Atkins I feel very sick help

WhyTheFace wrote: »

Eat a well balanced, healthy diet including protein, fats, carbs, vitamins and minerals.

High anything diets are not healthy long term. That's just common sense. There's no need for me to go digging up articles.

If anyone here thinks a high fat diet is healthier than a balanced diet, then they are nuts!

Hmmm.....
Not sure you really understand the subject you are preaching....

You sound like a politician on TV - using all the buzz words but not actually saying anything, nor addressing the questions being asked.

Simply put, carbs are NOT essential. Fats and Proteins are.

WhyTheFace wrote: »

Carbohydrates fuel the body. They give you the energy to function.

Anyone who has in an anyway an active life or are in training for anything would not have the sustained energy levels from eating protein and fats alone.

FFS read my original post on my cycling; I function better when only veg for carbs.

So do lots of other. Carbs are not essential (the Japanese do well on them and many people do well with them in sparce amounts).

Is my English simple and clear enough for you now?

WhyTheFace wrote: »

What's your definition of essential?

No you won't die from having no carbs, but you won't be able to function at an optimal level without them. You will survive fine thou.

It's not that hard really.

I and many more function better (close to 200km) without food on bike. I'm leaner, have more energy and have halfed my triglycerides and increased my hdl to optimum. It is a better diet for me and many more, very active or not.

Is it so hard to comprehend that different diets suit different people.

Nutrition should be science not faith based.

I won't ask anymore questions as you don't seem capable of answering them as they don't fit your "balanced diet" viewpoint for all

High fat was the diet recommended for diabetics in early 20th century. It is nothing new

runawaybishop wrote: »

Entire races of people thrive on a diet high in fat and protein and low carbs.

Traditional Inuit diets derive approximately 50% of their calories from fat, 30-35% from protein and 15-20% of their calories from carbohydrates.

From what I've read closer to 70 20 10.

Carbs very scare in the far north, especially outside of late summer autumn

Just going to weigh in here.

I posted in the nutrition and diet forum about 3 months ago looking for some advice on weight loss. I am very limited physically due to injuries sustained in a motorbike crash so I was looking for a diet based weight loss solution. I know weight loss is generally 80% diet but for me it had to be 100% diet as there are days when I have difficulty walking, let alone any other physical exercise.
On the recommendation of a poster here recommending a low carb diet and a friend recommending the book, The Idiotproof Diet, I decided to try out a low carb diet.
I started on 9th February and I have lost almost 15kg since then :cool: I was 106.9kg when I started and I am now 92kg.

For the first few weeks I actually couldn't believe the numbers on the scales flying down. Even now, I still can't believe that they're still going down.
I was away for a short break to Paris for just under a week over Easter and in that time I wasn't sticking to the low carb eating, I had some croissants, pain au chocolat etc. but when I returned home, I weighed the same as I did before I left.

My body has completely changed. The way my body works has completely changed. I seem able to process carbs better than I could before. My body uses them up and gets rid of them and my mind doesn't go into a carb coma and wanting all the carbs.
I feel like I've sort of trained my body to use what I am putting into it better.

I didn't have a terrible carbless flu. I didn't get what some people go through, I was lucky because I have read some stories online about how bad it can be.
It takes a lot of determination and willpower. It's only when you stop eating something that you realise how much of it there is around you :rolleyes:
Sandwiches are so convenient. I work in a very small town and there are 2 sit-in lunch places in the town, a salad is twice the price of a sandwich and a plate of chips. You have to be prepared, if you are not prepared, you can't just run to the shop and get a roll.

I've had meals that contain carbs since I started. Not a lot but every now and then you find yourself in a situation where you can't stick to your guns 100% and I just return to normal straight away. Before I started this if I had any setback with whatever diet I was on that would be it for the week and I would binge away and start again on Monday, whereas now, I don't let stuff like that put an end to things and I make sure to get back to my normal way of eating (low carb) as soon as I possibly can.
I am very happy to continue this way of eating for the foreseeable future.

My shopping bill is lower than it used to be by about €20 and my fridge is fuller because almost everything I eat now is fresh food. I am more experimental with my food now and eager to try new things. I have eaten foods since I started this that I never ate before.
I try to just eat real food as much as possible.

I am no expert, this is just my experience and it has been great.