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Odin2005

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5. What I know about human physiology makes me think...

Reply to LeftishBrit (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 10:32 AM

Jan 2012

...that he is mostly right that the low-fat, high carb diet being bad for you, though I do not support the extremes of his diet unless one is a diabetic. Fat triggers hormones that make you feel full and also take longer to digest.

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Dr. Robert Atkins. Was he a genius, a quack, both? [View all] Odin2005 Jan 2012 OP

I cut out all carbs except for leafy greens, non-starchy veggies Lex Jan 2012 #1

Carbs make life worth living...I say quack. laconicsax Jan 2012 #2

He was right, still is.... sense Jan 2012 #3

I think that most of the theory is quackery LeftishBrit Jan 2012 #4

What I know about human physiology makes me think... Odin2005 Jan 2012 #5