View Single Post
  #4 (permalink)   Report Post  
Dan Abel
 
Posts: n/a
Default Low carb diet and heart disease...

In article >, Katra
> wrote:


> Thing is, new evidence shows how a low fat, high carb diet is killing
> people. I've known several myself that went on that type of diet at the
> recommendation of their personal physicians that ended up having to go
> on statins (which are very hard on the liver) because the diet changes
> DID NOT WORK!!!



In my opinion, any time you see the word "high" in front of a food type
that has lots of calories, you are talking about a diet for those who need
to gain weight. High carb, high fat and high protein diets are not going
to work (although sometimes a high protein diet can mess you up enough
that you lose weight, but I'd rather go on statins first) if you are
looking to lose weight.


For my second opinion, I think that whether a diet works well for a person
depends more on psychology than anything else. If Atkins or some
variation works well for you, that's great. That doesn't mean it will
work well for someone else.


Personally, I lose weight by consciously eating more food. At first I
thought that a little self-control in eating less would work. I found
that I *had* no self-control. Attempting to eat less just meant that I
ate more of the high calorie stuff. So, I switched to eating more. I
would fill my plate with plain vegies and have extra servings of salad.
By filling my stomach like this, I could more easily resist the temptation
to take another serving of the high calorie main dish.

--
Dan Abel
Sonoma State University
AIS