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Run, don't walk, to a bookstore and get "Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution" (revised and updated), 1999.

Many of you will be able to get off meds. IF -- IF you lose weight and simultaneously get your metabolism under control.

The diet, and in some cases, supplements necessary, will take off and keep of weight, get your blood sugar and insulin under control, and even eventually reduce/eliminate heart disease problems.

The "SECRET" is: almost zilch carbohydrates, but all the protein and FAT you want. This is contrary to what the medical establishment and the GOVERNMENT are pushing. Guess who I believe?

You MUST cut out the carbohydrates -- bread, rice, muffins, donuts, soft drinks, etc. -- anything with sugar, corn syrup, honey.

But, you can have all the meat of all types, fish and seafood most cheeses, oils, butter (not margarine), that you want.

Well documented with medical articles, PLUS years of actual experience.

Note, if you eat all the meat and fat PLUS the carbs, you will blow it. You HAVE to cut the carbs, and all else will fall into place.

How did I get on it? May waistline had expanded from 34" to 37" over the last year, and I gained maybe 5# to 10#, and eating worse and worse. Lots of junk -- candy, cookies, etc. What finally got me going on this was I bought some bread, box of cookies and a box of cereal, and on one day I ate all the cookies, half the bread, and half the cereal (in addition to meals).

If you read the book, you will see why I was still hungry even after eating all that crap. If you have weight problems, "hypoglycemia" or type II diabetes, you will see a solution that works permanently for a lot of people.

For Y2K preps -- lay in a lot of corned beef and Spam; canned tuna, shrimp, and salmon; powdered eggs; and canned nuts -- forget the beans, rice, and wheat.

-- A (A@AisA.com), December 10, 1999

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A Prescription for Crisis

Taken from "Best's Review" magazine www.bestreview.com

June 1999 Edition, Page 41

"International Implications"

Last month at the President's Council Year 2000 Conversion, more than 90 representatives of pharmaceutical manufacturing, retailers, doctors, health maintenance organizarions and insurance companies attended a meeting on how the Y2K problem might affect the supplly and delivery of pharamceuticals.

The Clinton administration's Year 2000 Conversion point man, John Koskinen wants contingency plans from pharmaceutical companies. Koskinen reports that 90% of supplies for some drug manufacturers are imported and he sees the United States' biggest potential problems coming from other countries.

For example, most of the components for insulin are available only from Denmark, said Minda Zetlin, author of "The Computer Time Bomb."

There's also a distribution threat in the drug supply chain, she pointed out. If distribution problems occur, between point A and point B, she said, the maritime industry is not sufficiently ready: Ships and ports are heavily computerized and they are not as prepared for 2000 as the airline industry. It's wise for people who need insulin and heart medications to have a 90-day supply," she said.

This is a good article for those interested in the medicine aspect of Y2K.

-- bardou (bardou@baloney.com), December 10, 1999.


I though the atkins diet allows meats and fats, but was centered around lots of veggies. Root crops and leafy greens, and some carbos are allowed also - in whole grain form (this means you eat the kernels or the beans, not the bread made from the kernels...)

I thought the main prupose of the diet was to eliminate the *processed* carbos that make your insulin level haywire?

-- Berry Picker (BerryPicking@yahoo.com), December 10, 1999.


Berry: Berries are OK. To some extent. No, it is NOT a modified vegetarian diet. Atkins thinks vegetarianism is a bit strange, to say the least. :-) Carbohydrates of ALL TYPES, "natural" or otherwise, must be strictly controlled. So even fruits, fruit juices, and high carb vegetables must be controlled. This included potatoes, "natural brown rice", whole wheat bread. I repeat: Carbohydrates of ALL TYPES, "natural" or otherwise, sugars (simple carbs) or complex carbs, must be strictly controlled. The wheat in your whole-wheat bran muffin turns to sugar when you eat it, and that's not even considering the honey or sugar itself.

The epidemic of glucose (sugar)/insulin imbalance, manifesting as a continuum of "hypoglycemia" to diabetes, and heart disease, and gross fatties, is due to a tremendous increase in carbohydrate consumption in this century. He thinks the starting date was around 1890 with the introduction of sugared soft drinks (colas) and more "refined" grains (to make white bread). Now, with snack foods, carbs are everywhere. He quotes statistics on sugar consumption, for example, that are staggering, compared with 100 years ago.

Many so called diet foods, aligning with the conventional wisdom are low fat, but to give flavor are loaded with carbs. Exactly the opposite of what is really required for health and weight loss.

Bottom line -- the establishment is WRONG (again). Meat and fat are not harmful -- they are even helpful/healthful -- AS LONG AS CARBS ARE STRICTLY CONTROLLED. But, if you eat butter, bearnaise sauce, etc., you don't miss the muffins, donuts, bagels, so much. (ANd the cream cheese and sour cream by themselves or used as dip for low-carb vegetables are fine.

Y2K RELATED: Get your diet, and thus your metabolism under control so you don't need insulin and heart meds. You may not be able to get them.

-- A (A@AisA.com), December 10, 1999.


--A,

Are you a medical doctor? Are you qualified to be giving people medical advice? Your information is simplistic and arrogant. You have not got enough information about what caused a person's diabetes or heart condition to be doling out opinions from the healthy and ignorant.

-- Leslie (***@***.net), December 10, 1999.


Hmmmm...

I know several people who have tried this diet. All lost weight initially, but none were able to keep it off for more than six months. One of my co-workers tried the diet, but gave it up after 2 weeks because she "felt too damn weak and shakey" and because it was "so god-awful boring".

Another friend tried the diet and lost about 40 pounds. He gave it up when his blood pressure, fats and cholesterol went through the roof. He switched to a regular, balanced, reduced fat, reduced cholesterol, high-fibre, lots of veggies diet (no calorie counting). He is happily back to normal and maintaining his weight. He said, after a couple of weeks off the diet, "God, its nice to be able to take a proper sh*t again!"

The key to sustained weight loss is variety and moderation. Too much of anything is not good (remember the food pyramid?).

-- Sam Mcgee (weissacre@gwtc.net), December 10, 1999.



From: Y2K, ` la Carte by Dancr (pic), near Monterey, California

Leslie: So, now you think the doctors should be allowed to prevent folks from discussing food?

-- Dancr (addy.available@my.webpage), December 11, 1999.


Leslie - Are you an idiot or just stupid? Or just a fat pig? I did not give medical advice.

Mcgee -- Atkins' thesis is that the conventional wisdom, including the "food pyramid" does not work. As far as boring, there is a tremendous variety of food that one can eat. As far as taking a crap, you do need fiber, which he discusses and recommends. The "friend" that had an increase in symptoms was likely a special case -- or more likely, ate all the protein and fat allowed, but also did NOT cut the carbs sufficiently to get into ketosis.

All -- I just put the info out there. Don't fricking argue with ME. Read the book, and argue with Atkins. He has a trtack record that the low fat, high card diets definitely don't.

BTW, books in a similar vein are the "Neanderthin Diet" (named after the neanderthal diet, which was before farming and the switch to grains as a dietary mainstay. And "The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet". (These titles are approximate, and I just included them for refernce as appearing similar, and no, I have not read them.)

-- A (A@AisA.com), December 11, 1999.


Web site is http://www.atkinscenter.com

-- A (A@AisA.com), December 11, 1999.

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