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To: craig crawford who wrote (143822)	7/17/2002 11:57:44 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

craig, it is more extreme than the zone. also, many people never get out of the induction period b/c they have short attention spans. that isn't atkins' fault, but it is a reality. how do you explain the zone's 90% rating and atkins' 60% rating? anecdotally, my friend was having trouble losing weight. mid 40s, exercised like a teenager. still, no weight loss. i gave him the zone principles and he lost 10 lbs in 1-2 months and maintained his strength and endurance. he told me he reduced his heartburn medication 90% - i didn't even know he was on medication. his wife told me that her doctor said, "your cholesterol looks better than ever, whatever you are doing, keep doing it." he previously tried atkins and didn't like it at all. he was one of the 40% that don't like atkins and one of the 90% that do like the zone. you s/b glad for the zone b/c it ISN'T that carbo nonsense and is quite similar to the moderate ideas behind the atkins diet. my friend would be in carbo hell w/o the zone b/c he had already tried and rejected the atkins diet. instead, he's healthier than he has been in a loooong, time. he's regularly holding his own playing b-ball with kids less than half his age and occasional top flight athletes like doug flutie (not to imply he's near the athlete flutie is, he isn't). it DEFINITELY adds value to some people. just like atkins can add value to some people. this newsgroup post seems to sum it up... I used the Adkins diet a few years ago to lose enough weight to begin running. I haven't been "on" the diet in years but am always now concious of the things I learned while on the diet and from reading the book. The diet is neither the devil it's made out to be nor the miracle some say. It's a tool you can use, like the sand wedge in the golf bag, you don't want to play the whole game with it but it works well when used at the right time and in the right way. No, you probably won't run 40 miles a week while in Ketosis, at least I couldn't [craig, do you run 40 miles a week in the ketosis miracle state?]. In fact I don't know why you would want or need to, as others have said with this mileage you can eat what you want to within reason. But you do learn a lot about controling insulin levels in the body, and about metabolism of fats. DD