Dear friends, I have been following the thread about Atkins diet and just wanted to share a word of caution for those of you on it and others who may be thinking about getting on it.
Now I have not done the Atkins diet and I never will for a couple of reasons. First, I do not feel great on a high protein diet! Secondly, I like to eat a lot of fruit and vegetables and I would not enjoy being restricted to eating them. Back in June I was at a health forum in Nashville and listened to an interesting lecture by a low carb bar formulator who discussed carbs and different diets like Atkins. According to this speaker, it can be dangerous to eat more the the RDA of protein for long term as the liver does not know what to do with the excess protein and then it goes to the kidneys. This protein may be harmful to the kidneys. He said he wants to share this out of heartfelt concern to all because he has 2 personal friends who did the Atkins diet for a few years, and they overdid the protein, now both of these guys are on kidney dialysis. There may be a way of doing it short term and watching your protein intake, especially from meat. I hope everyone is careful and will only do their body good so that they may prosper and be in great health! Another caution is about the carb solutions bars, watch the protein mgs. on each bar, if it has half your daily allotted amount, guess what, you may have only 1 or 2 servings of meat to go yet or you get to much protein! My favorite 'diet' food is a thick slice of homemade whole wheat bread with a thick slice of juicy homegrown tomato, topped off with a skinny slice of the Amish made yogurt cheese from the Amish Country in Ohio!!! Eat to your health and be happy! Best wishes, Orpha www.v4l.com/ProsperandbeinHealth ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Osowiecki" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 8:26 PM Subject: Re: CS>OT ... Fat burning and "The Master Cleanse" > Ruth, > I did the master cleanse over the memorial day holiday, and want to give you > some input as to my experience. First of all I was 5'10'' and 297 pounds. > I was petrified of hitting 300 and diagnosed inoperable with a chronic > disease. It became instantly and abundantly clear that I had to do > something drastic to stop my unhealthy eating and self-destructing behavior > or I was going to have 6 children wondering what to do to care for > themselves. It was a real wake-up call. The members on the list were > talking about the Master Cleanse, and I was preparing to begin a high > protein, low carb, yeast free diet......and decided VERY spur of the moment > to do the cleanse first (to prepare my liver and kidneys). > > Ruth, let me address some of your concerns. No, I wasn't hungry........and > that was unfathomable to me. You don't get to be nearly 300 pounds unless > you can "really EAT"..........and this girl could EAT! I did find for the > first couple of days that I missed having food in my mouth (the "act" of > eating) but I truly wasn't hungry as long as I drank the lemonade regularly. > This included going to 4 holiday parties that weekend, and cooking meals for > the rest of the family. Each time I started to crave food around me, I > simply took a sip of lemonade....and it instantly vanished. I was > astonished. I lost 27 pounds during those 10 days and have kept it off as I > returned to eating again. In 2 weeks I am going to do the cleanse again. > > Mike.........I really think that my body burned fat. People have been > stunned by the difference in my body, and I am DEFINITELY more toned and > fit, and MUCH less flabby, even this long after completing the cleanse. I > did not exercise during my last cleanse, however I intend to the next time > around. > > Ruth, to address your concern about energy......I had more energy then I > have in a long time. I slept less every night, and woke without an alarm > feeling refreshed and had a productive and energetic day....all the way > through. One thing that I would recommend..........if you have to work > around a work schedule...........make sure you have about an hour and a half > every morning after you drink your salt water and before you have to leave > your house. It can take that long to pass all the toxins removed from your > body from the night before. Yes.......it all comes out in your > stool.........in mostly liquid form........repeatedly (not to be graphic, > just to prepare you). > > As for the taste, the first time I tried it I was surprised that it tasted > as good as it did. By day 3 I found myself actually looking forward to each > glass...........and when I was done with the cleanse, I still wanted to > drink it.....simply for the taste. ~:-} > > Another interesting thing that happened to me while on the cleanse is that I > was pain free! For the first time in 20 years I had 9 whole days with no > pain (which is a big reason why I am doing it again). The only thing that I > can account for relieving the pain is that all that lemon juice made my body > alkaline and my disease couldn't thrive. With that theory in mind, I have > started on coral calcium to recreate that affect in my body, with tremendous > results so far...........still a long way to go..........but MARKED > improvement in one short month. > > I think I pretty much covered all your questions and concerns. Feel free to > contact me offlist if you have any more questions as you get > started.........I assume you will..........<big smile> > > KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MIKE!!! It's going to be very worth it. > > Christiane > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M. G. Devour" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:35 PM > Subject: Re: CS>OT ... Fat burning and "The Master Cleanse" > > > > Ruth writes: > > > ... Have you been hungry at all ... feeling weak and/or tired. > > > > They say if you do just to drink more lemonade. So far if I'm hungry > > it's only when I don't do that. Every time I've drunk more in response > > to hunger it works. > > > > I can say I'm having the occasional strong desire to eat stuff during > > these first couple of days, but that's me. Eventually that goes away, > > they say. > > > > > oh yeah... how does it taste?!?! > > > > Like lemonade with maple syrup... Not exactly like artificially > > flavored lemonade mix, nor lemonade with regular sugar. > > > > Different, but tastes fine. > > > > Mike D. > > > > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] > > [[email protected] ] > > [Speaking only for myself... ] > > > > > > -- > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > >
