Originally Posted by
Red Stripe
My Dad
tried the Atkins thing for about 6 months...he lost alot of weight but in the end I think it was more detrimental to
his health. He had bad heartburn, his pee was orange and very acidic, and his skin turned somewhat oily.
Remember that those Atkins fad diets will decrease your testosterone and throw off your body's metabolism. In
general, low carb/high protein foods are LOW CALORIE foods. You can eat cheese, eggs, and steak all day long and
still only be ingesting only 1250 calories. So the short of it is, you are on a _low calorie diet_ *by way of*
eating low carb/high protein foods. Someone figured this out, wrote a zillion books on it, and made a bundle of
cash. There is also research that says that Atkins is bad for your heart in the long term.
If you want to lose
weight, the bottom line (and universal constant amongst ALL diets and exercise programs) is you have to burn more
calories than you eat. Or moreso eat less calories than you burn. There are so many ways to do this, and countless
books about the subject. Just be cautious.
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