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Typical Weight Loss On Atkins

Posted in Uncategorized | May 13th, 2009

I am writing a book on dieting… What are some quirky/off-beat weight loss strategies I can try?

I am a published author, working on a book on dieting. As part of it, I am looking to test various weight loss methods. I obviously will give the typical strategies a go (the Atkins, the Liver Cleansing, Jenny Craig etc). What are some other ways to lose weight that I can try?

Any tested possibilities will get credited in the book… I will pay particular attention to any that you yourself have tried (regardless of if they have worked or not!)

Cheers!

Diets don’t work. Lifestyle changes do work.

I’d love to contribute information and experience if you are providing sound guidance to your readers. Make sure to read books by Dr. Dean Ornish for some excellent scientific research on diet. Often, money-making diets are based on speculation rather than scientific research. We are in a profit-driven culture.

There are many wacky diets out there including some that work (like food combining). This works because you are forced to choose your foods carefully. Read the book “Fit for Life” by the Diamond for information about his less conventional approach.

The most boring approach is probably the most effective. It’s is a low fat vegetarian diet as recommended by Dr. Dean Ornish (a heart specialist). His diet helps prevent high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, some cancers, and Type II diabetes.

I’ve had remarkable luck with the following which is my own adaptation:

+ Eat whole grains, brown rice, beans, vegetables, and fruit. Make sure to get a little oil through some vegetarian source like nuts or avocado. Otherwise, minimize fats/oils.

+ Control portion sizes by keeping track of calories. I just keep track in my head. This is a lifestyle change, not a temporary fix. If you eat too few calories or too many calories, this will hurt your diet. Remember that humans evolved through periods of feast and famine. Those who retained body fat during feasts survived. Today, we are in perpetual feast mode and our genetics have not adapted to this.

+ For health, get 30-60 minutes of aerobic exercise every day. Look up “aerobic exercise” and “heart rate.”

+ For body shape, free weights are great. “Body for Life” is very helpful for body toning exercises. I’d ignore the diet part of this book.

+ Avoid excitotoxins like MSG or aspartame. MSG is fed to laboratory rats to make them fat. These substances have caused neurological damage to laboratory animals. Monsanto is evil (but you cannot publish that fact).

+ Minimize fats (vegetable and animal sources), sugars, refined carbs, milk, meat, and processed foods. Small quantities occasionally are OK. Milk in US usually contains genetically modified bovine growth hormone. Milk is not the best source of calcium, in fact, the proteins can deplete calcium from bones in adult humans. Milk has been linked to childhood diabetes as well. Milk is totally unnecessary for a healthy diet and many people believe dairy is unhealthy (allergies, calories, and intolerance, fats, and proteins).

The problem is that the most profit can be found by selling the cheapest product that tastes the best. The short-cut are “natural flavors” which are toxic (excitotoxins), refined carbs, and also fats and salt. These make cheap food products that are very tasty and very profitable.

The truth about food is obscured by heavy handed industry money machines. That includes wackos like the Atkins money machine.