I was looking to get some feedback on the Atkins Diet vs The Zone Diet. I am currently on Atkins and it is going OKAY..but was wondering what the real difference in the two diets are and what other prefer. Thanks!!

Hiya Puppy,
I've read the Zone, but personally found it to be to complicated with all of the food combining and do's and do nots. But I have a friend named Jake that has been on both and wrote a series of articles at

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm...e_dieting/51249

Hope this helps you out.

Hi puppy,

IMHO, Atkins or Protien Power is a great place to start because both plans are a lot easier to follow initially than the Zone. Once you are comfortable with the low-carb way of life, switching to the Zone would provide further refinement to your lifestyle.

I just read all the way through Jake's site and it was fantastic! I really liked his quote, "It's a way of life, not a punishment." Switching to an entirely new way of eating is hard. The people who are most successful at it have the right attitude. It is a way of life!

Thanks for the link to a great site Tina

Karen

I am interested in low carbs because I'm borderline type 2 diabetic and hypoglycemic - I also have PCOS (lucky me.)

I have combined the Zone and Atkins - that is, I eat lots of protein, drink water, and make sure the few carbs I get are good carbs - from good sources like broccoli etc.

Zone says you have to eat about twice the amount of carbs as protein - which isn't good in my opinion. BUT if you have good carbs - and that includes some good things like nuts and olives, which Atkins likes - then it's OK, you can have more of these and not gain weight or have health problems associated with high carb intake.

My yeast infections have almost gone now - unbelievable. (But this means I have to stay away from cheese though which is HARD!! )

I have been doing this for about a month and I have so much energy now it's incredible. Had another fasting blood test done last week and I'm seeing my Dr to go over it tomorrow, I think the results will be better.

Cutting out refined sugars and caffeine alone has helped me tremendously - After that it's just a matter of adjusting the (low) carbs ... which everyone should probably do on an ongoing basis.

Good luck everyone - I do think you have to adapt thses things for yourself, but the important thing is to not give up -

Tinakaye..i tried to get to thet website you posted..but it wouldn't let me get to it...is it down?

Hi suzbuff!

THe original post of tinakaye's is from March 2001. She is no longer around and it is possible that the web site is out of existence.

Karen

Thanks karen!
i didn't even think to look at the post date!
suz

I just started reading The Zone and it doesn't look to me like you eat twice carbs as proteins. It's 40% carb, 30% protein 30% fat.

Soooooooo confuzzled with all the different types of low carb diets!