Originally posted by SwedishFish
oooh god please don't do that, anyone. sure it works but it's so horrible on your body. weightloss should be for health and your health certainly won't improve! if your only reason for dieting is vanity, you need to reevaluate your priorities. otherwise, enjoy your shortened lifespan as a thin but unhealthy person.
the science behind it is factual. the only problems you will encounter is that it is going to be a lifestyle change for the rest of your life if you choose to remain slim.
introducing that much fat and protein into your system only causes your body to store the only carbs you eat(if you implement a drastic change) as energy and will most likely produce quick weight gain after moderate weight loss.
I agree with both these people.
I can honestly not recommend that kind of diet. If your goal is weight loss, do it the right way. Your body doesn't need that much protein. Did you know that the RDA of protein is about 50 grams? Your body loses about 25 grams of protein a day due to skin loss, nails, perspiration, and hair. All of that can be replaced in a diet void of protein.
Proteins are made up of amino acids. When you cook meat, the amino acids gets messed up and it forms a big mess. To retrieve the amino acids during digestion requires a great deal of energy. Meat and protein need more energy to digest than anything else. Once it is broken up into amino acids, your body can once again use those amino acids to rebuild itself.
Chickens give just that: chicken protein. Beef gives just that: beef protein. You're not a chicken and you're not a cow. Your body can't use that protein in that form. It uses amino acids.
There are twenty-three amino acids. Fifteen of them are produced by the body. Eight of them needs to be consumed in the diet. They are called essential amino acids. Green vegetables and nuts contains all eight essential amino acids.
When you eat only proteins, you place an incredible strain on the body in both digestion and detoxification. Proteins create more toxic waste than anything else. Your body isn't made for the consuption of that much protein. From the length of the digestive tract (10x the length of the torso in humans and other herbivores, 3x in lions and carnivores) to the amount of uric acid secreted by the liver (10x more in carnivores than in humans and other herbivores) to the amount of sleep required (6-8 hours for herbivores and humans, 20 hours for lions and other carnivores).
If you do loose weight, you will immediately gain it again when you start consuming carbohydrates. Your body will go into a mode of storing *all* carbohydrates you eat because you're depriving it of essential nutrients. The Atkins diet is rather disasterous for your body. I would recommend agaist it.