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10 Lies About

The Atkins Diet

And The Shocking Truth The Low Carb Gurus Don’t

Want You To Know About!

By Tom Venuto, Author of

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10 LIES ABOUT THE ATKINS DIET

And The Shocking Truth The Low Carb “Gurus”

Don’t want you to know about

By Tom Venuto

www.burnthefat.com

Low carbohydrate diets such as Atkins have always been controversial, but with the

recent wave of new research and publicity, the controversy is now raging hotter than

ever. One headline in the San Francisco Chronicle said that the battle between the

low and high carbers had become so heated since mid 2002 that “Knives had been

drawn.”

From my vantage point (as a health and fitness professional down in the trenches), it

looks more like tanks, artillery and machine guns have been drawn! Tragically, the

people being hurt the most by these “diet wars” are not the experts, but the dieters.

After its original publication in 1972, The Atkins Diet was regurgitated in 1992 as

“Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution,” creating a new surge of interest in low

carbohydrate dieting. Then, in July of 2002, the controversy reached an all time high

when the New York Times Magazine published an essay by Gary Taubes titled, “What

if it’s all been a big fat lie?” The article suggested that new research was now

proving the late Dr. Atkins had been right all along.

More research in 2003 seemed to corroborate the Taubes story: Two studies in the

New England Journal of Medicine in May of 2003, and another in June 2003 in the

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, suggested that Atkins was equally,

if not more effective for weight loss than conventional diets – at least in the short

term.

With the publication of this new information, Atkins supporters boasted, "See, I told

you so,” while their opponents fired back in defense of their high carb, low fat

positions. Meanwhile, low carb foods and supplements became all the rage, bread

and pasta sales took a nosedive and the wheat industry cried the blues.

With differences in opinion as opposite as the North and South Poles, it’s become

unbearably confusing and frustrating to know which weight loss method is best and

safest. At the date of this writing, in late 2003, obesity has reached an all time high

–AGAIN! According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, 64% of

Americans are overweight and 31% are obese, and it’s still getting worse.

Obviously, the popular weight loss methods today – including the low carb diet – are

still missing something…but what?

If you’re confused by the whole high carb, low carb thing and if you’re frustrated

with your attempts at trying to lose weight and keep it off, then this may be the

most important report you will ever read. In the next few minutes, you’ll discover the

real truth about low carb diets and a real solution to the problem of excess body fat

that is beautiful in its simplicity, yet powerful in effectiveness. Read on to learn the

10 Lies about the Atkins diet and the truth that will set you free…

Lie #1: The Atkins and other low carb diets don’t work

If your definition of what “works” is quick weight loss, then the Atkins Diet DOES

work. Recent studies showed that the Atkins Diet causes greater weight loss than

the American Heart Association-recommended high carb, low fat diet. In fact, for

obese people with disorders of carbohydrate metabolism (hyperinsulinemia,

hypoglycemia, and insulin resistance), Atkins-style diets have been shown to work

especially well.

However, if your definition of what “works” is permanent fat loss , then the Atkins

diet doesn’t fare so well... but then again neither do any other diets. It seems that

despite some encouraging initial successes, Atkin’s dieters still face the same

difficulties in keeping off the weight as everyone else. Some of the same studies

showing rapid weight loss on Atkins in the beginning also showed substantial weight

gain as soon as the diets ended.

Truth is, a growing body of evidence is mounting that carbohydrate restriction can

accelerate weight loss in the short term, but it has yet to be proven that it keeps the

fat off in the long run.

Which approach towards low carb dieting is best is also up for debate: Not all low

carb diets are high fat or ketogenic and not all are “ultra-low” in carbs. A low carb

diet can be low in carbs and high in fat, it can be low in carbs and high in protein, or

it can be somewhere in the middle

I predict that continued research will discover that moderate carbohydrate restriction

(especially in a cyclical fashion) and careful selection of carbohydrates, will in fact

assist with fat loss via hormonal control, metabolic efficiency and appetite regulation.

I believe that neither extreme - the severely restricted low carb diet (ketogenic diet)

or the very high carb, low fat diet – will emerge the victor.

Lie #2: There’s a ton of new research proving the Atkins diet is effective

If you surf around the Internet for a while searching for “Atkins Diet,” you are likely

to see a lot of advertisements and news briefs pointing to the new research “proving”

that Atkins is effective.

“New England Journal of Medicine Vindicates Atkins diet.”

“Studies suggest Atkins diet is safe.”

“New research challenges 30 years of Nutritional Dogma.”

Truth is, these headlines are not giving you the full picture.

Until and unless you have closely examined these studies and the researcher’s

interpretation of the results, don’t be so quick to believe the diet hearsay and gossip.

The general conclusion of nearly all these studies is that Atkins IS equally if not more

effective for short term weight loss than conventional diets. However, nearly all the

researchers also conclude with remarks such as:

"The results are very preliminary,"

"The take-home message is that this diet deserves further study."

“More research is needed.”

Furthermore, consider what the Atkin’s diet was being compared to in these studies:

The traditional “food pyramid” diet with 60-65% carbs including plenty of pasta,

cereals and bread, right?

What if the traditional high carb diet is wrong too?

Don’t write off carb restriction completely, but don’t ditch all your carbs yet either…

Lie #3: The new studies prove that the Atkins diet is healthy and doesn’t

raise cholesterol as previously believed

In a May of 2003, the results of a 12-month study on the Atkins diet were reported

in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). One group followed the traditional

food pyramid with 60% of the calories from carbohydrates while the second group

followed the Atkins diet.

After one year, Atkins participants had a greater increase in the good HDL

cholesterol and a larger drop in triglyceride than the high carb group.

The leader of the study, Gary Foster said, “Our initial findings suggest that low carb

diets may not have the adverse effects we anticipated.”

Conventional wisdom has dictated for years that saturated fat and cholesterol were

dangerous and unhealthy, contributing to coronary heart disease. This led most

health professionals to condemn low carb diets that allowed large amounts of

saturated fat.

This belief is now being questioned. Many authors such as Mary Enig and Uffe

Rashnkov have presented compelling cases that dietary cholesterol and saturated fat

do not cause heart disease. The latest research seems to confirm this. However,

many factors affected the results of these new studies.

In some studies, the subjects did not follow the Atkins Diet to exact specifications

and never entered ketosis, so conclusions about saturated fat, dietary cholesterol,

ketosis and coronary health cannot be drawn yet. In other studies, cholesterol-

lowering drugs were used. And in still others, some subjects actually showed

increases in total cholesterol. Those who did show improvements may have

previously been on a high refined sugar, high saturated fat diet and dropping the

sugar was one step in the right direction. Furthermore, some of the drop in blood

cholesterol could be attributed to the decrease in body weight.

Clearly, you can’t lump all dietary fats into the same category. Processed and

chemically altered trans fats have been condemned by virtually every health and

nutrition expert on the planet. Other fats, like salmon and fatty fish, are among the

healthiest and cardio-protective foods you can eat. Much evidence is showing that

reasonable amounts of naturally occurring saturated fats such as those found in

whole eggs and red meat also need not be feared (especially in the absence of

sugars).

Truth is, all the information we have available at this time indicates the “fat phobia”

and “fat makes you fat” scare has been unfounded because not all fat is the same.

However, claims that diets very high in overall and saturated fat are healthy and safe

for long term use are still premature.

Lie #4: The Atkins diet will help you keep fat off for good

Dr. Atkins writes that his diet “Is so perfectly adapted to use as a lifetime diet that,

unlike most diets, the weight won’t come back.”

It’s a weight loss axiom that the more extreme a diet and the faster the weight loss,

the more difficult it usually is to maintain the results. Slow, steady and balanced

seems to win the race when it comes to weight control.

Unfortunately this isn’t what most people want to hear. The four pounds per week

and up to 15 pounds in the first two weeks that Atkins promises sounds much more

impressive.

There are two things you really need to know about rapid weight loss:

(1) What kind of weight was lost? How much of it was body fat and how much was

water, glycogen and lean tissue?

(2) Are you going to you keep the weight off for good?

Most low carbers won’t keep the weight off for more than a year, and many will fall

off the wagon long before that.

Keith Ayoob, a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, said in an official

ADA statement about the 2003 NEJM studies: "Twelve months is an equalizer; you

hit a wall. Your lifestyle starts to be affected and you get bored. A high dropout rate

is a sign that extreme diets can be difficult to maintain.

Truth is, despite Dr. Atkin’s claims and the new research apparently supporting

them, we still don’t know what will happen in the long run. Based on the results of

the recent three, six, and twelve month studies, researchers have begun to organize

longer trials. One of them will be five years in length.

What I believe you will see in long term studies is that Atkins and other low carb

diets, while effective for weight loss in the short term, will be found no more

effective for long term fat loss than any other restrictive diet (and that’s NOT very

effective).

Lie #5: Calories don’t count and you can eat as much as you want while on

the Atkins diet.

Dr. Atkins proposed that calories don’t count and he advised his clients to eat as

much as they want while on his program. Atkins wrote, “The so called calorie theory

has been a millstone around the necks of dieters and a miserable and malign

influence on their efforts to lose.”

Here’s the truth about calories and low carb diets:

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