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Originally Posted by Villages PL
Atkins, Wheat Belly, and the one I mentioned in my opening post all have something in common: They are high protein, high fat and low carb, not to mention low fiber.
The main reason, as I understand it, is to break the addiction to wheat and other starches. It may be called a lifestyle if you keep doing it after you lose weight but for those who start it to lose weight, it's a diet, in my opinion. A diet suggests you are restricting something like grains/carbs/calories.
The problem I see is that what's good in the short term may not always be good in the long term. It looks like a trade-off as the immediate result is loss of weight and if you lose some weight you are bound to feel better. So people mistakenly think it's a healthy diet. But more often than not these diet/regimens appeal to those who found it difficult to lose weight because they don't like vegetables. So the gimic with a high protein diet/regimen is: Instead of switching from grain to vegetables they switch from grain to to protein (i.e., lots meats, eggs, dairy, fats).
So, in my opinion, this high protein regimen will eventually fail. It's just going to take some time for most people to realize it. There are too many things lacking like phytochemicals that fight against cancer. And high protein diets are usually very low in fiber, the result of which may lead to the destruction of your digestive system (diverticulosis).
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No true in all cases. Dr Permutter recommends large quantities of green leafy vegetables and other sources of fiber. He only suggests that, along with most grains, we eliminate very starchy vegetables such as potatoes ad carrots.
For myself, I put a heaping tablespoon of sugar free Metamucil in a large glass of water every morning and drink it followed by another large glass of water. I also eat a lot of salad and have spinach, kale, broccoli and other green vegetables with my meals.
And like I mentioned in another post, once or twice a month I let myself go and have a few beers or a pizza or some pasta.
I stopped taking a statin and at my last doctors appointment my ridiculously high blood numbers were the best they've been in the two years that I've been here. My triglycerides and cholesterol were lower than when I was taking a statin which has outrageous side effects.
Another short word on statins. First of all numerous studies have shown that there is no difference in the mortality rate of people with heart disease who are on statins or not. Secondly, they have side effects such as early dementia and diabetes.
I made a decision to stop taking them based on two things. First, even if they do work and lower my cholesterol, and even if lowering my cholesterol will prevent further heart disease, the side effect from statins may be worse than heart disease.
Secondly, my cholesterol and triglycerides are so incredibly high that taking a statin lowered them by such a small percentage that it doesn't seem worthwhile.
I'm not a doctor and don't mean to tell anyone what to do. I don't make any suggestions but simply explain what I do.
I'll leave you with one last quote. Dr Ancel Keyes, who is generally recognized as the father of the Framingham study has said, "There is no connection between cholesterol in diet and cholesterol in the blood unless you happen to be a rabbit or a chicken." This refers to the fact that in an experiment when they fed huge amounts of cholesterol to rabbits and chickens, both herbivores, their serum cholesterol increased. No study with humans has ever shown a connection to cholesterol in food and cholesterol in the blood.