Atkins Diet?

[nightlight]

So this online weight loss group that im with is doing the atkins thing. So I agreed to do it. Its been 2 days and I lost 4 pounds already and i'm not craving anything...but has anyone else tried this? Im kinda curious.

Dr atkins had two heart attacks. Just keep that in mind.

nightlight Reviewed by nightlight on 05-31-2007. Atkins Diet? So this online weight loss group that im with is doing the atkins thing. So I agreed to do it. Its been 2 days and I lost 4 pounds already and i'm not craving anything...but has anyone else tried this? Im kinda curious. Rating: 5

[Skink]

Everything in moderation is the key...

[Skink]

Dr atkins had two heart attacks. Just keep that in mind.

looks like you are eating a heart attack,,,LoLzzz...

[Breukelen advocaat]

Dr atkins had two heart attacks. Just keep that in mind.

I'm not a defender of the Atkins diet, but he didn't suffer cardiovascular problems. In the press release below it says, "Atkins' heart disease stemmed from cardiomyopathy, a condition that was thought to result from a viral infection." Here is the story, below, the first statement was from his wife, in 2004, after he died from a head injury suffered from a fall on the ice.


"It has now become clear to me that if I don't speak out, unscrupulous individuals will continue to twist and pervert the truth in an attempt to destroy the reputation and great work of my late husband," Mrs. Atkins said in the statement. " Obviously such people will have no trouble picking and choosing bits and pieces of fact and supposition to mislead the world.

"But here is the truth: my husband's medical records have been reviewed by knowledgeable doctors and his medical condition discussed with cardiac specialists. It is clear that Dr. Atkins developed a condition called cardiomyopathy approximately three years prior to his death. It is also true that when Robert developed cardiomyopathy his coronary arteries showed only minimal and clinically insignificant signs of coronary artery disease, consistent with what would be expected in a 69-year-old man.

"Cardiomyopathy is a serious and progressive condition and was, I have been told, in Robert's case, caused by a viral infection. Though this condition significantly weakened his heart, its cause was clearly related to an infection and not his diet."

The condition "was well documented and openly discussed by Robert himself on national television," she said in the statement, noting that her husband had discussed his heart disease â?? and a heart attack he suffered in April 2002 â?? on CNN's Larry King Live and other programs.

The medical examiner's report was given to the Journal by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a group that advocates vegetarianism.

Dr. Stuart Trager, chairman of the Atkins Physicians Council in New York, told the Journal that Atkins' heart disease stemmed from cardiomyopathy, a condition that was thought to result from a viral infection. Atkins' weight was due to bloating associated with his condition and the time he spent in a coma after his head injury, and he had been much slimmer during most of his life, Trager said.

Trager also issued a statement Tuesday. "Any implication that Dr. Atkins was obese or fat prior to his coma, shows a blatant disregard or even worse, lack of understanding of the medical facts surrounding this case, or of the physiology of severe heart failure and the degree of fluid retention that occurred during this hospitalization," he said.

On Tuesday, the medical examiner's office would say only that Atkins died of a head injury from the fall.

[surreys princess]

skink hit the nail on the head...everything in moderation....we eat more fat than people would usually think they can, but not an enormous amount....we can have bacon, yes, but we cant have a pound a day either...that is how the diet teaches you the whole way of life and everything....on another note..the reason we eat the fats is largely because it provides you with satiation (sp?), feeling full...if you want a snack and eat a few peanuts, you would be amazed at how full you feel, compliments of that oil/fat.....

[geonagual]

I havent lost any wight today...I ate a cake, a 1/2 gallon of Ice cream and a footlong roast beef sub from subway..oh yeah, and 2 candy bars...I am full.

[BlAzInIt4:20]

PIG ^^^

[geonagual]

and 3 beef tamales

[Dr HaZzMatT Esq.]

I'm already down 2 lbs!
It's been soo long since I'v been under 600lbs
I feel sexy !

[geonagual]

I'm already down 2 lbs!
It's been soo long since I'v been under 600lbs
I feel sexy !

We need a pic..
that is quite an accomplishment:thumbsup: