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To: craig crawford who wrote (137772)	1/24/2002 5:54:14 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

first of all, quite cherry picking which posts you respond to. where are all the atkins super athletes? where is anybody on atkins competing at a high athletic level? where? where? where? rotflmao! >>you are being disingenuous<< no, you are being ignorant of the zone diet. the general recommendation is 0.5 to 1.0 grams of protein per lb of lean body mass. 0.5 is sedentary. 1.0 is highly athletic. >>do you really think 60 grams of protein will cause cancer in someone with 120 lbs of lean body mass and sedentary?<< read what i wrote again. concentrate this time. you can do math, can't you? those figures are adjustable, however, 0.5 is a very realistic number for many folks. >>anyway i don't see why you let people bully you into backing away from your position, which is correct.<< why on earth would i eat more protein than my body requires to support (or slowly build) its lbm? that is stoopit, stoopit, stoopit, imho, and serve NO PURPOSE. think about it. the purpose of eating is to nourish the body and, hopefully, enjoy some good tasting food. it isn't to trick your body into starvation mode and then stuff your face with protein than your body can use - gluttony, pure and simple. yes, i think gluttony is bad for you. the irony is that both you and vic are on the opposite sides of the spectrum and neither of knows what you are talking about wrt the zone. amazing! ;-) you think it is extreme, as does victor. in fact, it is a moderate, well thought out diet that has been used to great advantage by more than a few world class athletes to achieve peak performance. the atkins diet hasn't done butkis in that regard and i have to question why? why? why (especially that beloved state of ketosis which HARMS athletic performance at the highest levels? we KNOW the zone supports peak performance in some folks at the olympic athlete level. we don't know butkis about atkins. the puzzle isn't complicated, the inferences aren't difficult to draw.