Question about Atkins

[catalyst]

Dr. Atkins was a self made public figure.....and made himself what seems to be a growing empire on what is just another diet craze focused solely on losing fat. There have been many victims claimed by the misinformation he made his empire off of....and you have to realize he's going to get criticism...dead or alive.

Please support your assertions.

 

[Key Of David]

It's a "growing empire" because it works.

People lose weight conveniently, yes. But it isn't being promoted now in every re$taurant and grocery $tore for nothing, either. Appeal to in$tant vanity and you'll get $ale$.

....spreading stories regarding his death that simply aren't true, is something totally different however.

Exactly....and what would I and others have to gain by telling the truth...when he and hi$ empire ha$ everything to gain by telling lie$?

I see that as a desperate attempt to discredit him beacause so many studies are now showing that the Atkins diet and low-carb diets are safe and do work.

Greed is the only desperate motive here...and there's no money to be gained by his opponents.....so go figure...

 

[Sheseala]

Does anybody know how the Atkins diet is related to the keytogenic diet that epileptics go on?

 

[Dagna]

Yes, it's very similar to the ketogenic diet. Both are low carb diets with many similarities, but apparently the ketogenic diet for epileptics is ok because it's Dr. prescribed to treat a medical condition, where as the Atkins diet isn't ok because...well....because people and other Dr's say so! Go figure...

 

[Salsa_1960]

Here is a recent WEBMD article:

Can Atkins Help Kids With Epilepsy?
Early Research Suggests It Might Reduce Seizures, and Adults May Benefit, Too

It begins by saying:
Dec. 9, 2003 -- The controversial Atkins diet may have medical benefits beyond helping overweight people shed pounds. Early research suggests that the high-protein, low-carbohydrate approach to eating may help intractable epilepsy patients control severe seizures.

The Atkins diet is actually a somewhat less-restrictive version of the ketogenic diet already used to treat children with hard-to-control seizures. About half of children who fail anticonvulsant drug therapies experience a significant reduction in seizures while on the high-fat, low-carb, calorie-restricted ketogenic diet.​

To read the entire article, click on:
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/78/95736.htm

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I'm a regular poster on an epilepsy forum and the Atkins diet gets brought up every once in a while. Here's a thread with some anecdotes about the Atkins and Ketogenic Diets.
http://neuro-mancer.mgh.harvard.edu/ubb/Forum33/HTML/014506.html

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~Sandy​

 

[catalyst]

Yes, it's very similar to the ketogenic diet. Both are low carb diets with many similarities, but apparently the ketogenic diet for epileptics is ok because it's Dr. prescribed to treat a medical condition, where as the Atkins diet isn't ok because...well....because people and other Dr's say so! Go figure...

There you go. That pretty much sums it up. The Atkins diet is simply a ketogenic diet, and those have been used for various medical conditions for over 100 years (first published in 1868).

I posted quite a few abstracts about this.