Comments on: Three-Day Atkins Study Deceiving People Who Need Weight Loss About Low-Carb http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/three-day-atkins-study-deceiving-people-who-need-weight-loss-about-low-carb/1265 To educate, encourage, and inspire the world to start low-carb living Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: LCforevah http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/three-day-atkins-study-deceiving-people-who-need-weight-loss-about-low-carb/1265#comment-3769 LCforevah Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:23:00 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/three-day-atkins-study-deceiving-people-who-need-weight-loss-about-low-carb/#comment-3769 I'm glad you quoted Suzique regarding the "withdrawal" from carbs. I also had vivid dreams the first few nights of low carb, just like what happens when people withdraw from amphetatamines and barbituates. If we consider that excess carbs(or any carbs) are what cause a whole cascade of health problems, both physical and mental, it isn't so hard to extrapolate that withdrawal from carbs would act on the brain just like withdrawal from some major drugs.<br /><br />I now have much greater mental clarity during the day, and better, more vivid dreams than I've had in years. I consider that good all around.<br /><br />It's unbelievable that any doctor doing research would actually bother to present a three day study. It strikes me as pure bias against low carb. I’m glad you quoted Suzique regarding the “withdrawal” from carbs. I also had vivid dreams the first few nights of low carb, just like what happens when people withdraw from amphetatamines and barbituates. If we consider that excess carbs(or any carbs) are what cause a whole cascade of health problems, both physical and mental, it isn’t so hard to extrapolate that withdrawal from carbs would act on the brain just like withdrawal from some major drugs.

I now have much greater mental clarity during the day, and better, more vivid dreams than I’ve had in years. I consider that good all around.

It’s unbelievable that any doctor doing research would actually bother to present a three day study. It strikes me as pure bias against low carb.

]]> By: AnOldHouse http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/three-day-atkins-study-deceiving-people-who-need-weight-loss-about-low-carb/1265#comment-3768 AnOldHouse Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:46:00 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/three-day-atkins-study-deceiving-people-who-need-weight-loss-about-low-carb/#comment-3768 My understanding is that the metabolic cutover can take as much as six weeks. For me, it was five weeks...of constant diarrhea! So much for needing any fiber supplements for constipation! LOL<br /><br />Anyway, this is just the way my system reacts to any changes. Otherwise, I felt perfectly fine. About the fourth week, I did consider quiting the program even though I had lost nearly 20 pounds by then. Then one day, my system fully adapted was back to "normal" and even more "normal" than it's ever been.<br /><br />I honestly believe that you can't fully appreciate or measure the effects of a permanent change in dietary habit for at least 3 months from initiation and any study that purports to do so in less time is completely fraudulent with an overriding motivating agenda.<br /><br />-David My understanding is that the metabolic cutover can take as much as six weeks. For me, it was five weeks…of constant diarrhea! So much for needing any fiber supplements for constipation! LOL

Anyway, this is just the way my system reacts to any changes. Otherwise, I felt perfectly fine. About the fourth week, I did consider quiting the program even though I had lost nearly 20 pounds by then. Then one day, my system fully adapted was back to “normal” and even more “normal” than it’s ever been.

I honestly believe that you can’t fully appreciate or measure the effects of a permanent change in dietary habit for at least 3 months from initiation and any study that purports to do so in less time is completely fraudulent with an overriding motivating agenda.

-David

]]> By: Newbirth http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/three-day-atkins-study-deceiving-people-who-need-weight-loss-about-low-carb/1265#comment-3767 Newbirth Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:29:00 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/three-day-atkins-study-deceiving-people-who-need-weight-loss-about-low-carb/#comment-3767 What an idiot! Everyone goes through the flu for the first 3 days. If she would have just extended it one more day the results would have started to improve.<br /><br />Grains ARE addictive - they activate the pleasure center in the brain. Withdrawal from them is no different than withdrawal from any other drug - detoxing takes time. What an idiot! Everyone goes through the flu for the first 3 days. If she would have just extended it one more day the results would have started to improve.

Grains ARE addictive – they activate the pleasure center in the brain. Withdrawal from them is no different than withdrawal from any other drug – detoxing takes time.

]]> By: R. Francis http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/three-day-atkins-study-deceiving-people-who-need-weight-loss-about-low-carb/1265#comment-3766 R. Francis Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:52:00 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/three-day-atkins-study-deceiving-people-who-need-weight-loss-about-low-carb/#comment-3766 Boy, do I hear that. I actually am closer to Protein Power's approach (and even closer to Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Diet, that being the point of the exercise for me), but still, same principle -- when I dropped the carb level hard, I felt terrible.<br /><br />For a few days.<br /><br />Now a day doesn't go by when someone doesn't tell me again how much more energy I have. Enough to lift weights three times a week and do serious cardio on three more days a week and still get out and do things. And that's just after one month. :)<br /><br />Three days. Cripes. Some science. Boy, do I hear that. I actually am closer to Protein Power’s approach (and even closer to Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Diet, that being the point of the exercise for me), but still, same principle — when I dropped the carb level hard, I felt terrible.

For a few days.

Now a day doesn’t go by when someone doesn’t tell me again how much more energy I have. Enough to lift weights three times a week and do serious cardio on three more days a week and still get out and do things. And that’s just after one month. :)

Three days. Cripes. Some science.

]]> By: BillyHW http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/three-day-atkins-study-deceiving-people-who-need-weight-loss-about-low-carb/1265#comment-3765 BillyHW Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:19:00 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/three-day-atkins-study-deceiving-people-who-need-weight-loss-about-low-carb/#comment-3765 I remember being very *foggy* on day 3 of induction, but by day 4 it was already much better and by the end of the two weeks I was back to normal. I remember being very *foggy* on day 3 of induction, but by day 4 it was already much better and by the end of the two weeks I was back to normal.

]]> By: Meredith Curry http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/three-day-atkins-study-deceiving-people-who-need-weight-loss-about-low-carb/1265#comment-3764 Meredith Curry Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:43:00 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.wordpress.com/2006/10/09/three-day-atkins-study-deceiving-people-who-need-weight-loss-about-low-carb/#comment-3764 Yeap, that is just what I needed. I'm a true addict, but I'm a work in progress! Thanks for keeping us motivated. Yeap, that is just what I needed. I’m a true addict, but I’m a work in progress! Thanks for keeping us motivated.

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