Originally Posted by Anagray
From what I have read, the adverse sideffects of high protein diet could be ketosis, but I guess you really have to "od" on the protein to get there.
My personal concern with high-protein diet is that natural carbohydrates ( veggies and certain whole grains) contain important vitamines. Of course, you could supplement, but IMO there is really nothing better than receiving vitamines through the natural sourse, instead of in a pill.
Another issue is that if someone eats a lot of meat, there has to be adequate intake of vegetables containing antioxidants. Diets high in meat have been linked to certain types of cancer, such as colon cancer.
My friend is on so called South beach ( i think) diet and he hardly eats any fruit because it contains sugar.
I lost 95 lb on low carb/high protein diet, but after i learned a bit about metabolism and anatomy, I came to conclusion that cutting out any major food group out of diet is not a good idea, because it is re-structures one's metabolism.
sorry i can't provide any links, but hopefully this will give you some ideas about other info u can find.
Atkins and the others do stress vegetables and other food groups. You are just selecting vegetables and fruits that are good for you. Same thing with South Beach. Certain fruits are very high in sugars, and you stay away from fruit juices. It takes about 4 oranges to make one glass of orange juice.
No one says that you eat 16 ounces of meat and no vegetables, just someone who is reading the diet wrong. And if they are sticking to induction for more than two weeks. The diets tell you not to.
I eat brown rice, now white rice, at lunch almost everyday. I restrict apsta to perhaps once a month. I do not eat white bread. I do not use any sugar, and only use Splenda. Inches have poured off and I am definitely in very good health. Even my "tiny Thai" students have changed over their eating habits to mine, and they all say that they feel much better. Of course, all of our fruits and vegetables were picked the day before, no such thing as frozen vegetables here.
Any diet means common sense.....................and you must consume enough water everyday, no matter what diet that you are on.......................
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