Richard Geller wrote:

>>Atkins is a very diuretic diet. When I started Atkins I, like many others,
had symptoms of electrolyte deficiency (weakness, tiredness, lack of feeling
in the lower extremities in some cases), and I increased my intake of
electrolytes and was fine. But after a while I didn't need to worry about it
and stopped taking any extra electrolytes.<<

I'm curious about this, because I'm trying to follow a diet which is both
Atkins-consistent and paleo i.e. low carb but excluding the junky and salty
low-carb foods and dairy which Atkins allows. So what is it specifically
about Atkins that makes it diuretic? Is it ketosis, in which case wouldn't
a low-carb paleo diet produce the same effect?

Jo