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The Story of the Atkins Diet Part 2
A profile of Dr. Robert Atkins, the diet doctor diet whose theories on nutrition have changed the way Americans think about eating. Atkins's low-carb approach and 4-step program have become an obsession for many people at a time when two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. But the Atkins diet has its detractors, some of whom say that its emphasis on high-cholesterol foods can make it dangerous. Please visit Lowcarbshow.com and subscribe to our podcast where we discuss our on going struggles with weight loss...
November 5th, 2009 - 08:05
quackery? i guess this “nutritionist” never heard of glycerol-3-phosphate
Dr Joe
December 15th, 2009 - 04:13
lots of people tried to sell this kind of diet…what made Atkins successful is that he got aggressive with people to break through people’s food addiction
Personal finance guru, Dave Ramsey is successful similiarly. Dave’s wealth plan is simple and everyone knows that it would work; however, Dave has to call people’s behavior foolish, selfish, stupid, etc. to break through people’s self-destructive beliefs.
February 16th, 2010 - 01:03
“Chocolate is not part of the Atkins diet, and that was my downfall.”
The sweets you buy at the store are certainly bad… but you can make your own low-carb hot chocolate with unsweetened cocoa.
“…Cuts out the foods we should be eating… whole grains…”
It’s sad how people have been brainwashed into thinking that grains are essential in the diet when they simply aren’t even natural for us to eat.
April 17th, 2010 - 00:35
lisa sassoon is fucking sexy; i would eat her meat curtains all day long
April 18th, 2010 - 00:16
@joeylodes Or insulin for that matter. The field of nutrition seems to be more populated by faith than science.
June 17th, 2010 - 02:32
@SyeraMiktayee you are allowed to eat chocolate in the atkins but it has to be pure cocoa, and count the carbs in each serving of chocolate.
June 17th, 2010 - 02:36
I have a story to tell I discovered the atkins diet by coincidence. I was fat and i would eat donuts and sugary food with no limit. once i decided to never again eat donuts or foods that contain sugar, I also knew that bread and tortillas weren’t good for you so I also stopped eating them. Well all I ate for the whole day was chicken and guess what i lost 100 lbs in 8 months.
June 28th, 2010 - 22:51
…That’s essentially what i just said.
July 5th, 2010 - 05:17
Sugar, flour,alcohol and all of the prepared foods = CANCER
July 10th, 2010 - 04:17
what if i only eat chicken breast, egg, whites, tuna, fish , and NO carbs instead of the fattening shit they recomend???????
August 31st, 2010 - 02:32
the guy around 8:20…
Low fiber? Vegetables have lots of fiber!
September 1st, 2010 - 19:48
7:56 BULLSHIT!
Saturated fat is natural and so is animal products. When we stopped eating that she is claiming to be the reason for obesity we got bigger and bigger. The more fatscared the country is the fatter is the population, while in France were the population is still very thin they eat alot of food wich contains alot of fat.
Our forefathers didn´t eat whole grains or sugar.
September 23rd, 2010 - 09:58
“We shouldn’t eat animals!” “We shouldn’t eat animals!” Aw, please.
How the hell did our ancestors eat them and not be fat?
September 29th, 2010 - 17:57
Theres no science that support the claim that we have to eat grains
November 14th, 2010 - 10:07
i dont eat chz and bacon but i loveee me some atkins
December 15th, 2010 - 02:35
@Bobby25ification um? the whole point of the diet is to reach ketosis. a state where ur body prefers burning fat over carbs. so fat can be consumed in great quanitities without gaining fat
December 28th, 2010 - 17:06
@Nefus1988 People always state that we were made to eat grains; It is confusing, because I wonder what we ate before agriculture, hmm. I smell money involved with the determination that grains are healthy.
February 1st, 2011 - 22:36
Chocolate isn’t part of the Atkins diet? Ever heard of 70-90% cocoa bars?
February 5th, 2011 - 11:37
@Nefus1988 But there are a lot of anthropology that shows grains fueled the world’s most powerful empires from Genghis Khan and the Mongols and Alexander The Great and the Greek army. Chinese and Japanese eat a lot of rice, that food for Samurai, Shaolin Monks, and Ninjas! Get out to the library more!
February 5th, 2011 - 11:41
@ppd8472 First, we ate starches and vegetables! Second, starches and grains powered great empire throughout history from Alexander and the Greats to Genghis Khan and the Mongols. The money is in Wonder Beard and bagels and donuts! The health is in whole grains, brown flour, and no bagels!
February 5th, 2011 - 11:46
@badmudda Ketosis eats at our padding and storage organs. We had fat to protect our organs and pad shocks and torsion. Eating away at fat is dangerous to bone health, kidneys, and your brain! You need carbohydrates to run properly. The carbs that caused weight gain are simple, like Wonder Bread and sodas! Fruits are not evil! Second, starches are the carbs that proved hunger cessation and high quality energy!
February 5th, 2011 - 11:51
@MadForColors First, our ancestors were caveman who lived to about 25 at best because of terrible conditions, high-protein diet diseases, and low-energy! Second, the most successful empires eat starches and grains! Only the useless rich ate high-protein diets became mummies with heart disease and rotten teeth! Rice is the food for Samurai and Ninjas!
February 5th, 2011 - 16:09
@ShadowLink108 Well, I would have to disagree. I am in no denial that grains played a part in the empires of those you mentioned. But what about our ancestors 50,000 years ago? We evolved in an environment that most likely included meat, vegetables and fruit a lot less sweet than our modern fruit. Agriculture has really only been around for roughly 10,000 years; the mantra that grains are healthy is definitely hallow as a precept for good health. I’m not purporting any particular diet though.
February 7th, 2011 - 08:08
@ShadowLink108 I was sure they lived ’till the age of 25 (Questionable fact?) because humans are physically inferior to other wild animals and kinda lived in caves with no protection against weather and diseases except for fire and sticks. But what do I know?
Fact is, Japanese eat fish and pork as well. (GASP!) Also there are countries (Holland and Norway) where they eat protein and have very little heart disease. While in Chile they don’t eat much protein and have high heart disease rate.
February 8th, 2011 - 08:24
@ShadowLink108 so for 100,000+ years were humans didnt eat starches and grains on a regular basis and were fine in fact in some senses healthier then we are now, they were actually hurting themselves?….