Re: Has anyone tried the Dr. Bernstein Diet?
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 21 May 2003 22:17:38 -0500 (CDT)
If you are talking about the Bernstein Diet Clinic that are in Canada
(Ontario and British Columbia...http://www.drbdiet.com)then I am very happy to
tell you that you made the right decision about only doing this diet for
short periods of time.
I am a previous nurse of Dr. Bernsteins and I would NEVER do this diet.
It is the most dangerous diet I have ever heard of. It makes you "feel"
safe by saying that you are medically supervised.
I personally stay 10 months working for him because I liked the pay
cheque. I now work at a different Doctors office where the Canada's
Food Guide, healthy eating choices and Exercise are the preferred means
of weight loss. We get a lot of previous patients of the Bernsteins
Diet...mostly people who have tripled their weight in the year following
the "diet" and are now seeking the slow and steady route because of
kidney and liver problems that resulted in such a "diet".
I may be making nearly half of the income of what I was making at
Bernsteins but at least I can sleep at night.
Thanks
At Sat, 4 May 2002, Pat wrote:
>
>Can you clarify which Dr. Bernstein you are talking about. Is it this
>one:
>http://www.diabetes-normalsugars.com/ or http://www.drbdiet.com/
>I know we have had this discussion before, but I'd like to clarif. I
>think it is significant that you did lose, and were able to maintain the
>loss. This is the best thing you can do for your health.....The main
>thing is to find a way to eat that you can live with, and maybe allowing
>occasional events where you eat other things is one way to approach
>this. Pat
>>
>>I started the bernstein diet last sept. and lost 40lbs in 2
>>months..then I quit because I was going crazy! You can't eat anywhere
>>but at home because everything is ILLEGAL! even salad dressings! anyway
>>I managed to keep off the 40lbs and rejoined last month again and am
>>down another 17lbs in one month. I have about 30 more to go. One thing
>>I will say is that I am not that hungry..but do get hungry. I have NO
>>CRAVINGS which is awesome BUT I don't come close to eating 800 calories
>>per day. everytime I go in and we add up my calories it's more like 400
>>calories max. 500 per day. Anyway you can and will lose weight on this
>>diet..and if you are careful you can keep it off. i did and never ate
>>low carb once I quit. but like anything you have to constantly watch
>>yourself. So if you are ready to end your eating social life for a bit,
>>however much weight you need to lose then you can do good. I found that
>>2 months maximum was about all I could take!
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