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Originally Posted by zahena
I was on depo and that's when all this weight magically appeared. Of course the depo made me insane so I had to get off it before a shotgun miracously appeared in my hand while perched in a clock tower! LOL!!! I was only on it for a meer 9 months but that was enough.
My favorite is when people do South Beach or even worse Atkins. Totally unhealthy. In fact, it killed a friend of ours because it aggrevated a heart condition he had, his electrolytes got out of balance and he passed away in his sleep. Since he was out on tour we just assumed a drug overdose. never thinking it was a diet he was on to get his "rock star" body in line!
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The south beach diet is not totally unhealthy; from all research I have done it is one of the healthiest of the popular diet books out there. There is peer-reviewed scientific research backing up the principles underlying the diet. Do you even know what it is? It is nothing like the Atkins diet. My doctor recommends a southbeach-type diet, but many doctors poo-poo it without even knowing what it is, because it unfortunately has had a "low carb" label attached to it, when in fact the diet's emphasis is on eliminating refined carbs and limiting other high-glycemic carbs.
I'm only one data point, but at one time my cholesterol was 289, and I reduced it to just under 200 and increased my HDLs after 3 months on the south beach diet. Many of us here who are healthy and managing our weight problems are essentially following the principles of the south beach diet.
Sedonia