On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:53:19 -0500, "limey"
> wrote:

>
>"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
>news
>> "limey" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >
>> > "Vicky and John" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> > > Does anyone have any good recipes for the Atkins Diet? Need some good
>> > > ideas for meal planning.
>> >
>> > I'm certainly not an M.D. but would like to relay comments from my own
>> M.D.
>> >
>> > If you are trying to lose weight, but are diabetic, do *not* go on the
>> > Atkins diet. It is dangerous for diabetics since it throws the body
>into
>> > ketosis. The best and safest recommendation is to stay within the
>> American
>> > Diabetic Association (ADA) guidelines.
>> >
>>
>> You need to find a new doctor. Sheesh, it is terrible to see such basic
>> ignorance of medicine in a practicing physician. I am dead serious on this
>> and I know what I am talking about. Your Dr. is mixing up ketosis which is
>> of no danger to diabetics or anyone else, and ketoacidosis which is
>> dangerous.
>> --
>> Peter Aitken
>
>In that case, dear heart, I am the one who misunderstood the terms
>ketosis/ketoacidosis, not my M.D. I said I was no M.D.
>His message was emphatic and clear - Atkins is not for diabetics.
>
>Dora
>
>

Doru RUN dont walk RUN from that MD...either clueless of
basic fact about nutrition and diabetes or hes trying to
kill you off fast hon...Hag k



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