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2003-07-11 08:29:58 AM
Nor am I an advocate of the Atkins diet or similar. Nonetheless, the page
still has a political agenda of anti animal consumption and promotes a
vegie diet. Whatever problems the very low carb diets have, it is not
solved by going to the other extreem of ultra high carb diets, which the
site promotes. In the meal plans provided the carb content is in fact
ultra high, a real problem for a diabetic. The site promotes anti animal
consumption, the Atkin type diet is but a vehicle to pound that drum. On
a vegie diet, any problems with very high fat and protein consuption from
non-animal sources would pose the same problems it suggests. Logically,
to solve the problems offered, one would not switch to a vegie diet but
adjust the ratios of macro nutrients. None of the studies presented say
to switch to a vegie alone diet. The whole site is a kind of bait and
switch disingenuous agenda driven propaganda one person effort, offering a
book to solve all the problems of eating animals.

markd@frog-link.com wrote in message news:<3f0e0506$0$41425$4d5ecec7@reader.city-net.com>...
selectively carobohydrate versus protein/fat.
is not ideal (especially for a diabetic person).
Another site pointing out the same problem w/o the pro-veggie agenda
is:
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml
Regards,
Andrew
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Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
www.heartmdphd.com
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On 10 Jul 2003 22:44:02 -0700, andrew@heartmdphd.com (Dr. Andrew B.
Chung, MD/PhD) wrote:
If you take on a 2 pound food limitation AND a reduction/elimination
of sat/trans fats, and your diet is heavy with those fats, then you
may end up with a skewed distribution of macronutrients.
This isn't addressing the carb reduction issue but it does point out
that diet alterations, for health purposes, may create distribution
imbalances at least until one figures out how to get necessary fats
into the diet.
Then again, I think the whole idea of incessantly attempting balancing
macronutrients to be a waste of thyme.
lol
I made a funny.
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In article <3F0DF822.FAD60EE7@heartmdphd.com>,
Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD <andrew@heartmdphd.com>wrote:
understands statistics (most medical researchers, alas, do
not) and have read some of the preliminary results, including
many which misused the data to claim that there are, at this
stage, clear signs of bad results from the Atkins diet.
One of the surprising things in the preliminary results is that
the entire lipid profile seems to improve. It has been known
for about 60 years that unsaturated, especially polyunsaturated,
fatty acids can oxidize, and this is even toxic; Vitamin E is
the preventative for this, and this was established by the usual
type of medical trials during WWII.
The only "bad" thing found was a 5% reduction in calcium absorption.
Most on low-carb diets take supplements, and one small piece of
cheese does not constitute a serious drawback.
I believe NOBODY has yet produced a study on humans indicating
the benefits of a low-fat, high-carb diet.
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This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views
are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
Herman Rubin, Deptartment of Statistics, Purdue University
hrubin@stat.purdue.edu Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558
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On 10 Jul 2003 17:56:44 GMT, markd@frog-link.com wrote:
part in trolldom chung is not to be trusted.
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