, you want to lose FAT. You can lose weight without losing fat (reduction of bone density, body water, muscle mass loss) and that is BAD. You want to lose FAT without the loss of lean body mass.
@smoothMousePad Fruits were NOT hard to come by in our cradle, what is now known as Sahara desert. It was a lush, green terrain riddled with lakes and rivers, perfect for thriving of fruit eating human population. Adaptation of humans to carnivorous diet was essential in order to survive the ice age just as much it was essential for humans to adapt to agricultural products in order to build modern society (which would be impossible without the agriculture).
There has been loads of studies about the low carb vs. low fat diets, and low carb diets have shown substantially greater weight loss from body fat. Low carb dieting with sufficient protein intake has also proven to be the most effective way to keep your lean body mass intact, compared to the low fat-high carb dieting. Also, I have read lots of medical studies about dietary calsium and apparently it pays off in both fields (the fields being maximum fat loss without losing muscle mass). : D
it's to do with how the body digests protein, it can either convert it into energy or excrete it, unlike carbohydrates which can be converted into fat stores.
Simple explanation- for 99.9% of our existence, humans ate mostly high protein and fat diets low in starches and carbs. Only recently we are eating the massive amounts of sugar and carbs and starches. Our body is unable to synthesize these as evenly as proteins and fats, and thus kept as excess energy storage (body fat).
Fat doesnt equal fat. Its easy to fall under that spell
@bigredphenom "for 99.9% of our existence, humans ate mostly high protein and fat diets low in starches and carbs" --- With what evidence do you support that claim?
good idea get carbs out of your diet (even the complex ones) in no time you'll be thin as hell, not only that but you lost your muscle too. good luck ;) (sarcastic)
My boyfriend went on the Atkins diet some years ago. His breath started smelling so terrible a few weeks into it I couldn't stand to kiss him. They don't tell you this in the book.
@INatalkaI Yeah they do, what you are smelling is ketones. Sounds like he wasn't drinking enough water. Also it can be corrected by simply eating carbs.
@LilasRose1973 Modern day "well balanced" is not well balanced. Whole wheats have a glycemic index higher than table sugar, many fruits like bananas, and grapes have very high sugar content. any kind of juice has high sugar content, pasta, rice, starchy vegetables like corn and potatoes are high in sugar. They all impact your glycemic index. With a low carb diet and light to moderate exercise you will have astounding result.
@Warpath2198 If we just follow the nutritious food guide and exercise we can keep a healthy weight there are no miracles. The recommended daily carbs intake in 250 gr. And that's little compared to what people usually consume. People are used to eat too much of it as u say. But if we stay in the usual daily range then it's fine. And the lowest range so that our muscles don't get affected later is 130 gr. But in long run not enough and if we exercise it's surely too little.
LilasRose1973, the food pyramid is NOT designed to keep you healthy. It is designed to sell the products of commodity agriculture. That's why it says to eat lots of grain.
Your need for carbs is actually zero. Your brain will run just fine on glucose from fat, via gluconeogenesis, breaking down fat for glucose.
Ketosis is the process of burning fat for energy. If it were not for ketosis, you would burn up all your glycogen, your short term energy storage, and die in your sleep.
The law of thermodynamics only applies if Calories in = Calories out! That is the mistake. Calories in do NOT = calories out. Different foods are processed by the body in different ways. So while excess sugar is deposited as fat, extra protein and fat is burned by the body. Ask the Masai tribe. They lived on fat, meat and water. They were all tall and lean. Until they started eating bread. The grain industry is almighty powerful. They propagandize. Don't listen.
For example my porridge, 100% plain rolled oats boiled in milk. It's delicious and has health benefits, so why the hell would i cut something healthy out of my diet?! Yeah, it's very high in carbs, but has a low GI (Glycaemic Index.) I eat it everyday, more than once and i am very healthy and slim.
I've been looking into nutrition for a long time and I've come to the conclusion that cutting out any food group is stupid, they have benefits. The problem is refined sugar and carbs, flour, corn, trans fat, but even those in tiny amounts won't harm you. My italian friend eats white pasta but it's al dente and small portions meaning the GI is low. Glycaemic index is what you need to keep an eye on! Also saturated fat is actually healthy just watch the calories. The lipid hypothesis is bull.
@Warpath2198 I was reading through your comment and I completely agree with you. Its amazing how people are taught things growing up and live by that as facts when they are adults. I always recommend everyone to do their own independent research as we were told tons of lies about almost every subject that's discussed in the media.
OMG, imagine what your skin would start looking like with all that animal FAT and no VITAMINS:S..i'm not even mentioning heart problems:S you low-carb people are crazy and in DENIAL..and the guy at the beginnig just has no will power OR brain to plan out an actually helathy diet-plan and stick to eat (along with excercise)..
@surmeslevress I've been living low carb for 3 months now and my skin is glowing. But thanks for the concern. I don't need any moisturiser anymore because I get all the fat my skin needs from food. No pimples either. Also, low carb dieters tend to eat more diversely than most since the diet includes lots of veggies, nuts and berries. So there you have your vitamins. As for the heart problems, I'm very willing to test this on my body since I love this lifestyle :)
@surmeslevress@surmeslevress You are also ignorant and uneducated. Fat does not clog any arteries. You are 30 years beyond in your info. Ancel Keys lied in his research and is the basis for the idiot info. you are spreading now. Read up on ketones, and ketosis. Or better yet watch a video called Sugar: The Bitter Truth
Its not about the destruction of calories, its about the way the body process those calories. All carbs are essentially sugar and raise insulin levels- the fat storing hormone. If you don't eat carbs, you don't trigger fat storage. No carbs means no glycogen, no glycogen means the body must use fat for energy. Using fat for energy means weight loss. Simple process, stop trying to mystify it with pictures of deep space.
If you eat 1000 cal of anything you will burn it as the body itself needs energy to run day to day. Losing weight is about a healthy balanced lifestyle, any diet that upsets that balance upsets me. Like if you agree!
The Glory Of Carbs(..& I Love red meat) . Plums,Cherries,Apricots,Raspberries,pears,figs----High in fibre that lowers cholesterol & cleans the bowels,calcium,potassium,Vit A,C Bs,anti oxidants. Japan,they eat white rice frequently but only have a 3% obesity rate. Italy ---pasta,dishes & many fruits---one of the longest life spans in europe. Yes they eat their share of protein with there dishes.One of the best Carbs---Alcohol. Reducing heart attack & stroke,a anti inflammatory in moderation
I have to say that calories do count. There is no way you can eat all you want and lose weight but the good thing about a low carb diet is that it don't make you hungry
I tried a <10 g Carbs / day diet (all on my own) + Occasional cardio (walking 30min-1hour every other day). Went from 87kg to 68kg in 4months. The last 5kg went slowly, but theres still excess fat around my waist, now I started eating Carbs again, but limiting my kcal/day to 1.8kish. The only side effect was hemorrhoids when coming back to carbs (I suggest not going for more than 3months on a low carb diet in one stretch)
@12thehungryhippo We should eat the diet we've evolved to eat. That doesn't include all these carbs found in grains and wheat and excess amounts of sugary fruits. We've evolved to eat meat, fruit (when in season) and nuts/seeds. It doesn't matter what our ancestors were 2.5 million years ago - what does matter is that what they did back then still effects our genes - they came down from the trees and began to eat meat (eventually). That's how it's been for millions of years. End of story.
@12thehungryhippo As I understand it, we modern humans share most (if not all?) of our genetic makeup with the humans that existed 2.5 million years ago during the paleolithic era.
@12thehungryhippo By ancestors I mean our hunter-gatherer ancestors. 2 million years ago fruit was very different. There were no apples - or at least only one variety, found near Turkey - and fruit was a lot less sweeter than today (we've bred fruit to be how it is). Also, our ancestors could only eat a lot of fruit when it was in season. Which means they couldn't eat it 24/7 like we can. Which is what I mean by SPARINGLY. And I'm sure they hunted more often than once every 2 weeks...
@l337z0r Our ancestors only lived 25-30 years 2.5 million years ago.As far as fruit goes today,Fruit still contains fibre which allows the sugar to be released slowly.That sugar provides energy for your muscle,brain & heart.That6s why on the tongue we have special receptors for sweets.Then there^s pectin in apples that fight heart disease,lychopene in watermelon that fights prostate cancer,Vitamin C that forms collagen that keeps the arteries elastic & not stiff. Vitamins E,A & anti oxidants
@sumbarine The lifespan of our ancestors says close to nothing about their health. It was more to do with their living conditions. Thousands of years of technological progress has allowed for the lifespan we have today, e.g. warm, safe homes; healthcare; dental-care; regular and instant access to safe food and water etc. Our ancestors lived in a hostile world, and suffered for it. Anthropological records show they were much HEALTHIER than we are today, despite their lack of technology.
@l337z0r & one of those technological advances is that thru farming,pesticides & transaportation we can have countless healthy carbs at our disposal all year round. Apples,oranges,apricots,kiwis,plums,mangos all those anti cancer,anti heart disease,anti oxidant foods.
@sumbarine As for fruits - yeah, they're good. Although nowadays they are much more sugary (they've been bred to be as sweet as possible) than the varieties our ancestors had. Also, they only had seasonal access to fruit, unless they were lucky enough to live in certain (amazonian!) climates. Vegetables are typically a better source of vitamins and minerals than fruit, and they contain less carbs. Not saying fruit is bad though. It's natural. How can it be bad?
It has been known (or at least suspected in science) since the 1940's that fat does not cause obesity. As for cutting out fruits - our ancestors ate fruits and nuts and seeds; however, they did not have 24/7 365 access to all the sorts of fruits we see in our stores. Also, much of the fruit we harvest today is a lot higher in carbs. They ate fruit very sparingly.
Everyone talks about the risks of eating too much fat and protein but no one says what "too much" means. A pack of butter? A whole chicken per meal? Of course that would make you sick, just like if you ate 3kg of potatoes and nothing else. And if eating carbs and cutting out fat and meat and diary is so healthy then why do you have to get all the extra supplements? Oh, yeah, that's right - cause all of those you can't get from carbs.
This sounds like meat and dairy industry propaganda to me. Just because you lose weight on a diet doesn't make it healthy. The dangers of high protein and fat consumption are well documented, it makes your bones waste away for one, as well as increasing your risk of heart disease and cancer. It's very hard to eat too many calories from meat because it's so hard to digest and will constipate you quickly. Carbs are your best energy source and will not make you fat.
@PiceOfChocolate There are lots of studies on the danger of high fat and protein, the China study, the Framingham studies of heart disease etc. The link between excess protein consumption and high rates of osteoporosis is well known, look it up. I know many people who have cured type-2 diabetes on a high-carb low fat diet in a matter of weeks! rather than managing it with insulin and avoiding carbs for life. I eat at least 80% of my calories from carbs and i'm very lean and fit, go figure.
Low carbs works, to lose weight you have to make create a deficit in something whether that be in simple calories or in glucose. That is what low carb diets do, it creates a deficit in glucose so your body has to break down your fat into glucose for energy. It prevents your muscle from being broken down because of the overwhelming amount of protein. Anyone who says low carb doesnt work is wrong, research has proven that wrong. Is it healthy? I think any diet you can stick to lose the weight is.
It probably works because the protein makes you fuller and keeps you fuller for longer than carbs or fat, so you want less food and you eat less calories.
Sinfulxthin, not to pick on you, but your idea is simple, not researched and wrong. Don't make stuff up when you have no clue what you're talking about. The same for the simple people who went to American public schools and gave you a thumbs up. And it's "fewer" calories, not less calories.
The body treats protein, fats and carbs differently. Check out the books Eat Fat And Grow Slim by Richard Mackarness and Zelma MacKenzie, and Eat Fat, Get Thin by Barry Groves, PhD.
twin lost 3 dad 5 big bro 8 stone on this im 27 stone just started it and all well dont h8 on shit u dont no when its working count cal lol u tell some 1 who eats 6k cals a day to eat 1k or eat till full and lose wight hmmmmmmm yh no carb ftw
twin lost 3 dad 5 big bro 8 stone on this im 27 stone just started it and all well dont h8 on shit u dont no when its working count cal lol u tell some 1 who eats 6k cals a day to eat 1k or eat till full and lose wight hmmmmmmm yh no carb ftw
Weight loss is reliant on an energy deficit. (calories in vs calories out) when you cut out an entire macronutrient group such as carbohydrate, you're almost bound to be consuming less calories than you used to --- likely resulting in an energy deficit = weightloss. there are better and healthier ways to reduce calorie consumption.
@migueldavies Calories in and Calories out are only part of the picture. Why do diabetics eat like every five minutes but lose enormous amounts of weight before they are diagnosed and medicated?
DANG THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE "ENERGY CAN NIETHER BE CREATED NOR DESTROYED" THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF GOD :). I LOVE YOU LORD YOU ARE SUCH AN AMAZING AWESOME...
So let me get this straight, now people decided to cut out "healthy" food like fruits to lose weight? What about the vitamins fruits have that we need????
@ladybugrl the vitamins, minerals, and ions we need from fruits are available from other food sources. You cut out fruits that have a high GI like melons and pineapples and consume low GI fruits in moderation. Remember, most foods are seasonal.
@ladybugrl buddy sorry to burst your bubble but vitamins have been a myth since the beginning. Haven't you read about the eskimos who ate just pure meat and fat and they lived very healthy diets; degenerative disease didn't even exist in them and they did't eat a single fruit.
@Gideon359 That^s a myth.Eskimoes suffer alot from osteoporosis.The result of a high protein diet.There also not thin,but rather plump/fat looking & there complexion looks bad. There a very small group that lives in the harshest of climates & perhaps because of this, there genetics tolerate better this way of life but as mentioned above,there^s a consequence. Most people wouldn^t survive that diet.
@sumbarine negative sir, have you ever herd about glycation. glycation is the bounding of a carb molecule to a protein molecule. glycation increases the oxidative stress and therefore it ages you. I think you do make sense in some of what you wrote about, but high carb diets is bad no questions about that.
@Gideon359 While it is true that you don't need all those vitamins to survive at a basic level, it does help if you want your body to be at your peak. Vitamins such as Zinc, Vitamin C, and Omega-3 definitely make your body more efficient.
Vitamin C is a brainwash. You don't need anywhere near so much as you think. There's more in greens than in fruit. When I eat fruit I get lethargic after about a half hour. Why?
@MiCompre Yeah your insulin spikes and your body lowers its temperature to conserve energy making you sleepy. Until it comes back down you will remain tired. The correct info on diet is ever so slowly getting around. Schools are still teaching the carb pyramid.
@ladybugrl u can eat fruit and get vitamins but you cant eat some fruits witch contain a lot of sugar. the most helthiest fruits and vegies are allowed
@ladybugrl I think DR atkins said that fruit is bad due to sugar levels. However Veg is good! Though DR atkin always suggested that we should take vitamins alongside.
The atkins diet is too extreme in my experience. The key is moderation. I tried cutting all carbs from my diet and it really messed me up. I dropped muscle mass, I lost energy, I lost my sex drive and I got sensitive and emotional (probably from drop in testosterone).
However, once I increased my complex carbs (while still cutting out refined sugars and simple carbs), I started to feel amazing, sex drive and mood improved and I was continuing to drop fat and get ripped.
@wadehjb how can you lose muscle when you're having proteins? were you having just high fat foods? like loads of cheese? i'm currently doing a mainly lean meat with some cheese diet cause i work out and within a week my muscles haven't grown but i've grown stronger and can carry the cartons of water i buy from the supermarket way easier now.
@BansheeVanRaven I believe it's because my calories dropped so low, my body was burning both fat resources and muscle for energy. I kept my protein high, but only ate moderate fat, which is one of my big mistakes. I think the cheese in your diet will really help as the fat will provide energy and stop you losing muscle or just crashing like I did.
@wadehjb i think you're right about that, i was talking with a dude who lost a massive amount of weight on the attkins diet, i told him i'm considering cutting out the fat (e.g cheese) and just stick fo fish/meat and eggs. He told me if i cut out carbs AND fat it will indeed start burning proteins, which will make my muscles atrophy. So i should have a moderate amount of fat. Which i'll probably do, but so far, i'm just interested in being able to work out at the gym without feeling weak.
screw the low carb diet!! Do the low fat high carb raw vegan diet!! Youl definatly loose weight plus you can eat as much you want, Look up dan the man(liferegenarator)
@Steedrider Very true. However, when I eat a high fat/high protein diet, I generally do not want/need to eat any more because I am already so satiated. Previous "low cal" diets that I have tried leave me extremely hungry at the end of the day... probably because a high percentage of my intake was due to carbs. This lets me stay on plan, and not feel like i am "dieting".
Its all about your carb intake for how active you are trust im skinny and i eat whatever i want because i go to the gym.If your inactive you have to consume far less carbs to stay thin.Carbs get stored very easily by the body were as fat is alot harder to store.So if your not active and you consume alot of carbs you will be fat.It has nothing to do with calories.Fat is good for your body you need it.Carbs if your not active you dont need.
@BLaZeDRas I track my intake (for free) using caloriecount, however there are numerous websites that are adequate. I just like the iPhone app that comes with caloriecount, and the fact that it gives me a "D" every day because it follow the food pyramid recommendations. So far I have dropped from around 250 to 220 since early november, but I severely limit my carb intake. In fact, I really only eat lettuce for the fiber (you'll need it or you won't shit for days on end.)
" I track my intake (for free) using caloriecount, "
Duh, you just admitted it's all about CALORIES. Carb = 4 calories per gram, fat = 9 calories per gram, protein = 4 calories per gram. You can cut out any of them and you'll lose weight.
I think all those diets are stupid. Every single diet works as long as you create a calorie deficit. It's not rocket science. But Atkins diet is the most ridiculous. Carbs ( sugars ) is something you brains runs on. You can just make your own diet by eating everything that you already do but cut the portions by 20 % and by increasing or starting to do cardio,
@jacquelineveronique You obviously have no clue what you are talking about. Your body runs on fats. Carbohydrates are turned into sugars, and jack your blood sugar through the roof. Your body then makes more and more insulin to regulate toxic sugar levels. Insulin also has the great added effect of making it more difficult to release fat from fat cells.
I eat fried eggs, meats, fish all day and I am losing weight. Carb percentage today was 1.1 % . Do some research or PM me.
you don't know shit. Why do you think marathon runners load themselves with carbs before running ? Why do you think Lance armstrong has 70% of his calories from carbs before biking ? Cuz they need the sugar ( carbs ) to run or bike. Fat is just the extra storage, when you have used your carbs for the day, or when you wake up in the morning and go running then fat is transferred into available sugars. try to tun a marathon without taking carbs in the morning and you can't run far.
@jacquelineveronique I agree, carbs are probably the best source of fast energy for your cells due to their digestion time. But who's running a marathon today? Not me, and probably not you either. What your body "needs" to run on a daily basis is glucose. Glucose is made in the liver, and it has been shown that people who eat 0 carbs produce just as much glucose as carb eaters, just through a different chemical reaction (read "Low-Carb Diets Alter Glucose Formation By The Liver" on Sciencedaily)
carbs are needed to run on, why do you think the food pyramid has 50% carbs recommended by the FDA who actually use scientific data and not some bogos Atkins moron, may he burn in hell.
@jacquelineveronique The food pyramid was developed by the McGovern (South Dakota Senator) committee, and not scientist. In fact, when it was assembled, scientist were urging McGovern to wait for more research because the current research was going against what he was pushing. He famously said something along the lines of "Senators do not have the luxury of time like scientist do," and released the "Dietary Goals for the United States" document anyways... against the wishes of scientist/doctors
I drink alcohol, I smoke weed, I eat potatoes, rice, and pasta and walk marathons yet I ran marathon in 3:49:46 so under 4 hours. Try to do that on a carb free diet, ha. I bet I easily defeat you running a marathon yet I enjoy life and consume my carbs and am lean, strong, and tonight a birthday party. Going to drink lots of carbs and Atkins can't stop me, but you know what ? I take care of it Saturday ( tomorrow ) by taking a 15 mile run, HA !
@jacquelineveronique Well, it's worthless to argue with someone who has never researched this subject. After hours of reading scientifically grounded research and seeing people lose a lot of weight first hand (multiple friends/family members), I know this method works. My father (a cardiologist) has ran my blood work and only has compliments these days. You like to belittle people (i.e dumber than a redneck/trailer trash) when we are simply trying to have a good discussion on the present issue.
sorry I was rude last time, sometimes I'm just feeling testy, especially knowing America is getting fatter because of all the bad information out there, and but what I dislike more than a fatty is an Atkins follower. Because a low carb diet is one of the most dangerous diets out there. Make your own diet, eat what you do know, eat what you like, but, just eat 10% less and run 5 miles a day as I do and you'll be fine.
" But who's running a marathon today? Not me, and probably not you either. "
oh, and yes I ran the Amsterdam Marathon October 17th with my sister Michelle since she lives ( studies ) there. I always visit her 3 months a year and running a marathon is not something special. On the Clearwater ( FL ) Ironman there were people aged over 70 who finished it, that is even more difficult than a marathon, but it's easy when you train. I don't wanna die a chubby so that's why I run.
@jacquelineveronique And you know what? McGovern put all of the United States into one big fucking experiment that failed. If he would have listened to scientist, there's a good chance that this country would not have such an epidemic. Good thing I learned the truth and got away from carbs, because I am easily losing weight now and plan to continue to do so. You obviously arn't overweight from all the marathons and triathlons that you run (hah!,) so you are definitely not a weight loss expert.
the only reason you lose weight is because you consume less calories, it's not rocket science. I drink a lot of carbs and still lean. So there goes your Atkins nonsense out of the window, haha
Japanese people are lean and have one of the longest lofe expectancy in the world and they eat rice ( CARBS ) so there goes your Atkin nonsense diet. He's in hell now
Um Japanese most likely are lean because they are more active, eat smaller portion and less junk food.,
That does not mean that low-carbing is nonsense. I don't do it myself, but countless people are on it and it has really helped them lose weight. I have no idea how you can call that nonsense, cos they get all they need. They eat fat, proteins and even carbs. The carbs only heavily cut in the start. Afterwards they eat more carbs, but not enough to gain weight from it.
Ever been to Japan? I've lived here for 8 years. The Japanese are not lean at all. They appear slim, but have little to no muscle mass with a high body-fat. Recent generations are incredibly sedentary with high consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Japan also has the 2nd highest number of McDonald's outlets per capita in the world. The govt has also admitted many elderly here have actually been long dead. Thousands of citizens records were lost/not updated.
@sanforce fairly sure u are right from what I've been reading/studying. Anyhow do you just look at labels to track ur carbs for the day? as u said a percentage. Anyway I've started low-carb today and will just look at carbs/fibre on packets/internet to track how many carbs im consuming. Also how much have u lost in what period? Cheers
@jacquelineveronique Thousands of years ago humans had a natral low carb high fat and protein diet and there was no obesity problem.The theory is the body would not store the fat because it was plentifull and would store the carbs because they were scares.
BS, our ancestors would eat ANYTHING to survive. It's not rocket science, it's calories in vs calories out. The New England Journal of Medicine did an actual TWO YEAR study and gave all the contestents the same amount of calories. Some had more fat in their diet, others more cars, others more protein and yet in the end it were the calories that was set at a same amount for all the diets, and. It never made a difference. What is heavier, one lb of stones or 1 lb in feathers ?
@jacquelineveronique What do we eat today that people did not eat thousands of years ago?Processed foods like cookies, cereals, processed dairy etc.What do all these processed foods have in common?They are loaded with carbs.Even 75 years ago people consumed far less carbs.Thousands of years ago people consumed a fraction of the carbs we consume today.Thousands of years ago people were thin.Today people are fat.
people today are fat because they eat too much and hardly move around, that's why. Japanese people are lean yet they eat carbs ( rice and vegetables ), fish ( protein and fat ). Cutting out carbs is nonsense, just stop eating junk food although in moderation. Just get off your ass and walk an hour a day and you'll be fine. there is no direct links to obesity for ANY food. Even if you eat 3 big macs a day, it that's all you eat you still lose weight on the total of 1650 calories
Trust the gov't to advise you on what's healthy? Stand outside your culture, experiment on yourself! Boundless energy you've never felt before is the result, not just weight loss. Also watch Jorge Cruise's video on YouTube called "Death by Sugar." Each person used to consume 12 lbs of sugar a year, 150 years ago. Now we EACH consume an average of 150 lbs a year. HFCS is almost identical to sugar and is put in almost all products on the grocery shelves. Stop eating sugar & HFCS - use Splenda.
You have to change your entire mental paradigm and stand outside your culture. Only proper food education can allow us to do that (proper means it works on your own body; anyone can experiment since we HAVE to eat each day). It's not just Atkins which works. Read Mark Sisson's "The Primal Blueprint." You won't want to hear this, but we weren't designed to eat all this sugar and carbs. They're addictive and Taubes explains the biology of this.
I'm fairly thin at 5'9", but since marrying in 1980, I went from 142 to 167 (I'm now 56). I read Taubes' ENTIRE GCBC book, understood it (it's amazing), went on Atkins (after what I've read, this is for life, believe me) and without exercising (not that I recommend that) I lost 19 lbs in 4 mos. I'm at 148. My husband read GCBC, knows what I know, eats the same, lost 25 lbs in 4 mos w/o exercise. Weight loss is hormonal. My Triglycerides went from 152 to 54; my HDL went from 52 to 65.
Atkins had heart issues due to a virus (there are viral heart conditions), not because of eating the Atkins diet (low carb, no sugar, high fat and protein). That's the answer one finds in the FAQ section of Atkins.com. Gary Taubes' "Good Calories, Bad Calories" (and his recent -- came out 12/28/10 -- book "Why We Get Fat & What To Do About It") tells the story of how carbs raise insulin which is lipgenic (fat creating). Stop raising insulin & eat fat, lose weight, get greatly improved lipids.
@Awaitingcertainty It is funny that you've mentioned that because my autonomic nervous system has been damaged from a viral heart infection, and one of the symptoms of POTS (my ANS disorder) is tachycardia and heart problems. I do Atkins as well, and it's helped me lose weight. I mind my calories though. I do eat a bit of fruit, veggies, and I don't have any problems that are due to the diet.
@Awaitingcertainty I do believe your body needs carbs to function, and I agree that HFCS and other additives have no place in our bodies. America's obesity problem has to do with poor nutrition, and no doubt too much HFCS. That stuff is in everything, as is MSG, which btw is in rice cakes! If no one believes me, look up the cheddar cheese quaker cakes. MSG is listed in the ingredients. Food is designed by companies to be addictive, why can't anyone see that?
"In the 1960s he was an overweight cardiologist", well he was 117kg (257lbs) when he died (and it was not fluid) and he had suffered at least one heart attack. "At that age he probably shouldn't have had more than one chin", well actually if you eat a healthy diet you should not have more than one chin at any age. Check out what the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine has to say about Atkins diet.
I used to weigh 173.8 lbs. Now I’ve lost 48.4 lbs using this diet.
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kristineint 1 week ago
this guy help me from 110 kg to 75 within half year
TheVagabondWolf 2 weeks ago
Just as a thought. Atkins didn't invent this diet. He read about it in an article!! So who was the author of the article?? We need to give credit where it is due!
tecnolover2642 2 weeks ago
The most guaranteed way to lose weight: Eat only carrots, lettuce and tomatoes as long as you can.
Gentilseulement 2 weeks ago
celery is NOT out on this diet..omg so much makes me angry..u can have melon..and berries..and veggies of most sorts..u don't only eat meat,cheese and fat!!!!
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thinishiyan 3 weeks ago
Atkins was a cardiologist?!? What a stupid asshole... then he dies of heart failure.
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@anarchore Re-check your information source. Dr Atkins fell in icy conditions and died of brain damage. (Or so I have heard)
BuzzTeddyHead 1 month ago
@BuzzTeddyHead You are correct but he had multiple heart conditions before that.
anarchore 1 month ago
Animal products kill.
You CAN eat as much as you want AND get your ideal body weight by eating man's natural diet of fruit.
Check out Durianrider's channel he will set you low/no-carbers straight.
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To Brian Clivaz (man in film above) -> "Have you tried EXERCISING with those diets?"
CyberSetan 1 month ago
atkins isn't good for your body in the long term. seems like it'd be better to stick with a diet that doesn't exclude entire categories of food like breads and fruits. I think a diet is a bad one if it labels certain foods as "bad" or "no".
ShihTzusShit 1 month ago
what about Ducan diet? It's worst than Atkins
msinvincible2000 1 month ago
"for 99.9% of our existence, humans ate mostly high protein and fat diets low in starches and carbs" --- With what evidence do you support that claim?
smoothMousePad 2 months ago
@smoothMousePad Agriculture, the primary source of carbohydrates (corn, wheat, rice), was invented only 10,000 years ago so 10,000/2500000 is about .4% or roughly 99.6%, so his number is pretty close.
aangel100 2 months ago
@aangel100 Are you dumb or just playing dumb? I asked what evidence does he have to support the claim that humans ate mostly high protein and fat diets, not how long they are eating products of agriculture. Humans are sugar eaters and that is a fact. Fruit, sprawling in carbohydrates, is the ONLY source of food that humans find attractive in its raw, natural, unprocessed state. Humans started as frugivores. We were foragers for a long time before we started eating meats...
smoothMousePad 2 months ago
@smoothMousePad Ok, despite your insult, I'll spell it out for you, since you didn't get it the first time. There are three major macronutrients that we eat: fat, protein and carbs. If agriculture came on the scene only 10,000 years ago and is our major source of carbs, then we must have eaten mostly fat and protein because carbs were hard to come by (even fruit). Studies of modern-day hunter-gatherers, which we reasonably presume live like we all used to live, confirm this. Quit being insulting
aangel100 2 months ago
@aangel100 And again you are blindly regurgitating senseless assumptions presenting them as facts. "Studies of modern-day hunter-gatherers" - yes, just like studies of modern-day humans can tell you a lot about human lives and society architecture tens of thousands of years ago. Human are frugivores, we are equipped only for eating fruits, we are unequipped for hunt, we cannot digest cellulose and are having difficulties digesting meats. Humans were fruit eaters long before they started hunting.
smoothMousePad 2 months ago
@smoothMousePad Go insult other people. I've had enough of you. If you can't converse with civility, I'm not interested.
aangel100 2 months ago
@aangel100 Off course you are not interested. if you were in the slightest interested in a common sense approach to uncovering human nutrition history, you would look pass the "insults", as you call them. If you are "insulted" by something some guy from who knows where typed in youtube comment, then congratulations on being a ripe adult.
smoothMousePad 2 months ago
@smoothMousePad "we are unequipped for hunt, we cannot digest cellulose and are having difficulties digesting meats. Humans were fruit eaters long before they started hunting." - Hard to see that being remotely true considering our own evolution includes that of creatures that ate meat. Stating we aren't equiped for it when we possess the very same mechanisms of other meat eating animals is simply ignorant.
TheSpankymonkey 1 month ago
@TheSpankymonkey
1) "Hard to see that being remotely true considering our own evolution includes that of creatures that ate meat."... WHAT?
2) "we possess the very same mechanisms of other meat eating animals"... and what mechanism are those?
smoothMousePad 1 month ago
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@aangel100 Fruits were NOT hard to come by in our cradle, what is now known as Sahara desert. It was a lush, green terrain riddled with lakes and rivers, perfect for thriving of fruit eating human population. Adaptation of humans to carnivorous diet was essential in order to survive the ice age just as much it was essential for humans to adapt to agricultural products in order to build modern society (which would be impossible without the agriculture).
smoothMousePad 2 months ago
@aangel100 So, you see, diet is not responsible for obesity and modern degenerative diseases. What is responsible is the degree of physical inactivity.
smoothMousePad 2 months ago
@smoothMousePad you have no idea what youre talking about, study after study has shown that exercise does little to nothing for weight loss. In fact, Im not sure there is a study that has shown you can lose weight by exercise alone. Modern diseases are caused by process flour, corn, and wheat products.
Jleigh225 1 month ago
@Jleigh225 It seams more like YOU have no idea what YOU are talking about. To me, study after study shows only one thing: those who perform the studies are completely incompetent. You want real studies? Take real life examples. For example take my relatives who live on the farm. Their diet consists of about 60% white flour, 20% dairy, 10% fruits and 10% meats. They work 8 - 10 hours in the field. Do you think they are fat or weak or sick? No, they are not. They are in perfect shape.
smoothMousePad 1 month ago
@Jleigh225 So, you see, how you look, perform and feel physically has nothing to do with what you eat and has everything to do with what you DO.
smoothMousePad 1 month ago
@Jleigh225 You see, 8 to 10 hours a day of hard physical activity is exercise, NOT 30 - 40 minutes of jogging. But off course, political correctness is a major factor in shaping the results of those "studies" in which you are swearing like in a bible. You see, if you are on an Atkins - type diet and you are losing weight while doing no exercise, you are in fact WASTING. Think about that...
smoothMousePad 1 month ago
@smoothMousePad I totally agree with you! How can someone say that exercise doesn't really help with weight loss? Geez! Clearly they're speaking out of their butt.... :P
xXSnowflakezXx 1 month ago
@xXSnowflakezXx Yes, and it's not a matter of weight loss. You don't want to lose weight, you want to lose FAT. You can lose weight without losing fat (reduction of bone density, body water, muscle mass loss) and that is BAD. You want to lose FAT without the loss of lean body mass.
smoothMousePad 1 month ago
@smoothMousePad Fruits were NOT hard to come by in our cradle, what is now known as Sahara desert. It was a lush, green terrain riddled with lakes and rivers, perfect for thriving of fruit eating human population. Adaptation of humans to carnivorous diet was essential in order to survive the ice age just as much it was essential for humans to adapt to agricultural products in order to build modern society (which would be impossible without the agriculture).
smoothMousePad 2 months ago
There has been loads of studies about the low carb vs. low fat diets, and low carb diets have shown substantially greater weight loss from body fat. Low carb dieting with sufficient protein intake has also proven to be the most effective way to keep your lean body mass intact, compared to the low fat-high carb dieting. Also, I have read lots of medical studies about dietary calsium and apparently it pays off in both fields (the fields being maximum fat loss without losing muscle mass). : D
ThePoisonCloud 2 months ago
it's to do with how the body digests protein, it can either convert it into energy or excrete it, unlike carbohydrates which can be converted into fat stores.
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Thedarkheritage1 3 months ago
Damn, all the crazy ass special effect creeps me out.
iamjason 3 months ago
Simple explanation- for 99.9% of our existence, humans ate mostly high protein and fat diets low in starches and carbs. Only recently we are eating the massive amounts of sugar and carbs and starches. Our body is unable to synthesize these as evenly as proteins and fats, and thus kept as excess energy storage (body fat).
Fat doesnt equal fat. Its easy to fall under that spell
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@bigredphenom "for 99.9% of our existence, humans ate mostly high protein and fat diets low in starches and carbs" --- With what evidence do you support that claim?
smoothMousePad 2 months ago
this book changed my life, i never thought id get to say that about a book, its so cliche but thanks to dr atkins, i can :)
BJMCDERMOTT 3 months ago
good idea get carbs out of your diet (even the complex ones) in no time you'll be thin as hell, not only that but you lost your muscle too. good luck ;) (sarcastic)
23viktor23 3 months ago
I think you will find that the third law of thermodynamics has been proven incorrect. Energy can be destroyed.
hatstalker 4 months ago
My boyfriend went on the Atkins diet some years ago. His breath started smelling so terrible a few weeks into it I couldn't stand to kiss him. They don't tell you this in the book.
INatalkaI 4 months ago
@INatalkaI Yeah they do, what you are smelling is ketones. Sounds like he wasn't drinking enough water. Also it can be corrected by simply eating carbs.
Warpath2198 4 months ago
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tomheppy 4 months ago
He would have lost same if not more weight by simply eating well and balanced and exercising for becoming healthier.
LilasRose1973 4 months ago
@LilasRose1973 Modern day "well balanced" is not well balanced. Whole wheats have a glycemic index higher than table sugar, many fruits like bananas, and grapes have very high sugar content. any kind of juice has high sugar content, pasta, rice, starchy vegetables like corn and potatoes are high in sugar. They all impact your glycemic index. With a low carb diet and light to moderate exercise you will have astounding result.
Warpath2198 4 months ago
@Warpath2198 If we just follow the nutritious food guide and exercise we can keep a healthy weight there are no miracles. The recommended daily carbs intake in 250 gr. And that's little compared to what people usually consume. People are used to eat too much of it as u say. But if we stay in the usual daily range then it's fine. And the lowest range so that our muscles don't get affected later is 130 gr. But in long run not enough and if we exercise it's surely too little.
LilasRose1973 4 months ago
LilasRose1973, the food pyramid is NOT designed to keep you healthy. It is designed to sell the products of commodity agriculture. That's why it says to eat lots of grain.
Your need for carbs is actually zero. Your brain will run just fine on glucose from fat, via gluconeogenesis, breaking down fat for glucose.
Ketosis is the process of burning fat for energy. If it were not for ketosis, you would burn up all your glycogen, your short term energy storage, and die in your sleep.
AppleSouffle 2 months ago
The law of thermodynamics only applies if Calories in = Calories out! That is the mistake. Calories in do NOT = calories out. Different foods are processed by the body in different ways. So while excess sugar is deposited as fat, extra protein and fat is burned by the body. Ask the Masai tribe. They lived on fat, meat and water. They were all tall and lean. Until they started eating bread. The grain industry is almighty powerful. They propagandize. Don't listen.
MiCompre 4 months ago
I will try it, but I will never give up fruits -just potatoes,pizza,pasta,bred
Vagabund92 5 months ago
For example my porridge, 100% plain rolled oats boiled in milk. It's delicious and has health benefits, so why the hell would i cut something healthy out of my diet?! Yeah, it's very high in carbs, but has a low GI (Glycaemic Index.) I eat it everyday, more than once and i am very healthy and slim.
4BodyGoals 5 months ago
I've been looking into nutrition for a long time and I've come to the conclusion that cutting out any food group is stupid, they have benefits. The problem is refined sugar and carbs, flour, corn, trans fat, but even those in tiny amounts won't harm you. My italian friend eats white pasta but it's al dente and small portions meaning the GI is low. Glycaemic index is what you need to keep an eye on! Also saturated fat is actually healthy just watch the calories. The lipid hypothesis is bull.
4BodyGoals 5 months ago
@4Body Goals the Atkins diet doesn't really cut out all carbs (sugar included) just limits it to a low amount.
thelastnameiwanted 5 months ago
@4BodyGoals
You came to a conclusion?
But did you research?
I bet not. Don't let these idiots brainwash you against meat and fat.
MiCompre 4 months ago
@4BodyGoals I have come to the same conclusion. Although I have almost cut out all bread sources. Its a shit food.
Warpath2198 4 months ago
@Warpath2198 I was reading through your comment and I completely agree with you. Its amazing how people are taught things growing up and live by that as facts when they are adults. I always recommend everyone to do their own independent research as we were told tons of lies about almost every subject that's discussed in the media.
TrueGreatness73 3 months ago
OMG, imagine what your skin would start looking like with all that animal FAT and no VITAMINS:S..i'm not even mentioning heart problems:S you low-carb people are crazy and in DENIAL..and the guy at the beginnig just has no will power OR brain to plan out an actually helathy diet-plan and stick to eat (along with excercise)..
surmeslevress 5 months ago
@surmeslevress I've been living low carb for 3 months now and my skin is glowing. But thanks for the concern. I don't need any moisturiser anymore because I get all the fat my skin needs from food. No pimples either. Also, low carb dieters tend to eat more diversely than most since the diet includes lots of veggies, nuts and berries. So there you have your vitamins. As for the heart problems, I'm very willing to test this on my body since I love this lifestyle :)
kissanqusi 5 months ago
@surmeslevress actually you can get plenty of vitamins from nut, vegetables, and meat sources
thelastnameiwanted 5 months ago
@surmeslevress @surmeslevress You are also ignorant and uneducated. Fat does not clog any arteries. You are 30 years beyond in your info. Ancel Keys lied in his research and is the basis for the idiot info. you are spreading now. Read up on ketones, and ketosis. Or better yet watch a video called Sugar: The Bitter Truth
Warpath2198 4 months ago
is it me or does this seem like bs ??!!
ixy1987 6 months ago
@ixy1987 i'm with you :total BS!!:)
surmeslevress 5 months ago
Its not about the destruction of calories, its about the way the body process those calories. All carbs are essentially sugar and raise insulin levels- the fat storing hormone. If you don't eat carbs, you don't trigger fat storage. No carbs means no glycogen, no glycogen means the body must use fat for energy. Using fat for energy means weight loss. Simple process, stop trying to mystify it with pictures of deep space.
kaysterG 6 months ago
If you eat 1000 cal of anything you will burn it as the body itself needs energy to run day to day. Losing weight is about a healthy balanced lifestyle, any diet that upsets that balance upsets me. Like if you agree!
MaskedUpload 6 months ago
The Glory Of Carbs(..& I Love red meat) . Plums,Cherries,Apricots,Raspberries,pears,figs----High in fibre that lowers cholesterol & cleans the bowels,calcium,potassium,Vit A,C Bs,anti oxidants. Japan,they eat white rice frequently but only have a 3% obesity rate. Italy ---pasta,dishes & many fruits---one of the longest life spans in europe. Yes they eat their share of protein with there dishes.One of the best Carbs---Alcohol. Reducing heart attack & stroke,a anti inflammatory in moderation
sumbarine 6 months ago
This documentary is so unnecessarily dramatic.
Abercrombieindya 7 months ago
I have to say that calories do count. There is no way you can eat all you want and lose weight but the good thing about a low carb diet is that it don't make you hungry
Gideon359 7 months ago
Brian....is a PIG . =)
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blissin 7 months ago
I tried a <10 g Carbs / day diet (all on my own) + Occasional cardio (walking 30min-1hour every other day). Went from 87kg to 68kg in 4months. The last 5kg went slowly, but theres still excess fat around my waist, now I started eating Carbs again, but limiting my kcal/day to 1.8kish. The only side effect was hemorrhoids when coming back to carbs (I suggest not going for more than 3months on a low carb diet in one stretch)
blinkku 7 months ago
@12thehungryhippo Maybe you can write a book about it someday. Get your degree first though.
l337z0r 7 months ago
@12thehungryhippo We should eat the diet we've evolved to eat. That doesn't include all these carbs found in grains and wheat and excess amounts of sugary fruits. We've evolved to eat meat, fruit (when in season) and nuts/seeds. It doesn't matter what our ancestors were 2.5 million years ago - what does matter is that what they did back then still effects our genes - they came down from the trees and began to eat meat (eventually). That's how it's been for millions of years. End of story.
l337z0r 7 months ago
@12thehungryhippo As I understand it, we modern humans share most (if not all?) of our genetic makeup with the humans that existed 2.5 million years ago during the paleolithic era.
l337z0r 7 months ago
@12thehungryhippo By ancestors I mean our hunter-gatherer ancestors. 2 million years ago fruit was very different. There were no apples - or at least only one variety, found near Turkey - and fruit was a lot less sweeter than today (we've bred fruit to be how it is). Also, our ancestors could only eat a lot of fruit when it was in season. Which means they couldn't eat it 24/7 like we can. Which is what I mean by SPARINGLY. And I'm sure they hunted more often than once every 2 weeks...
l337z0r 7 months ago
@l337z0r Our ancestors only lived 25-30 years 2.5 million years ago.As far as fruit goes today,Fruit still contains fibre which allows the sugar to be released slowly.That sugar provides energy for your muscle,brain & heart.That6s why on the tongue we have special receptors for sweets.Then there^s pectin in apples that fight heart disease,lychopene in watermelon that fights prostate cancer,Vitamin C that forms collagen that keeps the arteries elastic & not stiff. Vitamins E,A & anti oxidants
sumbarine 6 months ago
@sumbarine The lifespan of our ancestors says close to nothing about their health. It was more to do with their living conditions. Thousands of years of technological progress has allowed for the lifespan we have today, e.g. warm, safe homes; healthcare; dental-care; regular and instant access to safe food and water etc. Our ancestors lived in a hostile world, and suffered for it. Anthropological records show they were much HEALTHIER than we are today, despite their lack of technology.
l337z0r 6 months ago
@l337z0r & one of those technological advances is that thru farming,pesticides & transaportation we can have countless healthy carbs at our disposal all year round. Apples,oranges,apricots,kiwis,plums,mangos all those anti cancer,anti heart disease,anti oxidant foods.
sumbarine 6 months ago
@sumbarine As for fruits - yeah, they're good. Although nowadays they are much more sugary (they've been bred to be as sweet as possible) than the varieties our ancestors had. Also, they only had seasonal access to fruit, unless they were lucky enough to live in certain (amazonian!) climates. Vegetables are typically a better source of vitamins and minerals than fruit, and they contain less carbs. Not saying fruit is bad though. It's natural. How can it be bad?
l337z0r 6 months ago
i'm leaving this documentary now! watching him throw away all that beautiful food while laughing got my blood boiling!
MLivingbyaprayer 7 months ago
It has been known (or at least suspected in science) since the 1940's that fat does not cause obesity. As for cutting out fruits - our ancestors ate fruits and nuts and seeds; however, they did not have 24/7 365 access to all the sorts of fruits we see in our stores. Also, much of the fruit we harvest today is a lot higher in carbs. They ate fruit very sparingly.
l337z0r 8 months ago
Everyone talks about the risks of eating too much fat and protein but no one says what "too much" means. A pack of butter? A whole chicken per meal? Of course that would make you sick, just like if you ate 3kg of potatoes and nothing else. And if eating carbs and cutting out fat and meat and diary is so healthy then why do you have to get all the extra supplements? Oh, yeah, that's right - cause all of those you can't get from carbs.
ivayanev 8 months ago
atkins diet is the truth, but this documentary is fucking crappy/weird
danhantheman 8 months ago 8
Danhantheman, I bet the first girl you dated said the same thing about you.
AppleSouffle 2 months ago
@AppleSouffle Yeah she was satisfied, like one on Atkins
danhantheman 2 months ago
This sounds like meat and dairy industry propaganda to me. Just because you lose weight on a diet doesn't make it healthy. The dangers of high protein and fat consumption are well documented, it makes your bones waste away for one, as well as increasing your risk of heart disease and cancer. It's very hard to eat too many calories from meat because it's so hard to digest and will constipate you quickly. Carbs are your best energy source and will not make you fat.
runningman97 8 months ago
@runningman97 Where do you get your facts?
PiceOfChocolate 8 months ago
@PiceOfChocolate There are lots of studies on the danger of high fat and protein, the China study, the Framingham studies of heart disease etc. The link between excess protein consumption and high rates of osteoporosis is well known, look it up. I know many people who have cured type-2 diabetes on a high-carb low fat diet in a matter of weeks! rather than managing it with insulin and avoiding carbs for life. I eat at least 80% of my calories from carbs and i'm very lean and fit, go figure.
runningman97 8 months ago
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@runningman97 That's pure BS and you know it
talktalktalktalktalk 7 months ago
Low carbs works, to lose weight you have to make create a deficit in something whether that be in simple calories or in glucose. That is what low carb diets do, it creates a deficit in glucose so your body has to break down your fat into glucose for energy. It prevents your muscle from being broken down because of the overwhelming amount of protein. Anyone who says low carb doesnt work is wrong, research has proven that wrong. Is it healthy? I think any diet you can stick to lose the weight is.
Jleigh225 9 months ago
It probably works because the protein makes you fuller and keeps you fuller for longer than carbs or fat, so you want less food and you eat less calories.
sinfulxthin 9 months ago 3
Sinfulxthin, not to pick on you, but your idea is simple, not researched and wrong. Don't make stuff up when you have no clue what you're talking about. The same for the simple people who went to American public schools and gave you a thumbs up. And it's "fewer" calories, not less calories.
The body treats protein, fats and carbs differently. Check out the books Eat Fat And Grow Slim by Richard Mackarness and Zelma MacKenzie, and Eat Fat, Get Thin by Barry Groves, PhD.
AppleSouffle 2 months ago
Ancient Germanic tribes lived on nothing but meat, cheese, and milk. I don't think they were fat and unhealthy.
aegisforex 9 months ago
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twin lost 3 dad 5 big bro 8 stone on this im 27 stone just started it and all well dont h8 on shit u dont no when its working count cal lol u tell some 1 who eats 6k cals a day to eat 1k or eat till full and lose wight hmmmmmmm yh no carb ftw
honeyluvva 9 months ago
twin lost 3 dad 5 big bro 8 stone on this im 27 stone just started it and all well dont h8 on shit u dont no when its working count cal lol u tell some 1 who eats 6k cals a day to eat 1k or eat till full and lose wight hmmmmmmm yh no carb ftw
honeyluvva 9 months ago
freakin disgusting i rather starve my self then to eat that much meat!
13pokefreaks 9 months ago
The music and narration of this documentary makes me feel like we are talking about the end of the world and not a simple diet. Talk about melodrama
Skatingangel44 9 months ago 3
Weight loss is reliant on an energy deficit. (calories in vs calories out) when you cut out an entire macronutrient group such as carbohydrate, you're almost bound to be consuming less calories than you used to --- likely resulting in an energy deficit = weightloss. there are better and healthier ways to reduce calorie consumption.
migueldavies 9 months ago
@migueldavies Calories in and Calories out are only part of the picture. Why do diabetics eat like every five minutes but lose enormous amounts of weight before they are diagnosed and medicated?
Insulin plays a big part in weight loss/gain~
nashiPAGE 9 months ago
3:08 is not flattering.... nd the atkins diet is just plain gross......
PrincessE8888 9 months ago
Meat makes you smell bad. Besides, I could never live without potatoes and fruit!
seamonster327 10 months ago
@seamonster327 Eskimos?
ralphp1800 9 months ago
DANG THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE "ENERGY CAN NIETHER BE CREATED NOR DESTROYED" THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF GOD :). I LOVE YOU LORD YOU ARE SUCH AN AMAZING AWESOME...
JesusGodHolySpirit3 10 months ago
DIETS do not work, working out does! Lol swedish heart attack diet lol
JesusGodHolySpirit3 10 months ago
I managed to do this for only 4months lost only 13kg then went off it and put it back on + another 10kg! Found i was craving Toast big time! LOL!
TheWMGSUX 10 months ago
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slowershutter 10 months ago
So let me get this straight, now people decided to cut out "healthy" food like fruits to lose weight? What about the vitamins fruits have that we need????
ladybugrl 10 months ago 4
@ladybugrl the vitamins, minerals, and ions we need from fruits are available from other food sources. You cut out fruits that have a high GI like melons and pineapples and consume low GI fruits in moderation. Remember, most foods are seasonal.
ralphp1800 9 months ago
@ladybugrl u can buy them at a frugstore
theMRVproject 9 months ago
@ladybugrl multivitamin supplements.
alwayzAngry 9 months ago
@ladybugrl Like what? Vitamin C? Some of the dark greens are good sources.
gphx 8 months ago
@ladybugrl Most of it you can get from fibrous vegetables, and multivitamins cover the rest.
bernlin2000 8 months ago
@ladybugrl buddy sorry to burst your bubble but vitamins have been a myth since the beginning. Haven't you read about the eskimos who ate just pure meat and fat and they lived very healthy diets; degenerative disease didn't even exist in them and they did't eat a single fruit.
Gideon359 7 months ago
@Gideon359 That^s a myth.Eskimoes suffer alot from osteoporosis.The result of a high protein diet.There also not thin,but rather plump/fat looking & there complexion looks bad. There a very small group that lives in the harshest of climates & perhaps because of this, there genetics tolerate better this way of life but as mentioned above,there^s a consequence. Most people wouldn^t survive that diet.
sumbarine 6 months ago
@sumbarine negative sir, have you ever herd about glycation. glycation is the bounding of a carb molecule to a protein molecule. glycation increases the oxidative stress and therefore it ages you. I think you do make sense in some of what you wrote about, but high carb diets is bad no questions about that.
Gideon359 6 months ago
@Gideon359 While it is true that you don't need all those vitamins to survive at a basic level, it does help if you want your body to be at your peak. Vitamins such as Zinc, Vitamin C, and Omega-3 definitely make your body more efficient.
gamingeh 5 months ago
@gamingeh
Vitamin C is a brainwash. You don't need anywhere near so much as you think. There's more in greens than in fruit. When I eat fruit I get lethargic after about a half hour. Why?
Don't bother I know...
MiCompre 4 months ago
@MiCompre Yeah your insulin spikes and your body lowers its temperature to conserve energy making you sleepy. Until it comes back down you will remain tired. The correct info on diet is ever so slowly getting around. Schools are still teaching the carb pyramid.
Warpath2198 4 months ago
@ladybugrl u can eat fruit and get vitamins but you cant eat some fruits witch contain a lot of sugar. the most helthiest fruits and vegies are allowed
ElinaMih123 7 months ago
@ladybugrl multi vitamins, vegetables, general good, clean whole foods.
bigbobabc123 7 months ago
@ladybugrl You don't actually need fruit. Eskimos lived off of no fruits for centuries.
theshooter2000 6 months ago
@ladybugrl I think DR atkins said that fruit is bad due to sugar levels. However Veg is good! Though DR atkin always suggested that we should take vitamins alongside.
hatstalker 5 months ago
Lets see him try to light a steak on fire.
ijackofftoanime 10 months ago
Atkins = Vegans
Nefus1988 11 months ago
The atkins diet is too extreme in my experience. The key is moderation. I tried cutting all carbs from my diet and it really messed me up. I dropped muscle mass, I lost energy, I lost my sex drive and I got sensitive and emotional (probably from drop in testosterone).
However, once I increased my complex carbs (while still cutting out refined sugars and simple carbs), I started to feel amazing, sex drive and mood improved and I was continuing to drop fat and get ripped.
wadehjb 11 months ago
@wadehjb how can you lose muscle when you're having proteins? were you having just high fat foods? like loads of cheese? i'm currently doing a mainly lean meat with some cheese diet cause i work out and within a week my muscles haven't grown but i've grown stronger and can carry the cartons of water i buy from the supermarket way easier now.
BansheeVanRaven 11 months ago
@BansheeVanRaven I believe it's because my calories dropped so low, my body was burning both fat resources and muscle for energy. I kept my protein high, but only ate moderate fat, which is one of my big mistakes. I think the cheese in your diet will really help as the fat will provide energy and stop you losing muscle or just crashing like I did.
wadehjb 11 months ago
@wadehjb i think you're right about that, i was talking with a dude who lost a massive amount of weight on the attkins diet, i told him i'm considering cutting out the fat (e.g cheese) and just stick fo fish/meat and eggs. He told me if i cut out carbs AND fat it will indeed start burning proteins, which will make my muscles atrophy. So i should have a moderate amount of fat. Which i'll probably do, but so far, i'm just interested in being able to work out at the gym without feeling weak.
BansheeVanRaven 11 months ago
screw the low carb diet!! Do the low fat high carb raw vegan diet!! Youl definatly loose weight plus you can eat as much you want, Look up dan the man(liferegenarator)
xsliceofheavenx 11 months ago
The trick of all diets is: just learn to eat reasonable portions. If you eat half a cow a day, even Atkins won't work anymore.
Steedrider 11 months ago
@Steedrider
Reasonable portions and more active lifestyle :)
SilverishKitten 11 months ago 2
@Steedrider Very true. However, when I eat a high fat/high protein diet, I generally do not want/need to eat any more because I am already so satiated. Previous "low cal" diets that I have tried leave me extremely hungry at the end of the day... probably because a high percentage of my intake was due to carbs. This lets me stay on plan, and not feel like i am "dieting".
sanforce 11 months ago
All food is good if it is unprocessed. Relax and enjoy life.
jeepsterrr 1 year ago
Its all about your carb intake for how active you are trust im skinny and i eat whatever i want because i go to the gym.If your inactive you have to consume far less carbs to stay thin.Carbs get stored very easily by the body were as fat is alot harder to store.So if your not active and you consume alot of carbs you will be fat.It has nothing to do with calories.Fat is good for your body you need it.Carbs if your not active you dont need.
Let me guess your fat.
doggydeeds 1 year ago
when I say a lot od carbs I mean carbs, which is a sugar, in the form of alcohol, haha
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
@BLaZeDRas I track my intake (for free) using caloriecount, however there are numerous websites that are adequate. I just like the iPhone app that comes with caloriecount, and the fact that it gives me a "D" every day because it follow the food pyramid recommendations. So far I have dropped from around 250 to 220 since early november, but I severely limit my carb intake. In fact, I really only eat lettuce for the fiber (you'll need it or you won't shit for days on end.)
sanforce 1 year ago
@sanforce
" I track my intake (for free) using caloriecount, "
Duh, you just admitted it's all about CALORIES. Carb = 4 calories per gram, fat = 9 calories per gram, protein = 4 calories per gram. You can cut out any of them and you'll lose weight.
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
All diets work if you stick to them. You have to stay on it.
Imogen1885 1 year ago
I think all those diets are stupid. Every single diet works as long as you create a calorie deficit. It's not rocket science. But Atkins diet is the most ridiculous. Carbs ( sugars ) is something you brains runs on. You can just make your own diet by eating everything that you already do but cut the portions by 20 % and by increasing or starting to do cardio,
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
@jacquelineveronique You obviously have no clue what you are talking about. Your body runs on fats. Carbohydrates are turned into sugars, and jack your blood sugar through the roof. Your body then makes more and more insulin to regulate toxic sugar levels. Insulin also has the great added effect of making it more difficult to release fat from fat cells.
I eat fried eggs, meats, fish all day and I am losing weight. Carb percentage today was 1.1 % . Do some research or PM me.
sanforce 1 year ago
@sanforce
you don't know shit. Why do you think marathon runners load themselves with carbs before running ? Why do you think Lance armstrong has 70% of his calories from carbs before biking ? Cuz they need the sugar ( carbs ) to run or bike. Fat is just the extra storage, when you have used your carbs for the day, or when you wake up in the morning and go running then fat is transferred into available sugars. try to tun a marathon without taking carbs in the morning and you can't run far.
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
Sanforce is right.
Mrquinton7 1 year ago
@jacquelineveronique I agree, carbs are probably the best source of fast energy for your cells due to their digestion time. But who's running a marathon today? Not me, and probably not you either. What your body "needs" to run on a daily basis is glucose. Glucose is made in the liver, and it has been shown that people who eat 0 carbs produce just as much glucose as carb eaters, just through a different chemical reaction (read "Low-Carb Diets Alter Glucose Formation By The Liver" on Sciencedaily)
sanforce 1 year ago
@sanforce
carbs are needed to run on, why do you think the food pyramid has 50% carbs recommended by the FDA who actually use scientific data and not some bogos Atkins moron, may he burn in hell.
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
@jacquelineveronique The food pyramid was developed by the McGovern (South Dakota Senator) committee, and not scientist. In fact, when it was assembled, scientist were urging McGovern to wait for more research because the current research was going against what he was pushing. He famously said something along the lines of "Senators do not have the luxury of time like scientist do," and released the "Dietary Goals for the United States" document anyways... against the wishes of scientist/doctors
sanforce 1 year ago
@sanforce
the whole fucking world us a food pyramid and NONE has cut out carbs, you're even dumber than a trailer trash
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
@sanforce
I drink alcohol, I smoke weed, I eat potatoes, rice, and pasta and walk marathons yet I ran marathon in 3:49:46 so under 4 hours. Try to do that on a carb free diet, ha. I bet I easily defeat you running a marathon yet I enjoy life and consume my carbs and am lean, strong, and tonight a birthday party. Going to drink lots of carbs and Atkins can't stop me, but you know what ? I take care of it Saturday ( tomorrow ) by taking a 15 mile run, HA !
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
@jacquelineveronique Well, it's worthless to argue with someone who has never researched this subject. After hours of reading scientifically grounded research and seeing people lose a lot of weight first hand (multiple friends/family members), I know this method works. My father (a cardiologist) has ran my blood work and only has compliments these days. You like to belittle people (i.e dumber than a redneck/trailer trash) when we are simply trying to have a good discussion on the present issue.
sanforce 1 year ago
@sanforce
sorry I was rude last time, sometimes I'm just feeling testy, especially knowing America is getting fatter because of all the bad information out there, and but what I dislike more than a fatty is an Atkins follower. Because a low carb diet is one of the most dangerous diets out there. Make your own diet, eat what you do know, eat what you like, but, just eat 10% less and run 5 miles a day as I do and you'll be fine.
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
@sanforce
" But who's running a marathon today? Not me, and probably not you either. "
oh, and yes I ran the Amsterdam Marathon October 17th with my sister Michelle since she lives ( studies ) there. I always visit her 3 months a year and running a marathon is not something special. On the Clearwater ( FL ) Ironman there were people aged over 70 who finished it, that is even more difficult than a marathon, but it's easy when you train. I don't wanna die a chubby so that's why I run.
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
@jacquelineveronique And you know what? McGovern put all of the United States into one big fucking experiment that failed. If he would have listened to scientist, there's a good chance that this country would not have such an epidemic. Good thing I learned the truth and got away from carbs, because I am easily losing weight now and plan to continue to do so. You obviously arn't overweight from all the marathons and triathlons that you run (hah!,) so you are definitely not a weight loss expert.
sanforce 1 year ago
@sanforce
the only reason you lose weight is because you consume less calories, it's not rocket science. I drink a lot of carbs and still lean. So there goes your Atkins nonsense out of the window, haha
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
@sanforce
Japanese people are lean and have one of the longest lofe expectancy in the world and they eat rice ( CARBS ) so there goes your Atkin nonsense diet. He's in hell now
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
@jacquelineveronique
Um Japanese most likely are lean because they are more active, eat smaller portion and less junk food.,
That does not mean that low-carbing is nonsense. I don't do it myself, but countless people are on it and it has really helped them lose weight. I have no idea how you can call that nonsense, cos they get all they need. They eat fat, proteins and even carbs. The carbs only heavily cut in the start. Afterwards they eat more carbs, but not enough to gain weight from it.
SilverishKitten 11 months ago
@jacquelineveronique
Ever been to Japan? I've lived here for 8 years. The Japanese are not lean at all. They appear slim, but have little to no muscle mass with a high body-fat. Recent generations are incredibly sedentary with high consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Japan also has the 2nd highest number of McDonald's outlets per capita in the world. The govt has also admitted many elderly here have actually been long dead. Thousands of citizens records were lost/not updated.
leeroy77 11 months ago
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Mrquinton7 1 year ago
@sanforce fairly sure u are right from what I've been reading/studying. Anyhow do you just look at labels to track ur carbs for the day? as u said a percentage. Anyway I've started low-carb today and will just look at carbs/fibre on packets/internet to track how many carbs im consuming. Also how much have u lost in what period? Cheers
BLaZeDRas 1 year ago
@jacquelineveronique Thousands of years ago humans had a natral low carb high fat and protein diet and there was no obesity problem.The theory is the body would not store the fat because it was plentifull and would store the carbs because they were scares.
doggydeeds 1 year ago
@doggydeeds
BS, our ancestors would eat ANYTHING to survive. It's not rocket science, it's calories in vs calories out. The New England Journal of Medicine did an actual TWO YEAR study and gave all the contestents the same amount of calories. Some had more fat in their diet, others more cars, others more protein and yet in the end it were the calories that was set at a same amount for all the diets, and. It never made a difference. What is heavier, one lb of stones or 1 lb in feathers ?
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
@jacquelineveronique What do we eat today that people did not eat thousands of years ago?Processed foods like cookies, cereals, processed dairy etc.What do all these processed foods have in common?They are loaded with carbs.Even 75 years ago people consumed far less carbs.Thousands of years ago people consumed a fraction of the carbs we consume today.Thousands of years ago people were thin.Today people are fat.
doggydeeds 1 year ago
@doggydeeds
people today are fat because they eat too much and hardly move around, that's why. Japanese people are lean yet they eat carbs ( rice and vegetables ), fish ( protein and fat ). Cutting out carbs is nonsense, just stop eating junk food although in moderation. Just get off your ass and walk an hour a day and you'll be fine. there is no direct links to obesity for ANY food. Even if you eat 3 big macs a day, it that's all you eat you still lose weight on the total of 1650 calories
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
@jacquelineveronique Carbs and obesity have a direct connection and if you dont think so than your might be obese.
doggydeeds 1 year ago
@doggydeeds
ur dumber than a redneck. obesity is caused by consuming more calories than you burn, read a book for gods sake
jacquelineveronique 1 year ago
Trust the gov't to advise you on what's healthy? Stand outside your culture, experiment on yourself! Boundless energy you've never felt before is the result, not just weight loss. Also watch Jorge Cruise's video on YouTube called "Death by Sugar." Each person used to consume 12 lbs of sugar a year, 150 years ago. Now we EACH consume an average of 150 lbs a year. HFCS is almost identical to sugar and is put in almost all products on the grocery shelves. Stop eating sugar & HFCS - use Splenda.
Awaitingcertainty 1 year ago
You have to change your entire mental paradigm and stand outside your culture. Only proper food education can allow us to do that (proper means it works on your own body; anyone can experiment since we HAVE to eat each day). It's not just Atkins which works. Read Mark Sisson's "The Primal Blueprint." You won't want to hear this, but we weren't designed to eat all this sugar and carbs. They're addictive and Taubes explains the biology of this.
Awaitingcertainty 1 year ago
I'm fairly thin at 5'9", but since marrying in 1980, I went from 142 to 167 (I'm now 56). I read Taubes' ENTIRE GCBC book, understood it (it's amazing), went on Atkins (after what I've read, this is for life, believe me) and without exercising (not that I recommend that) I lost 19 lbs in 4 mos. I'm at 148. My husband read GCBC, knows what I know, eats the same, lost 25 lbs in 4 mos w/o exercise. Weight loss is hormonal. My Triglycerides went from 152 to 54; my HDL went from 52 to 65.
Awaitingcertainty 1 year ago
Atkins had heart issues due to a virus (there are viral heart conditions), not because of eating the Atkins diet (low carb, no sugar, high fat and protein). That's the answer one finds in the FAQ section of Atkins.com. Gary Taubes' "Good Calories, Bad Calories" (and his recent -- came out 12/28/10 -- book "Why We Get Fat & What To Do About It") tells the story of how carbs raise insulin which is lipgenic (fat creating). Stop raising insulin & eat fat, lose weight, get greatly improved lipids.
Awaitingcertainty 1 year ago
@Awaitingcertainty It is funny that you've mentioned that because my autonomic nervous system has been damaged from a viral heart infection, and one of the symptoms of POTS (my ANS disorder) is tachycardia and heart problems. I do Atkins as well, and it's helped me lose weight. I mind my calories though. I do eat a bit of fruit, veggies, and I don't have any problems that are due to the diet.
angstypunk 1 year ago
@Awaitingcertainty I do believe your body needs carbs to function, and I agree that HFCS and other additives have no place in our bodies. America's obesity problem has to do with poor nutrition, and no doubt too much HFCS. That stuff is in everything, as is MSG, which btw is in rice cakes! If no one believes me, look up the cheddar cheese quaker cakes. MSG is listed in the ingredients. Food is designed by companies to be addictive, why can't anyone see that?
angstypunk 1 year ago
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MuytPloki 1 year ago
"In the 1960s he was an overweight cardiologist", well he was 117kg (257lbs) when he died (and it was not fluid) and he had suffered at least one heart attack. "At that age he probably shouldn't have had more than one chin", well actually if you eat a healthy diet you should not have more than one chin at any age. Check out what the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine has to say about Atkins diet.
gdh7260 1 year ago