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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 1878288" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p>I came to post a grumble about this article but fortunately checked first to see if anyone else had already commented.</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Is it just me? I had a very negative emotional response to the picture of the author posing with a handful of meat (er...I mean...). My instincts are not always accurate but are generally pretty good. Comes into the trust and throw category.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">What a total incompetent. Starts an impulse eating plan with no forward planning and wonders why it doesn't go smoothly. Including ringing up a neighbour to ask if she has any beef in her freezer. Why didn't he have beef in his freezer (assuming he had the foresight to own one).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Irregular eating pattern - relying on beef sticks rather than the suggested roasted ribs and ground beef. Nothing in the article to say that he even tried to roast the ribs. Mainly bragging that he didn't know how to cook beef. Suggests someone who does not cook for himself.<br /> "I’ve never actually cooked a steak, but happily a friend offers to come and cook for me. My apartment isn’t very well ventilated and we manage to set the fire alarm off. I go to bed."</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Carb flu - as already noted going from a mixed diet to full on ketogenic can lay you out for a couple of weeks whilst your body adapts to the new fuel. This reads as a classic study of carb flu.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">All or nothing approach - as already noted the woman proposing the diet adopted a phased approach of eliminating foods one by one and finally settling on beef only. If she was previously eating beef and green vegetables she would already be keto adapted.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Do people remember back to when the Atkins Diet was all the rage? This is almost a direct rip off from the articles posted then about people trying Atkins for a week and deciding that it was rubbish.</li> </ol><p>These kind of articles are just intended to stir up the readership. Which they do. However they then hang around for people to use as a reference. It was in the Guardian. It must be true!</p><p></p><p>I'm now contemplating if it is worth the effort to write to the Guardian. Probably not.</p><p></p><p>My wife's comment?</p><p>"What a Richard{cough}. Ignore him. He's just paid by the article."</p><p></p><p>Edit: for more scaremongering</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/21/society.politics" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/21/society.politics</a></p><p>LCHF is "potentially deadly".</p><p></p><p>Edit 2: from the above link</p><p>"Professor Astrup said: "They start to suffer headaches, muscle cramps and diarrhoea. This is consistent with a carbohydrate deficiency. They simply do not get enough carbohydrate to supply the tissues with blood sugar. That is why the organs start to malfunction." The minimum daily requirement of carbohydrate for an adult is 150g a day. On the Atkins diet, carbohydrate intake is restricted to one fifth of that level."</p><p>Noting that this is allegedly apparently six months or more into the diet, although this isn't clearly stated.</p><p>Does anyone here not consider the above to a blatant lie?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 1878288, member: 6467"] I came to post a grumble about this article but fortunately checked first to see if anyone else had already commented. [LIST=1] [*]Is it just me? I had a very negative emotional response to the picture of the author posing with a handful of meat (er...I mean...). My instincts are not always accurate but are generally pretty good. Comes into the trust and throw category. [*]What a total incompetent. Starts an impulse eating plan with no forward planning and wonders why it doesn't go smoothly. Including ringing up a neighbour to ask if she has any beef in her freezer. Why didn't he have beef in his freezer (assuming he had the foresight to own one). [*]Irregular eating pattern - relying on beef sticks rather than the suggested roasted ribs and ground beef. Nothing in the article to say that he even tried to roast the ribs. Mainly bragging that he didn't know how to cook beef. Suggests someone who does not cook for himself. "I’ve never actually cooked a steak, but happily a friend offers to come and cook for me. My apartment isn’t very well ventilated and we manage to set the fire alarm off. I go to bed." [*]Carb flu - as already noted going from a mixed diet to full on ketogenic can lay you out for a couple of weeks whilst your body adapts to the new fuel. This reads as a classic study of carb flu. [*]All or nothing approach - as already noted the woman proposing the diet adopted a phased approach of eliminating foods one by one and finally settling on beef only. If she was previously eating beef and green vegetables she would already be keto adapted. [*]Do people remember back to when the Atkins Diet was all the rage? This is almost a direct rip off from the articles posted then about people trying Atkins for a week and deciding that it was rubbish. [/LIST] These kind of articles are just intended to stir up the readership. Which they do. However they then hang around for people to use as a reference. It was in the Guardian. It must be true! I'm now contemplating if it is worth the effort to write to the Guardian. Probably not. My wife's comment? "What a Richard{cough}. Ignore him. He's just paid by the article." Edit: for more scaremongering [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/21/society.politics[/URL] LCHF is "potentially deadly". Edit 2: from the above link "Professor Astrup said: "They start to suffer headaches, muscle cramps and diarrhoea. This is consistent with a carbohydrate deficiency. They simply do not get enough carbohydrate to supply the tissues with blood sugar. That is why the organs start to malfunction." The minimum daily requirement of carbohydrate for an adult is 150g a day. On the Atkins diet, carbohydrate intake is restricted to one fifth of that level." Noting that this is allegedly apparently six months or more into the diet, although this isn't clearly stated. Does anyone here not consider the above to a blatant lie? [/QUOTE]
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