If you are using an OS such as Linux, Macintosh, or Win95/98/ME, you have already marginalized yourself. You're accustomed to support for your platform coming late, if at all. The decision to limit the program to Windows 2000 and XP makes perfect sense.
Besides, linux users smell bad. We can't reward that now can we?
I do the "whatever my wife feels like cooking" version of Atkins... more fish than pork. I do try to avoid saturated/trans fat when I can. I love avocados and mac nuts, which are both good in that regard.
I googled and got several articles off the Atkins site.
As for being a guinea pig - sorry pal, whatever you do, you're taking someone's word for it. The human metabolism is just not fully understood yet by anyone. You're a guinea pig if you're on any diet. The only way out is to eat whatever you feel like.
By the way, you did hear that Atkins had a heart attack, right? Just wondering. Because even if your diet works (and I'm not contending 100% that it doesn't - like you said, you lost weight), it's not good at all long-term.
No one has claimed that the Atkins diet makes you immune to all forms of heart disease. It scores a 2 out of 3: raises good cholesterol, but raises bad cholesterol, and lowers triglycerides. The thing is, the ratio of LDL/HDL is considered more important than the absolute values, so it's not such a problem. I'll try to find you the article if you want to read it, it came across Newshub a few months ago. If you have any studies which argue your point about Atkins not being good long-term, I'd like to read them. No FUD please!
Here's the nutritional content of McDonalds Super Size French Fries: 176g, calories 540, calories from fat 230, fat 26g, carbohydrates 68g, protein 8g. This means 272 calories from carbs and 32 from protein. As you can see, it's not true that "the bulk of the calories are fat".
I don't put any stock in the argument that calories are what count. Look - on Atkins I eat as much as I want. I don't know how many calories I eat. And I lose weight. When I'm not on Atkins, I eat as much as I want, and I gain weight. According to the diet, my choice of food is suppressing my appetite. This means you can't just use the 4cal/g vs. 9cal/g yardstick to measure calories. That pound of bread is going to make you hungry again in 30 minutes, where my mac nuts will stave off any sort of hunger for hours.
I wouldn't call Atkins a fad diet. People use what works. I suggest you try your diet with no exercise, and see how well you do.
Fried foods are high-carb. That's why people who eat lots of fries get fat. Fried meats have breading which is in turn high-carb. You also have to consider the foods which are typically eaten with fried foods, such as baked potatoes, coleslaw, and potato salad, which have murderous amounts of carbs. If you're eating tempura, you're also eating rice, which is high-carb.
I've been doing Atkins for about 2 years now. I lost 40 pounds pretty quickly and have kept it off. *I* can guarantee *you* that if you eat a pound of carbs (bread for example), and I eat a pound of fat (macadamia nuts), I will lose weight while you gain it. I know this because I lose weight on just such a diet.
I don't get as much exercise as I'd like to, but even so I keep the weight off. Exercise is by no means required to lose weight on Atkins. To do the diet you must take vitamins, and if exercising you need to take L-Glutamine to keep from getting dizzy or lethargic. Your body is trying to turn fat into energy, and it's a harder process than turning blood sugar into energy.
I wonder: are you fit? Before Atkins I did low-fat dieting, and had very little luck, because I was always hungry.
I want to have Linus' baby because I am such a linux fanboy. I brush my teeth with a toothbrush that says "linux" and I shaved Tux into my nether-regions.
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Hey, another 5 linux installs. WOOT!
Besides, linux users smell bad. We can't reward that now can we?
You know, that sewage diet does have its followers - see the alt.binaries newsgroups. Ah, the free flow of information. :)
I do the "whatever my wife feels like cooking" version of Atkins... more fish than pork. I do try to avoid saturated/trans fat when I can. I love avocados and mac nuts, which are both good in that regard.
I googled and got several articles off the Atkins site.
As for being a guinea pig - sorry pal, whatever you do, you're taking someone's word for it. The human metabolism is just not fully understood yet by anyone. You're a guinea pig if you're on any diet. The only way out is to eat whatever you feel like.
No one has claimed that the Atkins diet makes you immune to all forms of heart disease. It scores a 2 out of 3: raises good cholesterol, but raises bad cholesterol, and lowers triglycerides. The thing is, the ratio of LDL/HDL is considered more important than the absolute values, so it's not such a problem. I'll try to find you the article if you want to read it, it came across Newshub a few months ago. If you have any studies which argue your point about Atkins not being good long-term, I'd like to read them. No FUD please!
Here's the nutritional content of McDonalds Super Size French Fries: 176g, calories 540, calories from fat 230, fat 26g, carbohydrates 68g, protein 8g. This means 272 calories from carbs and 32 from protein. As you can see, it's not true that "the bulk of the calories are fat".
I don't put any stock in the argument that calories are what count. Look - on Atkins I eat as much as I want. I don't know how many calories I eat. And I lose weight. When I'm not on Atkins, I eat as much as I want, and I gain weight. According to the diet, my choice of food is suppressing my appetite. This means you can't just use the 4cal/g vs. 9cal/g yardstick to measure calories. That pound of bread is going to make you hungry again in 30 minutes, where my mac nuts will stave off any sort of hunger for hours.
I wouldn't call Atkins a fad diet. People use what works. I suggest you try your diet with no exercise, and see how well you do.
Fried foods are high-carb. That's why people who eat lots of fries get fat. Fried meats have breading which is in turn high-carb. You also have to consider the foods which are typically eaten with fried foods, such as baked potatoes, coleslaw, and potato salad, which have murderous amounts of carbs. If you're eating tempura, you're also eating rice, which is high-carb.
I've been doing Atkins for about 2 years now. I lost 40 pounds pretty quickly and have kept it off. *I* can guarantee *you* that if you eat a pound of carbs (bread for example), and I eat a pound of fat (macadamia nuts), I will lose weight while you gain it. I know this because I lose weight on just such a diet.
I don't get as much exercise as I'd like to, but even so I keep the weight off. Exercise is by no means required to lose weight on Atkins. To do the diet you must take vitamins, and if exercising you need to take L-Glutamine to keep from getting dizzy or lethargic. Your body is trying to turn fat into energy, and it's a harder process than turning blood sugar into energy.
I wonder: are you fit? Before Atkins I did low-fat dieting, and had very little luck, because I was always hungry.
They shouldn't laugh. Homeland Security will now have the "Windows Update" technology. Let's see them get by that!
I want to have Linus' baby because I am such a linux fanboy. I brush my teeth with a toothbrush that says "linux" and I shaved Tux into my nether-regions.