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  • #1

    So on the news tonite...

    They state a little blurp how Atkins could cause you to go into a coma. But then, they never say anything else about it.. Just that one little bit... grrrrrrr...

    They were referring to this...
    Page Not Found (404) | USA TODAY
    http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-03-16-atkins-risk_x.htm


    Great news reporting! Idiots!
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    Re: So on the news tonite...

    http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/sto...66.htm&sc=1500

    Goto this link, it explains a bit better and not so negative.
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    • #3
      Re: So on the news tonite...

      Originally posted by Diva217.5
      http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/sto...66.htm&sc=1500

      Goto this link, it explains a bit better and not so negative.
      It's a shame the expert they quote doesn't know Atkins is not a high protein diet....

      Clayton said that the main problem of high protein diets is in the strain they put on kidneys and the risk of renal failure.
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      • #4
        Re: So on the news tonite...

        I hate stuff like this. The media comes out with a blanket statement about something being dangerous without really researching the situation fully. Ketoacidosis is dangerous and indicates, I believe, of starting to go into a coma. I would bet this woman had some kind of underlying diabetes whether she was aware of it or not, prior to eating a low carb diet. There are a lot of undiagnosed diabetics out there. There is a big difference between being in ketosis and ketoacidosis.

        This kind of reporting makes it really difficult to admit I am on a low-carb diet because people jump to conclusions that it is dangerous and try to warn me about the harm I may be causing myself.






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        • #5
          Re: So on the news tonite...

          But it does have this statement in it, which I think is important.
          It is not brought on by diet unless she had an underlying cause which she and her doctors weren't aware of,
          I didn't find that article to be totally all doom and gloom and negativity....but I know we'll be hearing "Oh, Atkins causes coma!" from people who don't understand the whole thing.
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          • #6
            Re: So on the news tonite...

            no article wasnt so bad cause they kinda stuck up with it.
            I do hate how people will think oh lord! when everyone different. and for some people they wont see the fact this is rare and they donno what was going on b4. they will see BAD ATKINS teeehee hee ive just started saying name one full book title name, and ill have a listent to what u have to say. cause no one who is anti atkins has touched the book or even came close to it usually. lol i havent met someone who has answerd the question.
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            • #7
              Re: So on the news tonite...

              Originally posted by Moochiecat
              But it does have this statement in it, which I think is important.


              I didn't find that article to be totally all doom and gloom and negativity....but I know we'll be hearing "Oh, Atkins causes coma!" from people who don't understand the whole thing.

              Exactly! I liked this comment in the first article mentioned...

              "I think this is an isolated case. The idea that serious ketoacidosis could be triggered by a low-carb diet does not happen very often," said Dr. Paul Clayton, president of the forum on food and nutrition at the Royal Society of Medicine in London."

              I just wish the TV news media would tell the whole story, not just the blurbs becuase the blurbs are what make us embarrassed to tell anyone we are on Atkins.

              I just tell people I am watching my surgar intake and eating healthier foods. I just don't say ATKINS around anyone...crazy isn't it? But, when I get to 118, then they'll want to know, and I'll still tell them what I am eating, and what I am not...

              Stephanie


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              • #8
                Re: So on the news tonite...

                Frustratingly irresponsible on their part. Isn't it sad how little the "news" is actually that, these days?
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                • #9
                  Re: So on the news tonite...

                  I head it on the radio and they actually said, "If your on Atkins, you need to hear this"... Who knows what kind of diet this lady was doing and calling "Atkins"



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                  • #10
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                    "It is not brought on by diet unless she had an underlying cause which she and her doctors weren't aware of," Bloch said.

                    "Ketoacidosis is an abnormal state that occurs when there is a clinical abnormality. It doesn't occur when there's a normal state like a low-carb diet."
                    Correct.

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                    • #11
                      Re: So on the news tonite...

                      Originally posted by Desertthorn
                      Who knows what kind of diet this lady was doing and calling "Atkins"
                      Exactly, Lynne! Was she really following it or was she doing her own thing and calling that "Atkins"?

                      I've seen some pretty interesting interpretations of this diet by folks who haven't bothered to read the book....
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                      • #12
                        Re: So on the news tonite...

                        Down with capitalism thats what I say....
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                        • #13
                          Re: So on the news tonite...

                          People are always going to say things about this diet........thats just a fact.I dont bother mentioning "atkins" when I talk about how I eat. I just say I have decided to eliminate sugar and lower my bad carbs........seems to do the trick.
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                          • #14
                            Re: So on the news tonite...

                            Lord I just walked downstairs and mom asked if I heard of the lady that died on Atkins (slaps forhead)
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                            • #15
                              Re: So on the news tonite...

                              Like people who aren't on Atkins don't die? Yes, they do, only sooner!

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