Level -> RE: BBW's, Is this something as a society that we should encourage? (5/15/2007 5:14:40 PM)
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ORIGINAL: minnetar Level, How can you say Atkins is healthy? i think a low fat diet and exercise works best. minnetar Because I've spent the last 5 months with my nose buried in every sort of book and website, and using my own body as a testing ground. I have never seen anything so misrepresented in my life as what Dr. Atkins taught (not saying this about you, minnetar). I've went from 260 pounds to 174. Fasting blood sugar from 339 to, let's see, my last 30 day average is 84, which is essentialy non-diabetic. My liver enzymes are, for the first time in over a decade, normal. My blood pressure from 140ish/100 to 120s/70s. Cholesterol? Total cholesterol - should be between 100-199 / mine in December 245, in March 200 Triglycerides - should be under 150 / December was 352, March 96 HDL - should be over 40 / December was 29, March 40 LDL - should be under 100 / December was 146, March 141 VLDL - should be under 40 / wasn't done in December, in March it was 19. And there are a growing number of scientists and doctors that will tell you that LDL is only bad if it's the small, dense kind, not the larger, fluffy type. I actually use information from not only Dr. Atkins' books, but ProteinPower Lifeplan, by Drs. Michael and Mary Eades (highly recommended!), and Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. Level, In regards to the levels in cholesterol, my levels are terrible and that is why i had my quintuple bypass. i will talk to my cardiologist and trust him on the levels he feels are safe. This isn't something i feel i can handle by doing by research alone but by a professional. lol i think i have proven that with my surgery last summer and this was at age 47. my brother's double was at 37. minnetar Everyone's body is different, of course, but for the large majority of people, low carb nutrition is safe highly effective. As for professionals, each author I mentioned is highly trained; Atkins was a cardiologist himself, and Dr. Bernstein is one of the most respected diabetic specialists in the world. And Atkins always emphasized, no one diet fits all. If what you do works, then that's what matters [;)]. Do you realize that no less an authority than Dr. Michael Debakey stated that at least 50% of all heart patients he has treated have had perfectly normal cholesterol levels? And that heart disease was nearly unheard of before we began eating margarine, and processed foods? People back then ate a lot of fat, lard, protein, etc, and were far healthier than the average person now.
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