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Pat
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> Pat wrote:
>
> > You really shouldn't discuss the Atkins Diet if you know
> > nothing about
it,
> > and it is obvious that you do not know the principles of
> > it. If you had read Dr. Atkins' book, you would find out
> > that it is not a "low carb
diet"
> > but a "controlled carb diet" that, after the initial 2
> > weeks, adds 5
grams
> > of low glycemic carbs a day per week to the diet and
> > maxes out with as
many
> > carbs as you can eat and maintain your weight. There is
> > no "loss of lean muscle mass" and anyone can get a
> > "reasonable level of carbs" on the
Atkins
> > Diet.
> Five grams of carbs per day is "reasonable"? I don't
> think so.
I didn't write that, and that has nothing to do with the
Atkins diet. The diet starts with 20 grams of carbs a day
for the first 2 weeks only. Then, the dieter adds 5 grams
daily during the next week. The week after that, he/she adds
5 more grams of carbs a day, etc.
My
> daily target is more like 600 grams. Weight loss benefits
> aside, any diet that greatly restricts carbs is going to
> be total disaster for an aerobic athlete.
The Atkins diet, following the first 2 weeks, does not
"greatly restrict carbs". I have been on the diet since
last June and I have done 8 metric centuries and 2 mile
centuries---The Hotter 'n' Hell Hundred and the Waco Wild
West Century. I'm still alive (oh, and on the off days, I
swim a mile a day).
After about 90 minutes of exercise, your body
> starts to consume lean muscle as fuel. To counteract this,
> your recovery meal should contains carbs and protein.
> Carbs raise insulin levels, and insulin is an anabolic
> (muscle building) hormone. Protein is consumed to repair
> the muscle damage caused by the exercise. Finally, carbs
> taken after exercise replenishes stored muscle glycogen,
> which will prevent muscle fatigue and the infamous "bonk".
Never had a bonk on this diet.
>
> Fad diets may come and go, but the basic nutritional needs
> for athletes remain the same.
> --
> terry morse Palo Alto, CA
Oh, it's no fad. It's a way of looking at carbs---eating as
many as you want to but eating low glycemic carbs.
Pat in TX
>
> > You really shouldn't discuss the Atkins Diet if you know
> > nothing about
it,
> > and it is obvious that you do not know the principles of
> > it. If you had read Dr. Atkins' book, you would find out
> > that it is not a "low carb
diet"
> > but a "controlled carb diet" that, after the initial 2
> > weeks, adds 5
grams
> > of low glycemic carbs a day per week to the diet and
> > maxes out with as
many
> > carbs as you can eat and maintain your weight. There is
> > no "loss of lean muscle mass" and anyone can get a
> > "reasonable level of carbs" on the
Atkins
> > Diet.
> Five grams of carbs per day is "reasonable"? I don't
> think so.
I didn't write that, and that has nothing to do with the
Atkins diet. The diet starts with 20 grams of carbs a day
for the first 2 weeks only. Then, the dieter adds 5 grams
daily during the next week. The week after that, he/she adds
5 more grams of carbs a day, etc.
My
> daily target is more like 600 grams. Weight loss benefits
> aside, any diet that greatly restricts carbs is going to
> be total disaster for an aerobic athlete.
The Atkins diet, following the first 2 weeks, does not
"greatly restrict carbs". I have been on the diet since
last June and I have done 8 metric centuries and 2 mile
centuries---The Hotter 'n' Hell Hundred and the Waco Wild
West Century. I'm still alive (oh, and on the off days, I
swim a mile a day).
After about 90 minutes of exercise, your body
> starts to consume lean muscle as fuel. To counteract this,
> your recovery meal should contains carbs and protein.
> Carbs raise insulin levels, and insulin is an anabolic
> (muscle building) hormone. Protein is consumed to repair
> the muscle damage caused by the exercise. Finally, carbs
> taken after exercise replenishes stored muscle glycogen,
> which will prevent muscle fatigue and the infamous "bonk".
Never had a bonk on this diet.
>
> Fad diets may come and go, but the basic nutritional needs
> for athletes remain the same.
> --
> terry morse Palo Alto, CA
Oh, it's no fad. It's a way of looking at carbs---eating as
many as you want to but eating low glycemic carbs.
Pat in TX