Roberta,

Great advice and knowledge. I love carbs, unfortunately, but I'm trying to
do the low carb thing, as I know it's the best thing for me being a diabetic.

You are loving! <squeeze>

Lovings!
Pat Ferguson


At 08:41 AM 12/9/03 -0500, you wrote:
>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