Is Atkins and Other Low-Carb Plans Safe?

Wednesday 5th April 2006 - 4:59:38 PM

The Atkins diet is not a safe diet in everybody. It can cause potentially life-threatening problems.
“Low carbohydrate diets for weight management are far from healthy, given their association with ketosis, constipation or diarrhea, halitosis, headache, and general fatigue to name a few side effects,” Dr. Lyn Steffen, an obesity expert at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, wrote in an editorial accompanying The Lancet study.
“The low-carbohydrate diet is not a diet for life.”
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(by Marcela Vanharova)

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