Sat, Mar-27-04, 16:00
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Senior Member
Posts: 873
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 235/153/135
BF:
Progress: 82%
Location: Alberta, Canada
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Went to a workshop...
... at a "Wellness" conference yesterday. The speaker was a Registered Dietician. It was a basic presentation covering the usual info.
But now that I'm becoming so well acquainted with Atkins and LCing, I found a few things quite interesting.
- She spoke about insulin production and similar subjects - topics found in, yes, Atkins books.
- She spoke of avoiding white flour, white sugar foods, etc, - topics found in yes, Atkins books.
- She spoke of supplementing with vitamins & minerals - topics found in, yes again, Atkins books.
- Carbohydrates - she said they were "given a really bad rap these days" hee hee, but then went on the say that the best carbs come from fruit, vegetables, grains & cereals (not sugar & syrup) - all available on Atkins in later phases.
- She also mentioned that women over 40 should not have any grains after 5pm (news to me, but sounding a little more like LCing?)
- Protein - have protein at every meal. Then added: "I'm not saying to do Atkins or South Beach." Mind you, she didn't say not to either?!
- Fats - the daily percentage recommended (30%) might be different from Atkins (maybe depending which Phase?), but here is a partial list of Quality Fats to include: Olive, canola, hemp, peanut oil; nuts, seeds, soy; fatty fish or fish oil supplements; Omega 3 eggs; olives, avocados.
Does any of this sound familiar to anyone else???? I'm beginning to think the "establishment" doesn't want to recognize that not only is this a healthy WOL, but there are a lot of similarities to what they're recommending.
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