Von Glassoff
Assistant Cook
- Joined
- Aug 3, 2005
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- 37
I have heard that the Atkins Diet throws your body into keytosis. Do not know if I am spelling that right. Which can be unhealthy for some people. I have never tried it. I have seen a lot of people lose weight on it and when they got off of it they gained it all back and then some. But that is the way with any diet. What no one has mentioned is that grain foods are high in omega 6. A ratio of 1 to 1 of omega 6 to omega 3 is ideal for the human body. Up until 100 to 150 yrs ago people consumed a diet that was generally balanced like this. (Probably the increase of junk foods and fast food restaurants) Most diets now are a ratio of 60-1 to 21-1. I don't think carbs are bad for us if we don't consume so much of them and not enough green leafy vegetables and fruits. Too many carbs causes inflamation in the body and weight gain. I am talking about all grain foods. That includes corn and cornmeal. If you want to fatten up a cow before the slaughter you feed it an increase in grain food. I think people should exercise regularly, eat a healthy diet. We all know what healthy is. I don't think people should eliminate grain foods. I think they should not go overboard on their intake of them. If a person writes down what they eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner and they see too many grain foods, then just cut back on them.