Atkins & nourishing traditions???
Has anyone done a half way decent job of combining some of the ideasof Atkins and of NT? I am wanting to [tag]lose weight[/tag] but not eat lots ofsoy or weird candy.I have both these books and really love the Nourising T. book–butthink probably i need to do something radical to lose weight–maybecombine both? Anyone have tips how to do that?
June 5th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
you might want to try Dr. Mercola’s new book, The No-Grain Diet. myhusband and i did it for a month and i saw that he began to take some weightoff. this book was just reviewed in the WAP foundation’s journal, WiseTraditions and they gave it a thumbs up. i think it’s a good weight loss planand seems to me to be like both NT and Atkins. but it has more veggies thanatkins (good IMO) and eliminates grains (which differs from NT) for the periodduring which you are losing weight. check it out and see what you think. idid not need a weight-loss plan but it improved my health in other ways and inow eat much less grain.
June 6th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
of Atkins and of NT? I am wanting to lose weight but not eat lots ofsoy or weird candy.I have both these books and really love the Nourising T. book–butthink probably i need to do something radical to lose weight–maybecombine both? Anyone have tips how to do that? Mary < <
That is what I do... it's extremely easy, in fact, it's a piece of cake.
Seriously, what conficts do you see? I have been doing Atkins using NTprinciples now for more than three months. I feel better than I’ve felt in myentire adult life. I just eat lots of raw cream and cheese, cultured foods likekimchi, sour cream, etc. Lots of pastured meat and eggs… organic veggies. Dr.Atkins did allow his name to be used to create a line of “convenience products”for low carb dieters, as a way to generate funds for research on low carb diets,but his book barely mentions them (I think one paragraph in the whole book) andthey are not even remotely required or necessary. In Dr. Atkins New DietRevolution he consistently implores people to eat fresh whole foods and avoidthings like transfats and processed foods.
I do believe that the Atkins products are crap and that to an extent he sold out(although it was not for his personal financial gain), but you can do theprogram without that garbage, just by following what he says in the book.
Since in its earliest phases he recommends a diet that is 60-75 percent fat, andNT is also quite a high-fat way of eating, all you really have to do iseliminate all grain products and sweets from the weight loss stages of theprogram, and limit them on the maintenance, and you’ll be fine. The only thingsthat are permanently off limits when on Atkins are white sugar, white flour, andthings like high fructose corn syrup, which are not exactly NT.
Can you say more of what your concern is?
I’m seriously thinking we need an “Atkins/NT weight loss list!”
June 7th, 2007 at 2:42 am
. Dr. Atkins did allow his name to be used to create a line of “convenienceproducts” for low carb dieters, as a way to generate funds for research on lowcarb diets, but his book barely mentions them (I think one paragraph in thewhole book) and they are not even remotely required or necessary. In Dr. AtkinsNew Diet Revolution he consistently implores people to eat fresh whole foods andavoid things like transfats and processed foods.
Is that why he put his name on that stuff? I was thoroughly disgusted thefirst time I saw this stuff on the market. Yech! Bleech! This from a guy who wason the PPNF board and wrote a positive cite for Nourishing Traditions? Ugh!!!This from a guy whose was responsible for introducing many people to the conceptof eating whole fullfat foods again (even if they were often substandard). I wasquite surprised to say the least.
out (although it was not for his personal financial gain), but you can do theprogram without that garbage, just by following what he says in the book.
Yes I thought it was a HUGE sellout. It is interesting what you say aboutno personal financial gain. When he died, the good Doc was worth $100,000,000dollars. Perhaps that allowed him the luxury of what you state above
June 7th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Atkins only severely restricts veggies in the very earliest stages, and I eat alot more veggies on Atkins than I ate before Atkins. And that’s true of most ofthe SADers who go on it, too!