On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:46:12 -0500, Mary McHugh wrote:

Pat Kiewicz wrote:

Just so you know, Dr Atkins, who followed his own advice, died
overweight (117kg),
and had a history of heart attack, congestive heart failure and
hypertension.

I'm fully aware of that. That, in itself, proves exactly nothing.

My own father has a history of 5 heart attacks and has never followed the
Atkins diet even a single day of his life. So I am sorry if I am dense,
but I just don't see the connection. There are factors other than diet
that control whether a person has heart attacks or not. Diet is just one
piece of the puzzle.

Dr. Atkins was bloated from the swelling that can accompany a coma. In
other words, the bloating came only after he had lost control of his diet.

Only the "Induction Phase" of the Atkins diet is severely restrictive of
fruits, nuts and vegetables and his book clearly explains why this is so
and why it should not be allowed to become a lifetime habit. Perhaps I
have an advantage in that my primary source of information regarding the
Atkins diet came directly from the book he wrote. The next phase, Ongoing
Weight Loss, adds a fair number of plants back into the diet as one
experiments to determine what level of carbs can be safely eaten. The
Maintenance Phase means exactly that ... intake carefully balanced against
expenditure at a level that can be maintained for life.

Dr. Atkins hammered, hammered, hammered, hammered the point that what was
being sought was a lifetime of healthier living. Healthier than what?
Healthier than the diet that caused us to gain the weight to begin with.
Healthier than the lethargy that led us to mold the couch to our
backsides.

Sorry, I don't see the bad here.

Bill
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