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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (137932)	1/28/2002 4:31:09 AM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>> optimal diets support peak performance and atkins doesn't. period. << you keep saying this yet you have failed to present any evidence or proof to support this statement. >> let's see, god says plants and fruit are good for food... << i eat plants and fruit. >> atkins says they are bad... << liar. show me where dr atkins says plants and fruits are "bad". >> but can be "tolerated"... atkins is WRONG. << fine. prove it. s-h-o-w me the m-o-n-e-y! >> your BLIND FAITH is misplaced, imho << get one thing straight. i do not place blind faith in dr atkins or anyone else for that matter. i simply said that my way of eating closely matches his diet plan. i should clarify, not his 2-week induction diet, but his maintenance diet which allows more fruits and veggies if you're not trying to lose weight.

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (137932)	1/28/2002 5:34:54 AM
From: craig crawford	Respond to of 164684

my diet can be explained quite simply. if you want to call it an atkins diet fine with me. i have tried to identify natural, whole foods found in nature with the most vitamins and nutrients and the least amount of sugar or carbs, fiber excepted. my diet doesn't come out of a box or a can. it is mostly all fresh food. bananas have some nutrients, but a lot of sugar to go along with it. one banana has about as much sugar as an 8-oz glass of coke. so it doesn't make it in my diet. i get plenty of potassium from other sources. nuts, meat, berries, avocados, even lettuce is a good source of potassium. potatoes don't make the cut. potatoes have vitamins and minerals too, but they are loaded with sugar. i would eat potatoes before i ate pasta, rice, or bread, so it's all relative. foods don't have to be 100% bad or 100% good. but they can be ranked as more or less healthy. i choose not to eat oranges to get vitamin c. i prefer to get my vitamin c from things like bell peppers, broccoli, parsley, kale and other greens, and strawberries, all of which contain more vitamin c than an orange with less sugar. of course i get vitamin c from other lesser sources such as cauliflower, tomatoes, other berries, onions, radishes, lettuce, etc. carrots have a lot of beta-carotene (pre-cursor to vitamin a), but so do all the dark green vegetables i eat--with far less sugar. of course only the egg yolk, not the whites are an excellent supply of vitamin a in my diet. vitamin b complex - obviously no shortage of these in my diet considering all the animal products i eat. vitamin d - good old egg yolk supplies that plus some fatty fish in my diet and butter has it too. of course sunlight can supply it for you as well. vitamin e - i don't need to eat nasty wheat germ or oatmeal to get vitamin e in my diet. all the nuts, seeds, leafy greens, and some oils i eat contain vitamin e. of course don't forget as with vitamin a and d, only the egg yolks contain all the vitamin e that the whites lack. i'm not going to go on and on with every vitamin and mineral, but you get the point. for every sugary fruit, or starchy veggie americans gravitate to i can find a healthier alternative with more nutrients and less sugar.