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"They include the famous atkins diet and the South Beach diet. Each has some virtue and obviously works to reduce weight. However, there are concerns. The atkins diet, for example, is too high in saturated fat, which is a long-term risk factor for cancer and heart disease—the very problem it claims to treat. It lowers HDL cholesterol and raises CRP. Although newer versions of the diet claim to be lower in fat, they still do not place sufficient emphasis on vegetables." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"That's not really the spirit of the atkins diet, because the atkins diet, if followed to the letter, is actually a very healthy diet. It's more like a carbohydrate-controlled diet. However, the way most people interpret the atkins diet is very unhealthy. They pig out on unlimited quantities of unhealthy fats, and then they wonder why they have cardiovascular problems even though they're losing weight. Imagery and association The next tactic to watch out for is the use of imagery in advertising instead of product information." - Mike Adams, Spam Filters for Your Brain (Get the book.)

"He also downplays the risks (to health as well as eating pleasure) of the high-protein atkins diet that the carbohydrate hypothesis implies is a sound way to eat. As its title suggests, Good Calories, Bad Calories, valuable as it is, does not escape the confines of nutritionism. only in the McGovern "Goals" but also in the National Academy of Sciences report, the dietary guidelines of the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society and the U.S. food pyramid bears direct responsibility for creating the public health crisis that now confronts us." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"The best "anti-yeast" diets look like some version of the atkins diet, at least for the first few weeks: no sugar, no processed carbs (grains, pastas, breads, and cereal products), no alcohol, vinegar, fruits, aged cheeses, peanuts, melons, and soy products, at least not in the beginning. Sorry to say, but beer is quite simply an infusion of yeast, so stay away. (Actually, except for the "no-fruit" rule, an anti-yeast diet is a pretty healthy way to eat. After you've gotten rid of them, you can always add back stuff, especially the fruit.) Here are some suggestions for your anti-yeast arsenal." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "Since they live on sugar, an "anti-yeast" diet—something like the early stages of the atkins diet, with no sugar, bread, pasta, rice, cereal, or even fruit for a couple of weeks—is just the ticket. Protein, vegetables, and good fat are the way to go. Activated charcoal is another great supplement that can help with odors and even toxins O originating in the gut. It may also sweeten g your breath. ^ Chlorophyll is nature's deodorizer and, 73 rn according to some naturopaths, a great blood purifier, meaning it helps support detoxification." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Atkins diet), or rely on novel food combinations (e.g., the Zone diet). The initial dramatic weight loss that occurs on many of these diets is often due to the diuresis that occurs as glycogen stores are depleted in response to a low carbohydrate intake. This weight loss is temporary and if carbohydrate intake is increased, the glycogen stores are repleted and body weight increases accordingly. On very low carbohydrate diets, the body goes through a period of ketogenesis to provide fuel that can be utilized by the brain cells." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "A multi-center, randomized, controlled clinical trial of the atkins diet. N. Engl. J. Med. 348, 282-290. 58. Nordmann, A. J., Nordmann, A., Briel, M., Keller, U., Yancy, W. S., Brehm, B. J., and Bucher, H. C. (2006). Effects of low-carbohydrate vs. low-fat diets on weight loss and cardiovascular risk factors: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Arch. Intern. Med. 166, 285-293. 59. Dansinger, M. L., Gleason, J. A., Griffith, J. L., Selker, H. P., and Schaefer, E. J. (2005)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"In February, I switched to the atkins diet and ate only 15-20 grams of carbs per meal, eating more eggs than chicken and fish. In March 2001, I became a vegetarian. I also stopped eating dairy and grains, learning that these are unfit for human consumption. I had achieved a 25-pound weight loss by then. By April 2001, with my on-going nutrition research, I became vegan, giving up all flesh and animal products. Author Erik Marcus (Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating) estimates that one 20-year old going vegan saves about 2,000 animals from enduring the suffering of factory farming and slaughter." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"That's why when the atkins diet storm hit the food industry in 2003, bread and pasta got a quick redesign (dialing back the carbs; boosting the proteins) while poor unreconstructed potatoes and carrots were left out in the carbohydrate cold. (The low-carb indignities visited on bread and pasta, two formerly "traditional foods that everyone knows," would never have been possible had the imitation rule not been tossed out in 1973. Who would ever buy imitation spaghetti? But of course that is precisely what low-carb pasta is." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"I like to call it the "healthy Atkins diet"—in contrast to the less-healthy original—so don't expect to see me recommending that you eat tons of butter and bacon. I have to hasten to say that I have not done any controlled studies on the efficacy of the Natelson diet, but my patients do lose weight on this diet, and then find it easier to do the walking exercises I recommended earlier—as well as feel better about themselves. So please try this diet for three weeks. Why do I ask for three weeks instead of the six I require so much of the time?" - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

"However, there are concerns. The atkins diet, for example, is too high in saturated fat, which is a long-term risk factor for cancer and heart disease—the very problem it claims to treat. It lowers HDL cholesterol and raises CRP. Although newer versions of the diet claim to be lower in fat, they still do not place sufficient emphasis on vegetables. People still take in about 60 percent of their diet in the form of fat and are not consuming sufficient quantities of fiber, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, and other nutrients." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"High Protein Foods Make You Fat and Low Energy Foods Deplete Energy Not such good news for the atkins diet friends. The results of a four-nation study involving more than 4,000 men and women ages 40 to 59 produced a stunning conclusion in our Atkins diet-fueled society: the thinnest people on Earth eat the most carbohydrates. What is even more alarming, the people who ate the most protein in their diet were actually the heaviest." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"The realization of what carbs hath wrought has inspired a seemingly endless production of low-carb diet books and revitalized the life of the high-protein classic, the atkins diet. We use the term glycemic index to characterize carbohydrate foods by the relative speed with which they are broken down into glucose for entry into the bloodstream and delivery to cells. Refer to the glycemic food index in appendix B. The rate of conversion determines the amount of insulin secreted by the pancreas to regulate carbohydrate metabolism." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"How Are These Dietary Guidelines Different from Those of the atkins diet or Other High-Protein Diets? You might be wondering how the dietary recommendations in Feed Your Genes Right differ from those of the atkins diet. The atkins diet is the most popular high-protein diet, but it has often been criticized for its high levels of saturated fat. Both the Atkins and the Feed Your Genes Right recommendations encourage people to eat more nutrient-dense protein." - Jack Challem, Feed Your Genes Right: Eat to Turn Off Disease-Causing Genes and Slow Down Aging (Get the book.)

"Atkins, innovator of the infamous atkins diet, which is tremendously high in cooked animal products, died indirectly as a result of his own heart disease! My personal grand experiment with raw animal foods didn't last long. You already know the disaster that happened with raw dairy. While my encounters with meat were not as harsh, I quickly realized that it was not for me. A few years ago, I decided to test the raw animal food diet for a month. I found that after eating raw meat, I maintained the light feeling that I had on a raw vegetarian diet." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Although many people view the atkins diet as one that pushes pork rinds, fatty red meat, and butter, they're completely missing the point. To this day, the Atkins camp contends that the meal plan helps people "learn respect for carbohydrates," points out Colette Heimowitz, M.S., vice president of education and research at Atkins Nutritionals. "People who go on the atkins diet or maintenance plan," she insists, "develop a healthy lifestyle that incorporates nutrient-dense carbohydrates such as fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and whole grains." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"It can, in fact, be a telltale sign that someone is on the atkins diet or another low-carbohydrate, high-fat, high-protein diet. In fact, as many as two-thirds of people on these diets suffer from bad breath, so they may lose friends as well as weight. Their stinky breath is actually a sign that their body is breaking down fat into ketones and going into a condition called ketosis (elevated levels of ketones)." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"If a thyroid type is overweight, he or she may choose to try the high-fat, high-protein atkins diet. But true thyroid-dominant types absolutely hate the Atkins diet; it nauseates them. It is too heavy and greasy for them to metabolize. By comparison, adrenaline-driven type-As who have consistently consumed too much fat over the years eventually find themselves in the cardiovascular-care unit. In comes the dietician with the low-fat Dean Ornish diet, a nice diet for the thyroid personality type. Their first thought: "Where's the beef?" - Byron J. Richards, The Leptin Diet: How Fit Is Your Fat? (Get the book.)

"Not only did people on the atkins diet lose more weight than those on a standard low-fat, low-calorie diet, they also improved their cholesterol. Atkins dieters saw their levels of dangerous VLDL (very low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol decrease by 49 percent while their levels of protective HDL cholesterol shot up 8 percent. Compare that with the low-fat dieters who had just a 17-percent decrease in VLDL and a mere 1-percent boost in HDL. Before you rush out for a fatty steak dinner, remember this is only one small study. Talk with your doctor before drastically changing your diet." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"Individuals who go on the atkins diet frequently become carbohydrate cripples. They train their bodies into carbohydrate inefficiency, which is worse than their original problem of simply eating too many carbohydrates. Now, when carbohydrates are eaten, they turn on the weight-gain switch. A healthy diet that promotes weight loss should include all types of calories. In general, many overweight individuals eat two or more times the amount of carbohydrates they are able to metabolize." - Byron J. Richards, The Leptin Diet: How Fit Is Your Fat? (Get the book.)

"Low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets Low-carbohydrate, high-fat diets such as the atkins diet are very popular among people trying to lose weight. In a preliminary study, overweight individuals who adhered to a very-low-carbohydrate diet (25 grams per day initially, increased to 50 grams per day after a certain weight loss target was achieved), with no limit on total calorie intake, lost on average more than 10% of their body weight over a six-month period." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "Others restrict carbohydrates, either to extremely low amounts as in the atkins diet, or to a lesser degree, emphasizing foods low in the glycemic index or high in protein. Discussions of the research on these diets follow; however, it should be remembered that no diet has been proven effective for long-term weight loss, and many people find it difficult to stay on most diets.17'18 Low-fat, low-calorie, high-fiber, balanced diets are recommended by many doctors for weight loss." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "In a preliminary study, three of six individuals with treatment-resistant epilepsy experienced marked improvement on the Atkins diet; two of these people became seizure-free.14 Allergic reactions (page 14) to food have been reported to trigger epileptic seizures in individual cases,15, 16 some of which were proven with double-blind testing.17 One report found people with epilepsy to have significantly more biochemical evidence of allergy than do non-epileptics." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"People who go on the atkins diet or maintenance plan," she insists, "develop a healthy lifestyle that incorporates nutrient-dense carbohydrates such as fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and whole grains. "By always staying beneath their carb tolerance, they maintain their weight-loss goals. You can live with this healthy way of eating for the rest of your life," adds Heimowitz, who has followed "an Atkins carb-watching approach" for 20 years, hoping to avert the fate of her obese, diabetic parents, who both died at an early age. In addition to drawing attention to perils of quickie carbs, Dr." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.) "Website devoted to unmasking "the truth" about the atkins diet. Atkins, Robert. Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution. New York: Avon, 1992. Atkins, Veronica. "Statement on Atkins' Death." USA Today, February 10, 2004. Austin, Denise. Fit and Fabulous After 40. New York: Broadway Books, 2001. Bernardini, Robert. The Truth about Children's Health: The Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Preventing, and Reversing Disease. Pri Publishing, 2003. Boden, Guenther, Karin Sargrad, Carol Homko, Maria Mozzoli, and T. Peter Stein. " - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"But true thyroid-dominant types absolutely hate the Atkins diet; it nauseates them. It is too heavy and greasy for them to metabolize. By comparison, adrenaline-driven type-As who have consistently consumed too much fat over the years eventually find themselves in the cardiovascular-care unit. In comes the dietician with the low-fat Dean Ornish diet, a nice diet for the thyroid personality type. Their first thought: "Where's the beef?" - Byron J. Richards, The Leptin Diet: How Fit Is Your Fat? (Get the book.)

"On the other side of the spectrum is the popular atkins diet. This high-fat, high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet also restricts calories, but lets you load up on traditional dieting outlaws like steak, pork, and eggs. While this sounds like fun, there are some health issues to consider. Here are some common criticisms and concerns regarding high-protein diets. • By limiting carbohydrates such as fruits, vegetables, and bread, you force your body to look elsewhere for energy." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"It's possible that their historic hunter-gatherer lifestyle produced metabolisms more suited for the atkins diet than the carbohydrate- and sugar-heavy diet that European farmers survived on for centuries. Type 1 diabetes is different—it is much, much more common in people of Northern European descent. Finland has the highest rate of juvenile diabetes in the world. Sweden is second, and the United Kingdom and Norway are tied for third. As you head south, the rate drops lower and lower. It's downright uncommon in people of purely African, Asian, and Hispanic descent." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"Grapefruit Virtually everyone who has ever tried to lose weight has heard of the Mayo Clinic Diet, which has been passed around for more years than I can remember and which always features grapefruit at every meal followed by some bastardized (and not very good) version of the atkins diet. The irA Hoalthioct FnoHc nn Farfrh Only trouble is this: The diet has nothing to do with the Mayo Clinic, was never associated with the Mayo Clinic, and is not endorsed by the Mayo Clinic." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

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