Sun, Aug-05-18, 08:54
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Senior Member
Posts: 166
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Plan: Atkins Concept
Stats: 225/190/175
BF:
Progress: 70%
Location: Central Virginia
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Originally Posted by Buttoni
RE: high fat intake being bad? Well, case in point, my new doc ran a battery of blood tests upon first visit in January. When I came back for her analysis of those results, she turned to me and said "I see in your medication list you don't take a statin for cholesterol. Have you ever taken a statin?". having read all the latest on statins, I readily replied "NO, and Dr. Jones, I will never take one, EVER." She said my lipid profile was one of a much younger person (I'm 69) and one of someone who was on a statin. I told her I had once had higher cholesterol leve, but been doing Atkins for 9 years, which is a moderate protein, low-carb, high fat program. I'm one who has NEVER trimmed the fat off a good steak and have always eaten the skin on my chicken! She ( a lady in her 30's) was completely shocked and replied in her utterly charming Russian accent (from Georgia), said that whatever I was doing diet-wise, to just keep doing it. 
Re: brains need carbs for fuel...........there is much research out there now that shows brains not only do fine on fat for fuel, but they perform perhaps even better on fat for fuel. Just listen to how many people on a LC diet will profess they no longer feel they have "brain fog".
I still chose to listen to Dr. Atkins and the research he found and saw in his practice with real patients as well as newer research the supports his position on all fronts. |
I'm the same way. I refuse to take poison statins.
Certainly the brain can function on fats and protein. Eskimos and others who live on diets that mostly include meat and fish are the proof. I cant imagine good carbs from whole fruits and vegetables, nuts and modest amounts of whole grains causing brain fog though. I'll have to read some more on that. My promotion of carbs for the brain excluded bad carbs.
Atkins promotes a relatively balanced diet from what I read, and even in induction specifies above 12-15 grams and below 25 net grams carbs (their 20 plan now says 20-25 grams net max). There are people here doing dramatically below that. That's OK, its their body, kind of like my drinking, but if one is not keeping carbs intake above 12 even in induction...that's not Atkins.
https://www.atkins.com/how-it-works/atkins-20
Week one alone in their example menu (which would be induction) has asparagus, mixed greens, radishes, cucumbers, avocados, tomato, green beans, Brussels sprouts, stir fry vegetables.
https://files.atkins.com/18-03-Atki...ickStart-20.pdf
I'm with you, Atkins is a well researched diet. But I see some folks in here that seem to be so dramatically cutting carbs they arent even including many vegetables. I believe those are the carbs "for the brain"...and the fats really help too. I force myself sometimes to eat vegetable and nut carbs, just because I believe they have to be good for you
I'm looking forward to reaching goal and getting to phase 4. 80-100 grams of carbs a day looks alike a lavish lifestyle to me right now 
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