05-30-2004, 05:11 AM
Being a generally fit college student on the verge of 20, I spend a good part of my week destressing in the gym lifting weights and doing cardio work. I attempt to eat the best I can (oh boy is it hard to not heed the call of that beautiful double cheeseburger) and look out for my health the best I can. I try to read up online about nutrition for my own ends, but also to try to field some questions people ask. Do any activity long enough to get noticed, sports, computer games, walking backwards, and people start asking for opinions or advice. I always attempt to give the best answers I can.
I had heard hersay about the negative effects of Atkin's Diet, and decided to read up on both the positive and the negative sides to Atkins tonight.
The basic idea behind Atkins is:
The negative aspect can be seen here:
I got a bit scared and searched deeper to find something retaining to the diet other than weightloss, that would account for the *general good health of Atkin's Dieters (*this is biased by my opinion, for I've never seen any friends on the Atkin's Diet have negative health results from the diet). This is what I found:
The obvious solution seems to be a bit more carbs with lots of protein rich in leucine, but I'm not the one with the PHD.
What do you lurkers think? Anyone a devote Atkin's Diet-er?
For a young guy I've been told I'm old fashioned; I've always beleived in moderation and exercise. Go figure.
Just thought I'd post on my readings and inform a group that's been so helpful in informing me on other issues. :D
-Munk
I had heard hersay about the negative effects of Atkin's Diet, and decided to read up on both the positive and the negative sides to Atkins tonight.
The basic idea behind Atkins is:
Quote: The Atkins diet recommends a limit of 20g of carbohydrate each day for the initial 14-day induction phase. This is a very small amount; for example a banana contains about 22g ... The next phase is the ongoing weight-loss phase which allows about 40g of carbohydrate a day ... When a target weight is reached, dieters slightly increase their intake of carbohydrate until their weight stabilises, but the diet recommends not going over 90g of carbohydrate a day. -BBC
The negative aspect can be seen here:
Quote:Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, a study done by Althea Zanecosky, RD, advises moderation when applying the Atkins diet principle.
"The body needs a certain amount of carbohydrate every day for the brain to function and the super high protein diets really don't meet the minimum quota," Zanecosky said. "Studies have shown that the average adult needs about 400 calories worth of carbohydrate a day. Four hundred calories is a hundred grams." Link
I got a bit scared and searched deeper to find something retaining to the diet other than weightloss, that would account for the *general good health of Atkin's Dieters (*this is biased by my opinion, for I've never seen any friends on the Atkin's Diet have negative health results from the diet). This is what I found:
Quote:Layman [a professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign] and his colleagues put 24 overweight women who were 45 to 56 years old on a diet of 1,700 calories a day...
The other group ate more protein and fewer carbs...
After 10 weeks, both sets of women lost about the same amount of weight, about 16 pounds. Howewver, the women on the higher protein diet lost more fat and less muscle...
Layman attributes his results in part to leucine, an amino acid that previous research has shown regulates muscle. Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy products are rich in leucine, he says. - Link
The obvious solution seems to be a bit more carbs with lots of protein rich in leucine, but I'm not the one with the PHD.
What do you lurkers think? Anyone a devote Atkin's Diet-er?
For a young guy I've been told I'm old fashioned; I've always beleived in moderation and exercise. Go figure.
Just thought I'd post on my readings and inform a group that's been so helpful in informing me on other issues. :D
-Munk