Some time ago there was a thread about Atkins diet and exercise. I am wondering if anyone has some good advice about using this diet when you are an athlete. I work out every day, whether it's 4,000 yards in the pool, or 3-4 miles on the treadmill, or dryland training (weights). I went on Atkins a week ago to lose 10 pounds, so far I've lost 4 and feel terrific. Last Saturday I had a 5000-yard workout that was the best in ages. So much energy!
I'm just wondering if it's because I've added much-needed protein to my diet (I'm a carb junkie). A fellow athlete poo-poo's the Atkins plan and says it's a bunch of hogwash, that athletes HAVE to have some carbs and they won't kill you.
Anyone?
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A close contact of mine who work in a mega, mega, mega soft drink company advised me NOT to drink the diet version.
NutraSweet, consumed in signifigant quantities over time can erode pieces of the brain, and destroy a person's ability to remember. Basically, nurtasweet is phramaldahide (how spell?).
so, that's pretty scary--I've cut out the diet drink all together. And, it's funny--I worked for a man that drank about 5-7 diets a day...and he was crazy as a loon...couldn't find his keys EVER, and he would be in a middle of a meeting and pull and old sandwich out of his briefcase. Maybe the diet drink is what made him a wacko--who knows.
In any case, my bodybuilding friends have advised me for maximum energy to eat carbs that are slow release, and not white flour. Anything "enriched" avoid 100%.
A close contact of mine who work in a mega, mega, mega soft drink company advised me NOT to drink the diet version.
NutraSweet, consumed in signifigant quantities over time can erode pieces of the brain, and destroy a person's ability to remember. Basically, nurtasweet is phramaldahide (how spell?).
so, that's pretty scary--I've cut out the diet drink all together. And, it's funny--I worked for a man that drank about 5-7 diets a day...and he was crazy as a loon...couldn't find his keys EVER, and he would be in a middle of a meeting and pull and old sandwich out of his briefcase. Maybe the diet drink is what made him a wacko--who knows.
In any case, my bodybuilding friends have advised me for maximum energy to eat carbs that are slow release, and not white flour. Anything "enriched" avoid 100%.
