Re: Atkins Diet
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 May 2003 17:36:12 -0500
My doctor is the one that put me on Dr Atkins specifically... I don't think
he would hurt me in any way.. That is why I praise it so much..besides my
weightloss. The strict part of the diet is only in the first two weeks.
After that you add regular food back into your diet. I am eating berries
with sugar and cream right now... I eat ham and cheese sandwiches... I
just buy reduced carb bread at wal-mart.
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Amy Bryant
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>----- Original Message -----
From: "Sonnet" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: Atkins Diet
> For the general population, any low carb diet - including Atkins - may
> not be the best choice. For women with PCOS, low carb is by far the
> healthiest option. The goal of most PCOS treatments is to lower insulin
> levels, something that a low carb diet does. It can greatly reduce the
> symptoms of PCOS, help you lose weight, and possibly even help prevent
> diabetes. For many women with PCOS, low carbing is the only thing that
> works. Granted, Atkins is at an extreme end of the low carb spectrum,
> so perhaps you'd do better to start with a more moderate carb diet, but
> anything that reduces processed carbohydrates can help. Also know that
> there are lots of options for protein in the mornings, eggs aren't a
> necessity (I eat low carb for breakfast these days and only have eggs
> about once a month.)
>
> At Wed, 28 May 2003, Donna wrote:
> >
> >Amy,
> >I was just wondering what Dr told you that this was the way to go all the
Dr's that I have talked to says that it is highly dangerous and to stay away
from it. I want to lose weight so bad right now but I'm having a lot of
health problems and I don't want to do anything to jeopardize myself. I
wanted to commend you for the weight loss that is excellent. I also, have
another question I'm thinking about going ahead and started the diet anyway
and I've heard that you have to eat eggs every morning for breakfast and I'm
very allergic to them and wanted to know if you could supstitute that for
anything else???? I've tried everything to lose weight and I recently have
lost over 170lbs but that was due to having a severe car wreck and not being
able to eat and having no appetite. I've always just eaten one meal a day
and that's dinner so it's not that I'm overeating I just can't lose the
weight and I just got diagnosed with PCOS in April and started Metformin
then. Sorry so!
> long just full of questions.
> >Donna in Atlanta
>
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> email always welcome: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
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