Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution CD

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Summary: This diet is extremely dangerous
Review: This diet put me in the hospital due my body's inability to effectively metabolize an all protein diet....the doctors told me that THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON REACTION to the Atkins Diet. I have been off the diet for 2 weeks and still can't drive or walk for long periods of time. This diet can be POISON for a lot of people. I regret the day I started it. Please, be careful.

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Summary: Great diet with improved blood lipids
Review: As a physician, enjoyed the book. It cleared up some physiologic paradoxes and allowed me to easily meet my goal of reducing 25 pds in 6 weeks,(from 185 to 160). Also, progressively reduced blood lipids when measured at 6 wks,6 mos. and 1 year, from mildly elevated to normal. Recommend reading before going on this diet. Would be nice to have heart speicialists from "Sugarbusters" comment on the diet.

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Summary: I now wake up each day without a headache.
Review: For years I have complained about being tired, muscle hurting when ever I worked around the house or yard. Always having to take a nap most afternoons. Headaches that would last days and weeks. I have been on the Atkins plan for 3 months and I feel great. Weight lost is only about 6-8 pounds, but I feel wonderful. My goal was not weight lost, but my health. I am looking forward to feeling great. THANK YOU DR. ATKINS.

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Summary: tHIS BOOK WAS WELL WRITTEN TO THE POINT
Review: THE "NEW DIET REVOLUTION" CHANGED MY BODY! I LOST THIRTY POUNDS BY FOLLOWING THIS BOOK. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO FOLLOW IT TO THE TEE, THAT MEANS TAKING THE SUGGESTED VITAMINS-ESPECIALLY THE POTASSIUM AND CALCIUM. ALSO, THE GOOD CARBS ARE MENTIONED(I.E. BROCCOLI). BROCCOLI WILL COMPLETELY CUT OUT THE CHOCOLATE AND SUGAR CRAVINGS! SO THANK YOU DR. ATKINS- I AM A NEW WOMAN!!

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Summary: a lot of energy but not a lot of weight
Review: Help, I love this diet due to the rise in my energy but I have lost only 6lb. in 4 weeks doing only the induction diet!!! Whats up with that? I decided to go on the cabbage diet which is the total opposite of this diet for 5 days and lost nothing. I am 5'8" and 174pds. I am happy for everyone who lost weight on this diet. I just wish I could. I am going back on this diet since I did lose something but can anyone tell me how to speed up my weight loss just a little?

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Summary: What an eye opener! AND it works too!
Review: I was skeptical upon opening Dr. Atkins book, but what he said made sense! Our country is getting fatter by supposedly eating LOWER fat! I gave it a try, and have lost 16# EASILY since January 1 (now March 19). My cravings are gone, and life is fun again! Thank you Dr. Atkins!

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Summary: WHERE's the BEEF?
Review: I've been on the diet and lost a bit after following it carefully. Have not experienced loss of cravings, and am still concerned about not eating the healthy carbs. What I am most curious about is the evidence for the diet. Atkins claims many successes, but cites no research evidence conducted through these cases, only older research and a lot of defensive writing about the attacks against him. The research presented doesn't paint a complete picture, and doesn't directly show any comparisons with other successful and healthy diets. Asking around to health professionals and reading around, I find those saying the diet is bad to never cite any research. Is there any research comparing this diet to others, or showing its 'negative' effects? The comments here seem to show a significant number of adverse cases. Also, many of Atkins recommendations are contrary or just don't make sense. E.g. aspartame's dangers, and what's with Orange soda being the only non-diet soda that's o.k.? The protein bread is absolutely awful, and stevia is hard to find and from the recipes sounds even harder to use.

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Summary: Can't exercise much on this diet
Review: I am a middle to long distance runner (25-35 miles of jogging a week with one long run of 10-13 miles) and I have found that this diet simply does not give me the energy to run any sort of distance beyond about five miles. In fact, the only good run I have had (13 miles) since I went on this diet three weeks ago was on a "day off" when I had some toast for breakfast. I have gotten very frustrated with my lack of progress after three weeks (only lost five pounds and running alot) and tried to run ten miles today having fasted for 24 hours. It was ugly, but the scale said I lost three pounds. The book gives no guidance on this subject and the Atkins web site begs the question by stating that if you are a "serious athlete" which I do not really think I am you will not need to lose weight and so do not need to be on this diet. However, I do/did need to lose 18 pounds, and even given my exercise level, the weight will not come off. I'd like to hear from anyone else who has had luck on this diet doing endurance exercise as to how they did it. I feel that the only choice I have at this point is to go off the diet on my long run days which puts me back to square one and is no doubt the reason why I have not lost weight. It would be nice to know if there was a good way to modify it. On the other hand, the diet is reasonably easy to follow as long as I can resist grabbing the kids' strawberries out of their hands. It would also be nice to hear from people who have kept the weight off for at least a year as to how they did it.

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Summary: An informative and successful answer to my overweight proble
Review: I always thought that my 'overwieghtness' was hereditary and it would never change...but after two weeks in Hawaii at christmas, in a bathing suit-it had to change. While vacationing I purchased your book and was intrigued at the success of this diet with others and thought I'd give it a try. I'll have to say I didn't believe in diets at all before this miraculous wieghtloss. I'm 33 and 5'10" tall weighing in at 223lbs before I began and had a high cholesteral count(8), I couldn't cross my legs comfortably anymore, excersize was labouring for me, couldn't wear half my clothes anymore without squeezing into them...and I never ever stepped on a scale. Now I am almost in my 5th week of this diet and weigh 185lbs. I have so much energy that my dog is really enjoying the long 1-2hr walks everyday. I can cross my legs again and the other day I tried on a pair of jeans I haven't worn since highschool. I even went out and bought myself a fancy scale! My cholesteral count in now a healthy 4! I feel as though I've gotten part of my life back thanks to Dr. Atkins. The only problem I have is being patient with the weight loss but I know that once that pound comes off it will never come back because this isn't a bus I'm catching to lose weight and then jump off...it's a path I have chosen forever.

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Summary: The "last" diet to try!
Review: My husband was referred to an Optifast obesity program by his cardiologist - instead the two us went on the Atkins diet. He has lost 56 pounds in 12 weeks, and dropped his cholesterol 33%. I have much less weight to lose and have lost 30 in 12 weeks. This is the first "diet" that we have been on where we do not crave carbohydrates... The meals are delicious and satisfying. The foods we have been restricting; eggs, butter, bacon, sausage for so long are now allowed. We even lived through the holidays and lost weight. This is a plan that we may opt to stay on for "life."