RE: FITNESS: Diet and Exercise

From: Greg Burch (gregburch@gregburch.net)
Date: Sat Apr 12 2003 - 13:53:03 MDT

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    > From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
    > [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org] On Behalf Of gts
    > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 1:50 PM
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    > Subject: RE: FITNESS: Diet and Exercise
    >
    > My own experience with Atkins:
    >
    > I once followed Atkins religiously.
    > [snip]
    > Also I began to lose hair on my head.

    Yow! I treasure every remaining little hair on my head, so I'll avoid
    this like the plague!

    > That was enough for me. I abandoned Atkins and shifted to a
    > Paleolithic diet, which includes enough fruits and vegetables
    > to stay well out of ketosis. Within six months my hair was
    > back and I was looking and feeling better.

    My plan, exactly (sort of). Atkins (at least the radical version I'm
    following) is for weight-loss only. I think it'd be a BAD permanent
    diet. I'm going to try to stick to a Paleolithic diet (it only makes
    sense) as my default eating plan after I've lost weight. But I'm also
    planning to be able to have some serious
    carbo-sugar-chocolatey-ice-creamy orgies, too. Just not every night,
    like I used to. (I HAVE had food dreams during the last 6 weeks, for
    the first time in my life ...)

    The important thing about Atkins is that it is an at least relatively
    healthy way to lose weight fast enough for fast-gratification Americans.
    Doing a lot of international travel, I never cease to marvel at how FAT
    Americans are. Atkins may be the answer.

    Greg Burch
    Vice-President, Extropy Institute
    http://www.gregburch.net



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