Re: Experiences with Atkins diet

From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Mon May 05 2003 - 20:27:26 MDT

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    > This thread has gone too far anyway. It seems that neither side will
    > convince the other.
    >
    > I have nothing against the Paleo Diet. It seems to be high protein, high
    > fiber, low carb, moderate fat. As long as they don't start gorging on
    > saturated fats like some Atkins Dieters do, I think it is an excellent diet.
    > I have no doubt that evolution played a large role in making this diet so
    > great. I don't see their insistence that vegetarianism is bad, legumes are
    > bad, whole grains are bad, though. I seem to be doing fine on my vegetarian
    > diet that is high protein, high fiber, low carb, and moderate fat.

    I certainly have nothing against it either--it might even be better than
    my present diet. But I'm not giving up my Linguini with clams and Caesar
    with Parmigiano without some better evidence than I've seen here.

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    Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/>
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