Atkins Diet Lawsuit.

[ThisOtherKingdom]

http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2174416,00.html

Since we've been discussing low-carb diets a lot lately, I thought I should post this. While I hate frivilous lawsuits as much as the next guy, this one seems to have some merit. Is it the first of many to come?

Oh, the wonders of the Fatkins diet.

[Satira]

My mom has been on Atkin's on and off for almost two years and she just went to get her cholesterol done. It was really high and they wanted to put her on lipitor but she said she'd try lowering it herself first. So now I've turned her into a vegetarian.

[Shari]

....Atkins raises your cholesterol?

I don't diet so I have no idea how this all works, but my dad is on Atkins and his cholesterol is through the roof. He's even taking pills for bloodpressure, dieretics, potassium all to balance it out. I wonder if he even realizes he's screwing himself by eating that way....assuming its true.

[Shari]

Nevermind, I got off my lazy ass and read the article. I also forwarded it to my dad. :D

[Ilvane]

Yep, I had the same experience. Mine went up significantly being on Atkins.

-A

[Parkbandit]

The problem with America is that it is FAR too Litigious. The grasshoppers of this country need to stop blaming others for their stupidity.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

My cholesterol and blood pressure when down on the diet. I'm suing someone, just not sure who yet.

[Soulpieced]

I really hope the Atkin's estate loses which subsequently causes a wave of more lawsuits and gets the stupid diet and all the Atkin's Friendly commercials off my damn TV.

[Edited on 5-27-2004 by Soulpieced]

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

I'm suing Soulpieced for saying that.

[Soulpieced]

Come on, if you allow people to eat 2x+ the amount of the RDA of saturated fat, what do you expect? Hmmmm, lose weight at the expense of destroying my health and increasing body fat? Tough question.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

lol, you've bought into the "I can eat all the fat I want diet" that people like to espouse. It isn't like that, if you follow the diet as explained in the books.

[DianaBanana]

Originally posted by Soulpieced
Come on, if you allow people to eat 2x+ the amount of the RDA of saturated fat, what do you expect? Hmmmm, lose weight at the expense of destroying my health and increasing body fat? Tough question.

My thoughts exactly. :master:

[Wezas]

Originally posted by Suppa Hobbit Mage
lol, you've bought into the "I can eat all the fat I want diet" that people like to espouse. It isn't like that, if you follow the diet as explained in the books.

If you have people eating red meat for almost every meal, that's going to be tough on the system. Especially if their body isn't accustomed to processing that much meat (whereas a co-worker of mine eats red meat constantly, but she is russian, and she has done so for many years).

As for the lawsuit, I'm torn. I do wish this craze would die down, but I don't think Atkins wife and family should have to pay for it (yes, I know they have millions).

[Sweets]

I was always suspicious of diets that cut a food group out as much as possible and layer up on another.

I asked my doctor about losing weight. She handed me the Nutritional food guide with these neat little slidey things for each serving of a group you eat and told me to exercise everyday.

My doctor is a smart woman. I have lost 10 lbs in two months. Slow but sure will win the race.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

My last post on this since people like to comment without having read the books.

It's not a red meat diet. It's a low carb diet. It's not a high fat diet, its a low carb diet. It's not an all you can eat diet, its a low carb diet.

[Czeska]

I'm doing Body For Life. One serving of protein and one of carbs at every meal. 6 meals a day. Add veggies to at least 2. Fruit counts as a carb.

And servings are like the size of your fist or palm. It's balanced, it's healthy, and it also requires working out 6 days a week.

Good gods I'm sore. But it's good shit.

[Parkbandit]

What are you saying... that it's a low carb diet??

You confused me there for a moment.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

:pizza: Not low carb
:cake: Not low carb

:pig: Low carb
:cow: Low carb

PB - pure penis.

[DianaBanana]

Originally posted by Suppa Hobbit Mage
:pizza: Not low carb
:cake: Not low carb

:pig: Low carb
:cow: Low carb

PB - pure penis.

Errr nevermind.

[Edited on 5-27-2004 by DianaBanana]

[Wezas]

:cow: = Low Carb = Red Meat

:shrug:
(how come Shrug isn't showing up on the smiley page? Am I missing it?)

[The Cat In The Hat]

The reprocussions of the Adkins Diet are clearly posted and people are warned about it AND schooled in how to balance things out, I was pushing 200 when I started adkins after my baby was born, Im back down to 125 or there abouts and my vitals are all fine, because I did what I was supposed to. IE: vitamins, eating the right thing when you do eat carbs and so on...

Sick of seeing someone sue someone else over their own negligence (spelling?)

Cat

[Parkbandit]

Originally posted by Suppa Hobbit Mage
:pizza: Not low carb
:cake: Not low carb

:pig: Low carb
:cow: Low carb

PB - pure penis.

Heh.. I see you've been talking to your wife again. I TOLD her not to think of me only as a giant penis.

I also have a brain.

[AnticorRifling]

I'm built for comfort who can I so?

Lazy Boy maybe.....

Is it just me or is Atkins *not* an all you can eat meat fest? C'mon people, use common sense.

- Arkans

[AnticorRifling]

Originally posted by Arkans
Is it just me or is Atkins *not* an all you can eat meat fest? C'mon people, use common sense.

- Arkans

SHHHH Common sense and moderation are words we're not allowed to use.

[Ravenstorm]

Gorran of Delray Beach, Fla., said that in 2001, when his weight crept up to 148 from 140 he turned to the diet, specifically, the 1999 edition of "Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution." After two months he said, his cholesterol shot from 146, well within the normal range, to 230, considered in the "borderline high risk" range.

In October 2003, after three episodes of chest pain, doctors found that Gorran had a 99 percent blockage in a major artery and performed angioplasty and inserted a stent to keep it open. Before starting the diet, he said, tests showed that his arteries were clear.

So after discovering his cholesterol had shot up 85 points in two months, he then decided to continue the diet for another year or two? After displaying that kind of stupidity, I wouldn't assume he followed the diet to the letter. Considering how recent tests of the diet have shown it to be safe for at least a year if performed correctly, I'd say there's only one person at fault in this case.

Though most likely, I'll be going on the South Beach one. From what I've read, it's not so much a low carb as a 'right carb' diet. Book just came in at the library and I'm picking it up to look over today, in fact.

Raven

[Latrinsorm]

I love being a teenager.

<-- eats all he wants, never gains a pound.

[TheEschaton]

I hate diets. One thing I've always appreciated is a good meal.

My blood sugar is normal (in a family of diabetics), but my cholestorol is creeping towards the 200 range - and I have to stay away from high cholestorol foods.....and go to the things which are high on the glucemic index....which'll probably give me diabetes.

It's like a choose-your-own-poison thing. Your family is prone to high chol., and high blood sugar. Things that are usually low in sugar are usually high in cholestorol (my father is on a pure protein diet to control his diabetes....eggs in the morning, meat at night, etc, etc....)....things that are low in cholestorol, like fruits and things like that....are bad for your blood sugar! Argh.

And all I want to do is lose some weight. Fuck the cholestorol/sugar bit, if I can find a diet that is balanced, I figure both'll be in check. I can't do these crazy one-focus-only diets.

-TheE-

[The Cat In The Hat]

I used to never diet too... then i got knocked up and now its just kinda habit, im always dieting...



Cat

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

I never dieted til I got fat.:moon:

[Wezas]

Originally posted by Latrinsorm
I love being a teenager.

<-- eats all he wants, never gains a pound.

I didn't start gaining weight until I got to be about 19/20. Eat up while you can. You're going to have to eat healthier later on.