Same thing, let's just say mister atkins or whomever,'s heart stopped. girn.
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> kerri <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Paul, *do *not* do atkins. Did you know that mister atkins had a heart
> > attack?
>
> If I may clarify...First, it was DOCTOR Atkins.  He was a practicing
> cardiologist - a heart specialist.  What he had, a couple of years ago,
> was a cardiac arrest related to heart damage from a past cardiac
infection.
> IE, it had nothing to do with his eating habits.  (Paul is right that he
> died from a head injury;  he slipped on an icy sidewalk last winter, while
> walking to work, at the age of 70 something.)  There's an article on the
> Atkins web site, about several studies supporting the health benefits of
his
> way of eating;  it's at http://atkins.com/Archive/2003/11/22-889227.html
> if anyone cares to read it.
>
> > To me, I eat or try to eat a balanced diet including leafy
> > vegetables and not too much meat or greasy foods. Kerri.
>
> If it's working for you, I'm truly happy for you!  But please realize that
> some of us do better on an "unbalanced" diet, to compensate for our
> unbalanced metabolisms.  I did the whole "healthy" low-fat thing and
> gained up to 210 pounds, while my cholesterol went up to 230 and my
> triglycerides went through the roof.  I went on Atkins and lost 90 pounds,
> while bringing my total cholesterol down to 152.  My HDL, the "good"
> cholesterol, came up to 67, giving me a ratio that's the best my doc has
> ever seen.  And my triglycerides came down to 25.  All this while eating
> lots of meat <grin> though not necessarily "greasy" foods, since I don't
> really like greasy stuff all that much.  If you read any of Dr. Atkins'
> books, you'l see that greasy food is not a requirement.  <grin>
>
> On the MS issue that Brad brought up, I'd have to say that's another
> case where different people have different experiences.  One of the
> members of the lowcarb support list I run, has MS.  Her experience has
> been that lowcarbing has been the best thing she's found for keeping
> it in check.  Likewise, her niece (or cousin, I forget which at the
moment)
> who was a practicing surgeon before developing MS.  She has also found
> lowcarbing to be the best way to control it.  So, as we say on that list,
> "Your Mileage May Vary".
>
> Praying good health for all,
> Roberta