The Atkins Diet Is A Nightmare Diet

When Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution was first published, the President of the American College of Nutrition said, "Of all the bizarre diets that have been proposed in the last 50 years, this is the most dangerous to the public if followed for any length of time."

When the chief health officer for the State of Maryland, was asked "What's wrong with the Atkins Diet?" He replied "What's wrong with... taking an overdose of sleeping pills? You are placing your body in jeopardy." He continued "Although you can lose weight on these nutritionally unsound diets, you do so at the risk of your health and even your life." 

The Chair of Harvard's nutrition department went on record before a 1973 U.S. Senate Select Committee investigating fad diets: "The Atkins Diet is nonsense... Any book that recommends unlimited amounts of meat, butter, and eggs, as this one does, in my opinion is dangerous. The author who makes the suggestion is guilty of malpractice."

The Chair of the American Medical Association's Council on Food and Nutrition testified before the Senate Subcommittee as to why the AMA felt they had to formally publish an official condemnation of the Atkins Diet: "A careful scientific appraisal was carried out by several council and staff members, aided by outside consultants. It became apparent that the [Atkins] diet as recommended poses a serious threat to health." 

The warnings from medical authorities continue to this day. "People need to wake up to the reality," former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop writes, that the Atkins Diet is "unhealthy and can be dangerous."

The world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, calls the Atkins Diet "a nightmare of a diet." The official spokesperson of the American Dietetic Association elaborated: "The Atkins Diet and its ilk--any eating regimen that encourages gorging on bacon, cream and butter while shunning apples, all in the name of weight loss--are a dietitian's nightmare."The ADA has been warning Americans about the potential hazards of the Atkins Diet for almost 30 years now. Atkins dismissed such criticism as "dietician talk". "My English sheepdog," Atkins once said, "will figure out nutrition before the dieticians do."

The problem for Atkins (and his sheepdog), though, is that the National Academy of Sciences, the most prestigious scientific body in the United States, agrees with the AMA and the ADA in opposing the Atkins Diet.[13] So does the American Cancer Society;[14] and the American Heart Association; and the Cleveland Clinic;[16] and Johns Hopkins;[17] and the American Kidney Fund;[18] and the American College of Sports Medicine;[19] and the National Institutes of Health.[20] 

In fact there does not seem to be a single major governmental or nonprofit medical, nutrition, or science-based organization in the world that supports the Atkins Diet. As a 2004 medical journal review concluded, the Atkins Diet "runs counter to all the current evidence-based dietary recommendations."

A 2003 review of Atkins "theories" in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition concluded: "When properly evaluated, the theories and arguments of popular low carbohydrate diet books... rely on poorly controlled, non-peer-reviewed studies, anecdotes and non-science rhetoric. This review illustrates the complexity of nutrition misinformation perpetrated by some popular press diet books. A closer look at the science behind the claims made for [these books] reveals nothing more than a modern twist on an antique food fad."

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The Stupidity of Low Carb

Low carb diets don't work for a lot of reasons. Here are a few:

The only way to get enough calories in a low carb diet is by eating fat. Fat contains 9 calories per gram and carbs contain 4 calories per gram. Since a low carb dieter has to their calories from carbs ridiculously low it is impossible to get enough calories from the protein because if you eat too much protein you will get sick and vomit and/or you will damage your kidneys,

Fat fattens best.

Low carb diets cause muscle wasting.

The carb phobics think that "carb craving" is why they are lard asses. When carbs are cut out, the body starts starving for glucose which is stored in the liver as glycogen. When the liver becomes depleted of glycogen the brain become starved for glucose. If the brain is starved of glucose for too long a serious condition called ketogenic psychosis occurs. Ketogenic psychosis it irreversible.

Aggression,Memory problems even Psychosis on this diet! [Archive ...

Why Low Carb Diets Don't Work

Low Carb Induced Ketoacidosis Is Deadly

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By Virginia Ham and Jenna Talia

Low carb diet almost kills new mother after ketoacidosis was triggered ...

New mother nearly DIES from a low carb diet: 32-year-old developed life-threatening condition after ditching bread, rice and pasta while breastfeeding

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• Woman, 32 been following a low carb diet while breastfeeding her son
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• This triggered ketoacidosis - a serious condition seen in type 1 diabetics
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• It is where the body burns fat, which releases ketones, turning blood acidic
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• People should be warned of the dangers of low carb diets, doctor said

A new mother developed a life-threatening condition due to eating a low carbohydrate diet while breastfeeding, doctors claim.

The 32-year-old Swedish woman was rushed to hospital with nausea and vomiting, heart palpitations, trembling and spasms in her limbs.

When questioned, she said she had been following a a strict low carbohydrate high fat diet (LCHF) in order to lose her baby weight, doctors describing her case in the Journal of Medical Case Reports said.

The mother developed a life-threatening condition due to eating a low carbohydrate diet while breastfeeding, doctors claim. She went into a state called ketoacidosis, which turns the blood acidic.

The regime saw the woman, who is unidentified, eating less than 20g of carbohydrate day, the equivalent of a medium-sized potato, or a thick slice of toast, while breastfeeding her 10-month-old son.

In the UK, adults are advised to get half of their daily energy intake from carbohydrates, according to a report by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, who advise the Government.

This is the equivalent of  200 - 240g of carbohydrates in a person eating 2,000 calories a day.

The woman said she had lost 4kg on the diet but had begun to feel very ill.

In the hospital, tests were carried out tests and it was discovered that she was suffering from ketoacidosis, a life-threatening condition normally seen in people with type 1 diabetes.

‘The primary diagnosis was thought to be ketoacidosis due to starvation induced by the Low Carbohydrate High Fat diet,’ doctors writing in the journal.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3262230/New-mother-nearly-DIES-low-carb-diet-32-year-old-developed-life-threatening-condition-ditching-bread-rice-pasta-breastfeeding.html#ixzz4eLNu8fYS 

Why Low Carb Diets Cause Depression

Low carb diets are also called ketogenic diets because they produce damaging ketones. Ketosis results when too many ketones build up in your blood. Ketones are chemicals that your body produces as a byproduct of burning fat for fuel. Ketosis is a goal of some very-low-carb diets. Some people may experience increased symptoms of depression during ketosis because their bodies may have a hard time producing the mood-elevating chemical called serotonin.

Ketosis

Carbs are your body's fuel of choice. When your body has very little carbohydrate available -- as it would after a week or so on a very-low-carb diet -- it is forced to start breaking down and using fat and muscle for energy. This process is called fat metabolism. The byproducts of fat metabolism include ketones, which are acidic chemicals that exit your body through urine and breath. This is why people on low carb diets and weight loss surgery victims have bad breath. 

Depression

People suffering from depression typically have a persistent feeling of sadness, worthlessness, and emptiness. There are many possible reasons for depression; in some cases, depression results from a lack of the brain chemical serotonin, a compound that makes people feel naturally happy. According to MayoClinic.com, having too little serotonin can disrupt communication between your brain cells, making depression worse.

Tryptophan

Your body has to make serotonin; you can't get it from the food you eat. MedlinePlus explains that your body uses tryptophan, a type of protein, to make serotonin. You can find tryptophan in protein-rich foods like turkey, eggs and fish -- all foods that are allowed on a low-carb diet. So it would seem that people on low-carb diets should have all the tryptophan they need to make serotonin in excess, but that's not the end of the story.

Carbohydrates

There is a tiny amount of tryptophan available compared to all the other kinds of protein in eggs. Since only so much protein can cross into the brain, the odds are pretty slim that tryptophan will be able to get to the brain so that it can be made into serotonin. But one thing tips the balance: carbs. Dr. Emily Deans, a psychiatrist who practices in Massachusetts, explains in "Psychology Today" magazine that when you eat carbs alone, the body produces insulin, which pulls every type of protein besides tryptophan into your muscles. That leaves the road wide open for tryptophan.

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A new study from scientists in the US found that when women went on low or zero-carb diets they performed worse on thinking and memory tests compared to reducing calories without reducing carbohydrates. When they put carbs back into their diet, their thinking and memory skills went back to normal.

The study was the work of researchers from the psychology department of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. It is published in the February 2009 journal Appetite and is already available to view online.

Implications

The fact that carbs simplify serotonin production doesn't mean you will get seriously depressed the moment you reach ketosis. Everyone is different. MIT researcher Judith Wurtman argues that some people are "carb cravers" who need the starches to balance mood. She also says that women, who naturally have lower serotonin levels than men, are more likely to miss carbs. The best solution may be to let your own body be your guide: If you suffer from depression and you feel like your symptoms are worse when you reach ketosis, consider including a few more whole-grain carbs to your day, particularly around the late afternoon, when the call of the carbs tends to be the loudest.

Low Carber Forums and the Chef

Because of the lying sacks of shit at Low Carber forums, I, Fat Bastardo have alerted the reader of my blogs and the 1000's of members of my network to troll and destroy the LowCarbTards they way we destroyed the angry fat girl run fat acceptance movement. Currently, we are targeting Low Carber Forums for destruction. We have already done the recon and are starting some behind the lines sabotage before our full on assault. Jenna Talia, PFA, Harpoon, and Rotunda Hindenberg are recruiting more soldiers. So far we have not unleashed the "bear" Jew, aka Dr Bear. As you all know I, Fat Bastardo have been lean for going on 4 years. The Chef lost over 100 pounds and has another 50 to go. The Chef paid the liars at Low Carber a visit and because he told the truth and because of his expertise on food and nutrition and he's a man of color, those lying sacks of shit racists banned him. The Chef was responding to a fat cunt named Violet Grey when they dropped the ban hammer on him but being resourceful, the Chef saved the post.

 [QUOTE=violetgrey]I live in a city with many Chinese people. The oldsters are nearly all bent over their walkers with severe osteoporosis. My daughter married a half Japanese man who was brought up to eat polished white rice daily, as well as other Japanese food habits. They also pretty much live on noodles. He's lost several older relatives to cancer of the stomach and bowel. Yet they continue with the tradition of feeding polished white rice and noodles to the kids, despite trying to buy everything else organic (meats, vegetables, fruits). I suspect that all the books and articles I have read about Chinese and Japanese diets being healthier are completely skewed. I see no evidence of it just looking around. Everything I read about soy tells me it's harmful and yet it's also still being promoted as a good source of protein. My daughter feeds her kids tofu dogs which I consider frankenfoods. They are called veggie dogs and there's not one vegetable in them. They are made of wheat and heavily processed soybeans. Could experts stop trying to convince us that the Asian ways of eating are healthier? I put Japanese and Chinese in the same category as they both emphasize noodles and rice. There is so much printed about their healthier emphasis on a lot of stir fried vegetables with just a touch of meat for garnish. So yes, they don't get as obese as we do on the standard American diet, as they do not eat as many junk foods, but they do not get healthy. I have no data on how many died from stomach cancer before they emigrated from Japan, or how straight are the backs of old people living in China on a traditional diet with nothing Western added. It's just that the myths are still written about and they bother me. How is polished white rice better for health than Froot Loops????[/QUOTE]

 The Chef responded with a fact enema:

You ain't got no scientific basis for what you be sayin. The Chef has a degree in nutrition and The Chef can tell you that them Asian folk in Asian countries are health and long-lived. Us Black folks are fast but we ain't built to last. Them Asians outlive us by 20 years and it has to do with diet. The Chef loves that ladies love the Chef. The Chef like his ladies like he likes his flapjack thick or thin, but if the chef were to choose he prefers crepes. Asian women are the most tantalizin to the Chef and them Asian ladies are on the thin side and they are the demure, respectful and ladylike. Like a lot of brothers these days, the Chef ain't dealin with sistas no more. They too wild and most of them are fat. Drs. T. Colin Campbell and Thomas Campbell, no relation to Luther Campbell of 2 Live Crew, conducted the China study which the Chef has read. Them rural Chinese ain't fat, they ain't sickly and the live long. They eat mostly carbs. The two Campbell men, no relation to the Campbell soup folks spent 20 years studying the rural Chinese. They are professors at Cornell. They are the most erudite authorities on nutrition on planet earth. The experts have proven beyond any doubt that when it comes to health, weight and longevity native Asians are doin right.

This is how women were meant to look.

Pod of Fat American Nurses! Man the HARPOONS!

This is a pod of American nurses. Asian folks are leaner and healthier PERIOD!

We all know that Asian woman are HOT and we all know that fat girls hate slender women. The Chef is not one to play the race card but he knows bigotry when he sees it. If a jealous angry fat girl is talking shit about Asians it is because she's a bigot. Not only does she hate slender women, she hates Asians as well and more likely than not, she hates Black, Jews, Arabs and Hispanics as well.

It looks like we may be unleashing Harpoon.

This introduction is what got the Chef banned.

"The Chef often communicates in the third person. I hope all you fine folks are fine with that.

The Chef is a graduate of the esteemed Johnson & Wales School of Culinary Arts. The Chef has a degree in culinary nutrition but in spite of that The Chef had become morbidly obese and has suffered the co-morbid consequences that go with morbid obesity. The Chef is a a big man with a big appetite and normally the Chef would not make any apologies for it but the Chef would like to apologize for his truly gluttonous and hedonistic ways.

The Chef has been on several weight loss plans and when the Chef did the low carbohydrate plan the Chef initially lost about 12 pounds but then as the Chef's body adjusted to the digesting of high amounts of fat and protein the Chef gained the weight back and then some.

Cheffin has certain occupational hazards such as getting burned and weight gain. Being that LC did not work for the Chef, the Chef did his own version of Weight Watchers. Instead of counting points, the Chef counted calories and like clockwork the Chef has been steadily shedding the fat.

It has been long know by other nutritionists that fat fattens best. The Chef's menu that he serves to his customers has food high in fat and most of the Chef's customers are fat. Fat is tasty but like so many good things, fat is quite unhealthy particularly for folks of color. That is why us Black folk be dyin prematurely. It's our diets that are killin us. We eat too much fried food and that is why we be dropping like flies.

You take your Asians, they ain't fast but their built to last because they eat mostly rice. You take your Mexicans and we find that our Southern neighbors in Mexico are now the fattest people on earth. As you move from the Northern most US states into the South you see the obesity rate climb. Diets south of the Mason-Dickson line are heavily fat laden. Fat fattens best. It ain't bread and oat that be making folks fat. It's the fat. Take it from the Chef, a professional with a degree in culinary nutrition.

The reason restaurants serve bread and rolls is to get folks full so that patrons request doggie bags and get to enjoy the food the next day. This is why most dessert menus are not very good. We want folks to eat fast and leave so that we can seat other patrons.

The Chef is now offerin low fat menu options and a more extensive dessert menu which include sorbets, cake, eclairs, low fat chocolate mousse and yogurt parfaits.

The Chef still serves less healthy food because the Chef ain't no food Nazi but the Chef now believes that he has personal an social responsibility to help keep folks healthy.

The Chef is godly man and a Christian man. The Chef believes we all sin and the Chef's main sins are womanizing and gluttony but the gluttony is the worst. The Chef is a ladies' man because the Chef loves the ladies and the ladies love the Chef. Proverbs 23:2 proclaims, “Put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.” All us fat folks are gluttons and when the Chef found his lord and savior Jesus Christ, the Chef knew it was time to repent and stop his gluttony.

Physical appetites are an analogy of our ability to control ourselves. If we are unable to control our eating habits, we are probably also unable to control other habits, such as those of the mind (lust, covetousness, anger) and unable to keep our mouths from gossip or strife. We are not to let our appetites control us, but we are to have control over our appetites. (See Deuteronomy 21:20, Proverbs 23:2, 2 Peter 1:5-7, 2 Timothy 3:1-9, and 2 Corinthians 10:5.) The ability to say “no” to anything in excess—self-control—is one of the fruits of the Spirit common to all believers (Galatians 5:22).

The reason the Chef is having success is because the Chef now owns his sinful ways and has stopped makin excuses."

The Chef's words hit home and they banned him for those words. Please troll LOW CARBER FORUMS.

Low Carb Kills

I prescribe fat because FAT FATTENS BEST! OINK!

Low carb diets have been around for 50 years and they don't work. Worse than that, low carb diets are extremely dangerous as evidenced by all the deaths associated with them. The father of low carb Dr Robert Atkins a cardiologist had a long history of heart disease and he was morbidly obese when he died. Like many American MDs Atkins was a charlatan and like American doctors in general Atkins' lifespan was shorter than the lifespan of average Americans. YEP you read that right. American doctors die sooner than the general population.

This site is dedicated to ending the low carb insanity.

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