Atkins Schmatkins

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alsandor said:

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/05/26/foodstudy0526.html

The Atkins craze has fizzled on this side of the border as well. A food
bank in Kentucky was gifted with a plethora of low-carb products
recently.

It'll be interesting to see the diet books my students find to review
for their last project.

Cindy

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Cindy Fuller said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

alsandor said:

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/05/26/foodstudy0526.html

The Atkins craze has fizzled on this side of the border as well. A food
bank in Kentucky was gifted with a plethora of low-carb products
recently.

I think that's a misreading of the situation. Those "foods" are [censored];
nutritively, functionally, aesthetically, gustatorially. People who are
serious about low carbing never did buy into the pre-fab foods. Others
did - likely the same folks who did crappy low fat foods. Briefly.

People who are doing low carb diets seem to be going to simple, real
foods, not the nasty-tasting stuff peddled by the packagers. Most of
the packaged stuff was misrepresented with all those weaselly evasions
to make them seem lower in carbs than they are. So they tasted like [censored]
and didn't work. Winning combination.

Pastorio

Re: low-carb processed foods - my hubbie has been on Atkins for a
couple of years now. I only bought "low-carb" pasta once, and once was
enough.

What we do eat in a typical dinner is: a meat or egg dish, a large
salad, a large veggie dish or even two; then the kids and I will have a
grain serving such as rice, WW bread, pasta, etc. I serve whole grains
regularly and have convinced hubby to eat them in Atkins sized portions
(the Atkins lifetime maintenance diet allows small servings of beans or
whole grains). Fruit for dessert.

Hubby snacks on nuts, fruits, and sometimes cheese.

Cindy - get a copy of the Atkins Diet book at the library and read
through the "lifetime maintenance" recommendations - I'm not a
nutritionist, but the recommendations look okay. If you're a fervent
anti-meat person you won't like it, but otherwise it seems all right. I
guess the real issue is, is it truly bad for you to eat meat every day?
I'm not positive that the research really shows that, although I'd like
Cindy's opinion.

Meanwhile, I do eat much less of the meat entree than hubby ever would.

But you won't find any Atkins diet pre-fab food in our house.

Leila

On Fri, 27 May 2005 11:55:10 -0400, "Bob (this one)" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Cindy Fuller said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

alsandor said:

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/05/26/foodstudy0526.html

The Atkins craze has fizzled on this side of the border as well. A food
bank in Kentucky was gifted with a plethora of low-carb products
recently.

I think that's a misreading of the situation. Those "foods" are [censored];
nutritively, functionally, aesthetically, gustatorially. People who are
serious about low carbing never did buy into the pre-fab foods. Others
did - likely the same folks who did crappy low fat foods. Briefly.

People who are doing low carb diets seem to be going to simple, real
foods, not the nasty-tasting stuff peddled by the packagers. Most of
the packaged stuff was misrepresented with all those weaselly evasions
to make them seem lower in carbs than they are. So they tasted like [censored]
and didn't work. Winning combination.

Pastorio

Yup. D has dropped many pounds and inches following the South Beach
diet over the last year. I do most of the cooking here and I've found
the diet easy to work with. I can usually make quite good food
without messing with the rules too much.

Dinner last night (e.g.):

Boned out a leg of lamb. Stuffed it with olives, garlic, herbes de
Provence, lemon juice. Rolled it up and tied it with cotton twine.
Rubbed the outside with Dijon mustard, salt, pepper, lemon juice, more
herbs. Set it on the gas grill using indirect heat. Pulled it off at
120F internal temp and let it rest.

Boiled cauliflower till it was soft and drained it. Zapped three
cloves of garlic in olive oil in the microwave for 30 seconds. Did it
again. And again. Set the florets in the food processor with the
garlicky oil, some yougurt and grated asiago cheese and processed to a
creamy consistency. Set it into a baking dish and topped with some
more asiago. Baked at 350 for about 30 minutes.

Zapped three more cloves of garlic in oil as before. Added the zest
of a lemon, some salt and pepper, and mixed it all with yogurt. Added
a fine chop of fresh mint leaves and some lemon juice and a dash of
cayenne. Sauce for the lamb!

Our guests brought a lovely bowl of grilled asparagus and some
interesting Provencal rose wine. I also made a goofy appetizer of
homemade savory fig leather rolled around Maytag blue cheese. Oddly
appealing, though it needed something bitter like arugula, I think.

modom

Bob (this one) said:

People who are doing low carb diets seem to be going to simple, real
foods, not the nasty-tasting stuff peddled by the packagers. Most of
the packaged stuff was misrepresented with all those weaselly evasions
to make them seem lower in carbs than they are. So they tasted like [censored]
and didn't work. Winning combination.

Not to mention the laxative effect and painful gas. Where do I sign up?
😉

Carol

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Leila said:

Re: low-carb processed foods - my hubbie has been on Atkins for a
couple of years now. I only bought "low-carb" pasta once, and once was
enough.

What we do eat in a typical dinner is: a meat or egg dish, a large
salad, a large veggie dish or even two; then the kids and I will have a
grain serving such as rice, WW bread, pasta, etc. I serve whole grains
regularly and have convinced hubby to eat them in Atkins sized portions
(the Atkins lifetime maintenance diet allows small servings of beans or
whole grains). Fruit for dessert.

Hubby snacks on nuts, fruits, and sometimes cheese.

Cindy - get a copy of the Atkins Diet book at the library and read
through the "lifetime maintenance" recommendations - I'm not a
nutritionist, but the recommendations look okay. If you're a fervent
anti-meat person you won't like it, but otherwise it seems all right. I
guess the real issue is, is it truly bad for you to eat meat every day?
I'm not positive that the research really shows that, although I'd like
Cindy's opinion.

Meanwhile, I do eat much less of the meat entree than hubby ever would.

But you won't find any Atkins diet pre-fab food in our house.

Leila

My worries about the Atkins Diet concern how people use it in the real
world. Many don't get to the lifetime maintenance section of the book.
They go on the induction phase, lose a bunch of weight, then go back to
their usual fare and habits. Weight goes up again, so they go back on
the induction phase. Exercise isn't considered for weight loss or
maintenance.

I'm not anti-meat, but I do have issues with serious carnivorism that
may compromise health. Even on the maintenance phase of Atkins, it may
be tough to get enough dietary fiber and some B vitamins. It also may
be hard to do endurance exercise on a lower-carb diet because there's
not enough glycogen stored in the liver and muscle to provide energy.

Cindy

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Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Leila said:

Re: low-carb processed foods - my hubbie has been on Atkins for a
couple of years now. I only bought "low-carb" pasta once, and once was
enough.

What we do eat in a typical dinner is: a meat or egg dish, a large
salad, a large veggie dish or even two; then the kids and I will have a
grain serving such as rice, WW bread, pasta, etc. I serve whole grains
regularly and have convinced hubby to eat them in Atkins sized portions
(the Atkins lifetime maintenance diet allows small servings of beans or
whole grains). Fruit for dessert.

What you say has some validity, but you must realize that it is not the
"Atkins diet." Atkins is very clear about exercise and maintenance. If some
people use part of this diet and ignore other parts, as many people surely
do, then it is no longer the Atkins diet.

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