Sun, Feb-11-07, 15:08
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,227
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 180/138/135
BF:
Progress: 93%
Location: Philly
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Originally Posted by Judynyc
I don't think that Dr Atkins did people any favors when he agreed to produce low carb products like flour. I also think that there is way too much left to interpretation because of this confusion.
IMO, low carb flour products need to be reserved until you are pre-maintenance, not when you are just starting out.
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I have to agree here. When I began lowcarbing in 2003, the two Atkins texts that were most widely available where DANDR and The Atkins Essentials. The latter contradicts the former in several places, and so I did, indeed, try to make my own way in the sea of low carb products (including bread!). For instance, AE allows Atkin's bread after the first two weeks. In retrospect, I'm fairly certain that that bread would have best been saved until the last rung of the carb ladder, low carb or not. Even the Atkins for Life Cookbook recommends its products...these were my references then. Didn't occur to me to question them, especially after feeling so darned good after induction.
I've found that I don't have a problem with flour in moderation, low carb or otherwise-- not at all, as long as I'm not trying to lose. I think it's one of those YMMV types of things, but agree that flour and grains should be saved for the last rung.
eta-- I've read many, many of the low carb/sugar/GI texts out there, and most of them, I've found, get pretty vague when it comes to maintaining...Atkins did the best job, IMO-- it's just his stupid company that made a muck of everything!
Last edited by thirteenlb : Sun, Feb-11-07 at 15:14.
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