Atkins proponents changing their tune?

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50488-2004Jan26.html

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It's all well and good that we have individual people on the list who have

had success with Atkins, BUT

the only long term human study that we have afa the best diet for us is that

of the Okinawans. They are not on an Atkins type diet, but on a Walford

type diet (low calories, lots of veggies, some fruit, small amts of protein

and yes even grains). This is discussed at length in a post in the files

called: " Atkins vs. CRON " . I hope those posting who are pro-Atkins have

read that file, Walford's books, and are familiar with the Okinawan studies

(which can be accessed through our " links " page).

This is an excerpt of what Okinawans eat (from our " links " page):

They eat remarkably healthy food. The traditional Okinawan diet is heavy on

grains, fish and vegetables, and light on meat, eggs and dairy food.

The Okinawans are especially enthusiastic eaters of tofu. Ogimi villagers

like to mix it with seaweed in a concoction called " mooi tofu. " Eating tofu

and other soy products works wonders because soybeans are loaded with

flavonoids ‹nutrients known to fight breast and prostate cancer and believed

to combat heart disease.

Okinawans also consume lots of fish. Fish ‹ particularly cold-water

varieties such as tuna, mackerel and salmon ‹ contains high concentrations

of omega-3 fatty acids, which reduce the risk of heart disease and breast

cancer.

They steer clear of artery-clogging meats and dairy products. Results are

astounding: Compared with the USA, death rates are 82% lower for coronary

heart disease, 86% lower for prostate cancer, 57% lower for ovarian cancer

and 82% lower for breast cancer.

And from another source:

So what are the older Okinawans doing right?

According to the researchers, everything. They eat lots of plant foods -

soy, vegetables, fruit and whole grains - a diet that's shown to keep the

arteries unclogged, the better for cardiovascular health. They get most of

their soy from tofu and edamame, the raw soybeans that the Canadian-born

Willcox reports " go great with beer. "

on 1/28/2004 7:01 PM, Dennis De Jarnette at positivedennis@... wrote:

> This is an encouraging post for me as this is where I want to be in

> about 1 year, although after my initial loss I may slow way down. I

> think the glycemic index is a crucial new datum, especially for

> semi-hypoglycemics like me. I never understood why cereal for me was

> about the same as eating a donut for breakfast, now I do. Veggies are

> king as far as I am concerned. I have been doing atkins for three weeks

> and already the veggies are much sweeter than before.

>

>

> Positive Dennis

>

> kimlynette@... wrote:

>

>>

>> I am not responding to any post in particular, but wanted to share

>> my positive thoughts on the Atkins plan.

>> I have been doing a modified low carb way of eating for 10 months