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Originally posted by originalheather@Jan 13 2003, 11:44 PM
I personally believe that Atkins is downright dangerous. If I tried that diet now that I'm diabetic, it would probably kill me in short order. I have to wonder what happens to people with undiagnosed heart conditions when they start pounding all that fat and cholesterol. I tried that diet a few years ago, I felt miserable and couldn't stay on it, missed veggies too much.
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Atkins really must have changed a lot in the past few years - I'd heard that it had but WOW - no veggies? It's now a LOW-carb not NO-carb thing. We are encouraged to eat 3 cups of veggies per day - I usually split mine as 2 cups of salad (1 with lunch, 1 with dinner) and a cup of broccoli, spinach or cauliflower with dinner as well. It's 20 carbs per day for 2 weeks then you gradually raise that by 5 carbs each week until you hit your optimum level. I found I could stay at 65 carbs per day and still lost about 1 pound per day.
If you haven't taken a look in awhile, look again at
www.atkinscenter.com - there's even a section FOR diabetics. It's worth a peek.
Re: diabetics - fortunately they've really benefited from the low-carb craze. My niece has Juvenile Diabetes (they discovered it when she was a year-and-a-half old) and her parents can finally find low-carb sugar-free or low-sugar treats for her to have at school when the other kids are stuffing their faces with Twinkies. Mother's cookies, Archway cookies, Dryer's ice cream and even the folks that make Eskimo pies are just some of the companies that are making diabetic-friendly foods on a huge scale in the past few months. It's sad that it took a diet craze to do it, but it's great for those who have been missing out on those sweet treats.
Oh and speaking of jelly beans - have you seen Jelly Belly's SF line? I think they are up to 10-12 flavors now
