I don't normally browse this section of the forum, mainly for my contempt of articles such as this written by people who have no first hand experience of the diet.
As we all know, and have experienced first hand, this diet is wonderful. My comments to a couple of issues raised in the article.
1) The high drop out rate of the Atkins diet may be due in part to the strict 'unbalanced' diet used in induction. True, it's a tough diet to start with, but this is the first stage of a 'cold turkey' type of detox. Going straight into a high carb/low fat diet that has an easier transition from the dieters previous way of eating is sure to be easier, ergo, less quitters!!!!
2) The emphasis I see commonly written about the diet is the induction phase. The 'non-believers' (as I like to call them) read about the diet and how to start and they only see the induction phase of the diet which does promote protein and fat consumtion (note, in not one place does the article mention protien). Sentences like "the famous high-fat, low-carbohydrate regime that lets dieters load up on pork rinds and Scrapple till grease oozes from every pore " does not reflect the ongoing weight loss and maintenance stages of the diet. This isn't a 'high fat' diet, it's a low carb diet.
I'd love to get one of these journalists/experts, preferably one who has a few pounds to loose and put him/her on the diet for 2 months. Let them loose 10+% of their body weight then ask them what they think of the diet.
OK,.......One of the many reasons I don't visit this section often, I'll have to have a walk to lower my BP (and burn some cals
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Thought I'd chime in though, this kind of stuff frustrates me
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duncan