Low Carb Diet

[Guest guest]

I have been reading with interest from many of you about low carb diet

or Akins diet. Would someone mind sending me a sample day of their

meals.

Thanks!

Tommy

[Guest guest]

Sam,

To reiterate what ine said, that is great when it works for you, but it

is not the ONLY way. I went to a very low fat regimen for a time. It

completely messed up my intestines. I was severely constipated and it took

over a month for things to get back to normal. I stick to 30% fat in my

diet. This is what my dietician and endocrinologist have recommended for me,

and it works for me.

Please do not misunderstand me, I am not slamming you or your methods, but

your response to ine comes across like you believe your plan is the only

one because so many people have told you it works for you. That's great for

them. However, your plan does not work for everyone. Please keep that in

mind.

in Cincinnati

<< ine, one may advocate low carb dieting without being an Atkins

advocate, or using lots of fat in their diet.

Carbohydrates convert rapidly to blood sugar, and their restriction is

important to dietary success. The alternative is a downwward spiral of

more pills, other pills, insulin, weight gain.

I had a singular experience with fats. I was on glyburide, and had good

sugars, I could eat anything and did so, After a year the pills stopped

being effective, i went on insulin. Still I ate a fatty diet, my insulin

dose kept climbing to 80U a day. I learned about NO FAT from Kaiser HMO.

They had us sign a no fat pledge, nothing fried, no fat at table, no

gravy or sauces. My insulin dose dropped rapidly over a matter of weeks

to 28U a day. I went back on oral with success. Continuing a rigorous no

fat diet, I lost weight and after 8 months was forced to the smallest

pill by repeated lows. In a month I was forced to diet only by lows.

Now I am in dietary control by a somewhat unusual regimen. I gave up

starches, cereals, bread, wheat. I eat rice and corn and potato in

limited amounts at dinnertime. I eatr small amounts of fruit through the

day to keep my sugar even, and avoid peaks and hunger.

Others have written back that method was important to them for success.

Thay all reported how much better they felt on no fat, how the weight

came off, they stopped drinking and started exercising which speeded the

weight loss, and improved their condition.

It is strict on fat, in order to lose weight.

I have a friend in Brazil that eats lots of barbecued greasy meat, I

suggested he needed to lose weight. He replied he had lost 44 pounds on

the fatty diet by low carbing. It's OK for him, as that is his normal

diet. His LDL and HDL, sugars are great. It isn't the norm for us, but

seems OK for him.

I have written of this to literally hundreds of individuals, and the

feedback has been rewarding. 2 ladies who were on the ADA diet

with 8 to 10 servings of carbs a day had terrible sugars. One said her

doctor blamed her for non-compliance, she was in tears.

They followed my advice to avoid wheat, and immediately gained control.

They were really mad, why hadn't their doctor told them this. 2 others

followed the afvice of their doctor and a reknowned dietician, they are

now fat and on insulin.

If I slip even a little from no fat, i gain weight. Sugar control is

still good. Sam >>

[Guest guest]

, I ate so little I had trouble with constipation. I added melon to

my fruit dishes, cantaloupe ot heneydew seemed to give me the fiber I

needed, Sam