Has anyone tried training and the atkins diet (high protein and no carbohydrate)?
It sounds like a bad idea but I was wondering if there was anyone with real experience.
I am not running any further than the Bewl 15 miles for the rest of this year.
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RD
Good luck!
I am now considering going back to an Atkins based diet because I find that eating pasta/potatoes and bread leaves me feeling lethargic.
I wouldn't mind shifting a stone or so, and was wondering if increasing my protein to carbs ratio would work? I don't think I could go fully Atkins, but perhaps there is a mid-way solution?
I'm on the slimming world diet which I think is a mid way solution! The diet consists of red and green days. Red days consist of eating as much meat and veg as you want and a very limited amount of carbs. Green days are the opposite - lots of carbs and limited meat. I've been on the diet for 9 weeks now and have lost 13lb.
Was chatting with a doctor friend last night and he claims a lot of research is currently taking place on what a protein-rich diet (such as atkins) can do to your body, specifically the heart. Apparently it's not looking too rosey. It's a lot more complicated than just high cholesterol levels.
I'm surprised anyone on this site is thinking of atkins to be honest. If you exercise you need fuel (carbs). And these carbs are then burnt off as you do it. Protein is great for high intensive workouts that use anaerobic metabolism, but thats it. You want to be a runner or a weight lifter?
Protein in moderation right?
Elite Ironman, Ultra Trail Runner
Here is another thread on the subject
http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/forummessages.asp?UTN=15257&last=1&SP=&V=1
The daily mail report on Wednesday said it was safe. But with all the chemicals and growth hormones in fruit,veg,meats,fish what is safe?? Most of the research on foods is sponsored by people like mcdonalds and pizza companys. If we knew half the truth we wouldnt eat anything from a supermarket.
RD
the oils are healthy but the way there made solid isn't
problem is that when the marg is heated/melted, the bonds between the carbons, oxygens and hydrogens in the fatty chain reform.
the process used to solidify marg from veg. oil is 14 steps long, and is designed to make sure the fatty chains bond together well, creating a solid fat. for many of these stages the fat is liquid, when it is solidified, it has extra hydrogen atoms added, to help make it solid.
when we eat it/cook with it, it melts. the atoms of thefatty chain, especially the added hydrogens are liberated. when the fat cools again, the fatty chains rebond differently, and less specifically than the 14 step process of hydrogenation makes them do so in the first place.
the result is imperfect re-bonding, which leaves free radicals liberated, usually the extra hydrogen atoms, it is these which are damaging to you.
All can vouch for the immediate weight loss (that goes straight back on again) and all can vouch (so can I for that matter) on the less than pleasant bad breath side effect.
Not scientific enough to understand all the details,but surely not eating carbs is not a balanced diet ?
I shifted no body fat despite doing it to plan. Then as soon as I had carbs the weight went back on. As an ex vegetarian I found it very difficult anyway - simply couldnt exercise while on it. Too busy sleeping.