From: Greg Burch (gregburch@gregburch.net)
Date: Sat Apr 12 2003 - 13:53:03 MDT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org] On Behalf Of gts
> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 1:50 PM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> 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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