HCG AND THE "SARASOTA DIET" DAY 6. THE RESULTS ARE IN...LOW CARBOHYDRATE IS THE BEST DIET!! ROBERT G CARLSON, MD,FACS

HCG AND THE "SARASOTA DIET" DAY 6. THE RESULTS ARE IN...LOW CARBOHYDRATE IS THE BEST DIET!! ROBERT G CARLSON, MD,FACS

Day # 6

Weight: 220.1

Body composition Day 1 %body fat: 22.7 ; % muscle: 33.4 ; Visceral fat: 12

Day 6 %body fat: 20.6 ; % muscle 36.6 ; Visceral fat 11

Day #6: I had a 12 oz shake of Jay Robb’s Whey Protein (chocolate). This stuff is really good blended with ice and water. Drank two cups of coffee, and focused on drinking almost 80 ounces of water today. Lunch involved continuing with my goal of eating low carb vegetables. I try to consume 15 of my grams of carbohydrate as vegetables. Eating a Spinach Cobb salad with Blue cheese dressing, which contained olives, a few tomatoes, chicken, cheese, bacon and egg slices. Of course it came with bread and I quickly set it aside. I have absolutely no desire or craving for pasta, breads, or even my favorite ice cream. This is usually when I falter a little, trying crackers or ice cream, BUT the HCG has reduced any of my cravings to nothing. I had two slices of roast beef and cheddar cheese around 3:00 after a consultation, and then after finishing with patients at 7:30, had another 12 oz shake of Jay Robb’s Whey Protein (chocolate). A late Dinner was three fried eggs in olive oil, two slices of bacon, and cheddar cheese. I used half of a 5 gram lo-carb wrap to put my eggs into. Didn’t get a chance to exercise today, but felt like I had good energy, and if my office schedule wasn’t packed, a nice run on Siesta Key Beach would have been just perfect.
I recently read a report from Web MD that was just plain wrong. It said that there was NO data supporting the Atkins low carbohydrate diet. My response is “There is NO data if you don’t open your eyes and look on Pub Med for 30 seconds.”. Only one year ago there was a review of 13 separate well designed randomized controlled trials comparing low-carbohydrate vs. low-fat/low-calorie diets in the management of obesity. In all of the trials, the Atkins diet was by far the best!! In fact were significant differences between the groups for weight loss, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels , triglyceride levels and the reduction of systolic blood pressure, ALL favoring the low-carbohydrate diet. A 2007 study performed by the NIH(National Institute of Health) in conjunction with Stanford University found that the Atkins diet resulted in the most weight loss, and most beneficial metabolic improvements(lower Total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, Blood sugar levels)when compared to the Zone diet, LEARN diets, and the Ornish diets. Interestingly, the Atkins was the ONLY diet of this group that was not based on limiting calories, starvation and deprivation, but focused on choosing the correct nutrient dense foods that would allow the feeling of fullness, while still burning fat. The goal for the low carbohydrate approach is to switch the body from burning carbohydrates, to burning primarily fat for energy. And the HCG diet directs the body to burn the abnormal fat, not structural fat, thus maintaining energy levels throughout the therapy, and optimizing and maximizing effective weight loss and percent fat reduction.