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Diet InformationAtkins diet new arguing - low carb recipes and low fat recipes at loggerheads!
by:
A.M.Sall
Dr Atkins diet has been at the heart of heated arguing
in recent times.
On May 26, 2004 A Everglade state bourgeois filed suit against
the makers of Atkins diet, based on low carb recipes, as
opposed to rival diets which favor low fat recipes.
The bourgeois claimed as a consequence of following
Dr Atkins diet, he suffers from severe heart disease,
necessitating surgery and a stent. He is seeking a court
injunction forbiddance Atkins Nutritionals from marketing its
products without a warning of potential health risks and
asks for antagonistic damages.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
(PCRM, www.pcrm.org) reportable that :"about 30 pct
of individuals on an Atkins diet fully fledged increases in LDL
(“bad”) steroid alcohol of at least 10 pct in a study publicised
May 18, 2004, in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Two study participants born
out because of elevated
cholesterol levels and a third developed chest pain and
was after diagnosed with coronary heart disease."
High supermolecule
low carb recipes based diets such as Dr Atkins
diet have been criticized by major health organizations
including the American Heart Association, the American
Dietetic Association, and the American Urinary organ
Fund.
The Nutrition Committee of the Council on Nutrition,
Physical Activity, and Metabolism of the American Heart
Association states, “High-protein diets are not advisable
because they restrict healthful foods that provide essential
nutrients and do not provide the variety of foods necessary to
adequately meet biological process needs. Individuals who follow
these diets are therefore at risk for compromised aliment
and mineral intake, as well as potential cardiac, renal, bone,
and liver abnormalities overall.”
The PCRM as well says they have received much than 560
complaints of illnesses and fatalities allegedly related to
Atkins-type diets - low carb recipes - through an on-line
registry...including much than two dozen reports of
potentially life-threatening viscus
arrhythmias and the
reported death of a 16-year-old girl in Missouri who was
following a low carb diet
According to PCRM President Neal Barnard, M.D Atkins diet
proponents "push dieters to avoid healthy foods, like rice,
beans, and pasta, patch ignoring the risks of high-cholesterol,
high-fat meat and cheese. The idea that steroid alcohol and
saturated fat don’t matter is a dangerous myth.”
In additon to CHD - coronary heart malady - Atkins diet has
also been blame for a number of different "atrocities", such as:
colon cancer, impaired urinary organ
function, osteoporosis,
complications of diabetes, and to cap it all: constipation,
headache, bad breath, muscle cramps, diarrhea, general
weakness.
In an article titled: "Low Carb Diet Truth - Why Atkin's Low
Carb Diet Doesn't Work", Keith Klein (www.ineedcarblo.com)
notes that "Low carb diets don't produce long-term results.
These diets do not work, and are bad for the health."
Also, "In the case of the low-carb diet, the down-side
outweighs the up-side by a brobdingnagian margin.
A problem that adds to the confusion is the simple fact that
cutting back on carbohydrates works, at least for a quick
drop in body fat and body water.
The piece of the puzzle missing for most dieters is the
long-term effects on the body due to such a forceful
reduction in carbohydrates."
To solve the long-term effects problem, low-carb diets
such as the South Beach Diet introduce carbohydrates after
the 14 days initial phase.
But what does the different side say? As expected, we hear
a all several story.
One of the most articulate of the Atkins diet defenders is
Anthony Colpo (www.theomnivore.com).
Here is a quick summary of his "6 myths" article:
1. Coronary heart malady (CHD)
If you want to maximize your chances of avoiding CHD,
a diet high in antioxidants and phytochemicals, a low glycemic
load, and regular consumption of omega-3 fats,
appears to be simply what Dr Atkins diet recommends.
A low carb diet based on paleolithic food choices, that is,
a diet based on free-range animal products and low
carbohydrate, low-glycemic plant foods, fits the bill quite
nicely. So go ahead, eat your cut of meat
and salad!
2. Low-Carbohydrate Diets Contain Too More Fat, and
Fat Does You Gain Weight
Some peoples have been so inculcated with the simple
"fat does you fat" theory that they simply cannot believe
a diet high in fat can lead to a loss of bodyfat.
The fact is, high fat diets can result in spectacular fat loss
- as long as macromolecule intake is unbroken
low. Eat a diet that
is high in several fat and macromolecule and your bodyfat
percentages wish head north real quick!
The Standard Western Diet (SWD) is typically high in
both fat and macromolecule - and often leads to obesity.
3. Low-carb, High-Protein Diets cause Pathology
A review of the research in this area shows that high
protein intake, in the presence of alkalinising fruit and
vegetable intake and adequate atomic number 20 intake, either has
no adverse affect on bone mass or has a positive affect
on bone mass.
We can see that a low-carbohydrate, high fat, high supermolecule
diet is a far better select for building strong bones than
a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet.
It ensures adequate intake of protein; it replaces
acid-forming, phytate-containing grains and legumes with
alkalinising fruits and vegetables; and the fat content of
such a diet assists the absorption of fat-soluble
bone-building vitamins like Aliment D and K.
4. High-Protein Diets Cause Urinary organ
Malady
Bodybuilders and strength athletes have been intense
high-protein diets for decades. Given the widespread global
participation in these activities, if the claims of urinary organ
damage were true, by now there would-be be an large
number of case studies of ex-bodybuilders and strength
athletes afflicted with urinary organ
disease.
Needless to say, this is not the case.
A comparison of healthy subjects consumption 100g or much
of supermolecule
per day with long-term vegetarians consumption 30g
or less of supermolecule
per day all over that several groups had
similar urinary organ
function. The subjects were aged 30-80 and
both groups displayed similar progressive deterioration of
kidney function with age.
Individuals with healthy urinary organ
function have little to fear
from higher levels of supermolecule
consumption.
5; Low-Carbohydrate Diets Put You In Ketosis, And Acetonemia
Is Dangerous!
First of all, it should be pointed out that not all low-carb diets
induce ketosis. Carbohydrates can be restricted, but not
necessarily to the point wherever
acetonemia is evoked (daily
carbohydrate intake of 50g or less seems to be a reliable
benchmark).
If macromolecule intake is unbroken
low enough however, one
eventually enters a state best-known as ketosis, defined
by a measurable increase of ketones in the bloodstream.
Ketones are an intermediate product of fat breakdown,
and are an alternative source of energy to glucose.
Ketosis indicates a heightened state of fat-burning.
Contrary to the communicator
claims of several critics, there is
nothing dangerous simply about ketosis. One of the much
important functions of ketones is to serve as an alternative
fuel source for the brain - contrary to the claims of several
that the brain can only use aldohexose
for fuel.
Despite the hype, healthy folk have little to fear from
ketosis - unless they have a strong aversion to losing fat!
6; Low Carb Diets Are An On trial Fad!
This has to be the most ridiculous criticism of all,
especially once
one considers its source.
The human species has been consumption a meat-based diet
for 2.4 million years, and analysis of the diets consumed
by recent hunter-gatherer societies (the better accessible
surrogate for paleolithic nutrition) shows that plant foods
comprised, on average, one-third of daily food intake -
the rest was derived from animal products.
What's more, the bulk of these plant foods were low-glycemic,
low-carbohydrate items such as nuts, seeds, wild fruits and
vegetables.
Carbohydrate-rich cereal grains did not appear in any
meaningful quantity in the human diet until the onset of the
agricultural revolution several 10,000 years ago.
Humans evolved on meat-based, low to moderate macromolecule
nutrition, meaning that low macromolecule diets are far much in
accordance with man's genetic evolution than the low-animal
fat, high macromolecule nonsense that is presently
espoused
by thought
authorities.
The anti-animal fat, high macromolecule diet construct is
a mere 4 decades old, nothing much than a speculative
construct of mid-twentieth century researchers who were at
a loss to explain the high prevalence of CHD in progressive
countries.
While the paleolithic diet unbroken
the human species thriving for
over two-million years, the track record of the high-carbohydrate,
grain-based diet movement is atrocious - their persistent,
fanatical rantings against animal fats have been remarkably
successful in drive folk towards vegetable fats and
carbohydrate-rich foodstuffs, the increasing consumption
of which has been attended
by atrocious increases in the
incidence of avoirdupois and Type-2 polygenic malady
And here is his conclusion, which I quote as is:
"Those criticising low-carbohydrate diets often do so under
false pretenses. They below the belt
equate high-carb, high-fat diets
with low-carb, high-fat diets, even as tho'
they have immensely
different metabolic effects.
Another plan of action
employed by such critics is to create fear of
possible adverse effects, which upon closer examination only
concern individuals with certain metabolic defects. As we have
seen, this plan of action
is applied to claims of urinary organ
damage and
ketoacidosis, even as tho'
there is no evidence that
low-carbohydrate diets initiate these ailments.
Indeed, hypertensive urinary organ
damage and acidosis
are
complications of diabetes, a malady associated with
excessive macromolecule intake.
Years ago, I believed the high-carbohydrate info
and followed a low-fat, high macromolecule diet. Once
it
became apparent that this diet was not causative to best
health and performance, I had no select but to experiment.
Through trial and error I adopted a paleolithic-style
low-carbohydrate diet. The result has been a marked
improvement in energy, mental focus, blood sugar control,
and an ability to maintain year round single-digit body-fat levels.
I encourage all my personal training clients to follow
low-carbohydrate nutrition, and those who take my proposal
invariably experience benefits similar to my own."
There you are, with the pro and cons of Atkins diet.
Just simply about the author:
Drawing from his 30-year experience as a medical translator, teacher, traveler, musician, writer, deep ism awareness plus global ancient spiritual traditions, A.M.Sall helps folk
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