Study Links Atkins, Possible Health Risk! Tony Soprano Says Fuggetaboutit!
Everyone knows that Dr. Fitness is not an advocate for the Atkins Diet. Check out this article to find out more! The popular Atkins diet could be linked to a life-threatening complication which one woman who claimed to be following it developed, according to doctors who published a case report on it Friday in a British medical journal.
The Atkins diet calls for restricting carbohydrates to achieve weight loss, then gradually adding them back in. However, many people who say they're following the diet actually eat large amounts of protein and fat.
Doctors from New York University wrote in The Lancet journal of a 40-year-old woman who developed a dangerous condition called ketoacidosis, a dangerous buildup of acids called ketones in the blood which can lead to patients falling into a coma.
The Atkins diet calls for restricting carbohydrates to achieve weight loss, then gradually adding them back in. However, many people who say they're following the diet actually eat large amounts of protein and fat.
Doctors from New York University wrote in The Lancet journal of a 40-year-old woman who developed a dangerous condition called ketoacidosis, a dangerous buildup of acids called ketones in the blood which can lead to patients falling into a coma.
posted by Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy @ 1:16 PM
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I'm with Geoff. The women did not have ketoacidosis (as shown by the blood tests that were done). She most likely had some mild gastroinstestinal thing that would have cleared up with the proper care, even if she had stayed on the diet.
I'll also point out that she was following the 1972 version. The 1996 version of the diet is a bit more liberal and has the benefit of 30 years of additional patient experience that Dr. Atkins didn't have at the time of publication of the first book.
And yes, I have been on Atkins since March of 2004. I was on Lifetime Maintenance but got sloppy and gained 6 pounds back (too many dinners out), so I'm back on Phase 2 to get those pounds off, then back to maintenance again. :)
My blog chronicles my journey on this plan.
Oh...my lipids tests and overall health and energy have improved on the diet so I plan to stick with it. LDL went down, HDL went up, VLDL and triglicerides remained very low.
I now exercise regularly, and when I can't get to the gym I walk the last leg to work (about 25 minutes).
And I'm still trying to figure out how eating a pound of vegetables a day (yes, I really do) is so unhealthy.
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