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my atkins diet "induction flu." HELP
I recently began the low carb atkins diet, and i feel very very dysfunctional. I feel as if i cannot attend class due to lack of energy, nausea, and constant heart palpitations. it takes an effort to stand up or move my ligaments. when will i get over this? will i ever get over this? are heart palpitations normal for an 18 year old girl? the problem is, my diet was solely based on all carbs and sugars so i feel as if this is all a reaction to readjusting to a healthy lifestyle. i am not doing atkins for losing weight specifically, but to set up a healthy style for myself in the future. (weight gain is very common in my family). my family raised me to eat carbs for every single meal and i became just as addicted as someone is to nicotine. it's like i can't live without it.
how long will this atkins diet "flu" last? (I'm really scared, guys). do people go into cardiac arrest from this diet? i'm asking this because i am concerned with these heart palpitations.. but i'm trying to stick with this diet no matter what. someone please help me asap.
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Low carb diets are not sustainable. There is a better alternative...
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Go high carb, low fat, whole foods, plant-based VEGAN! I went vegan this year and have lost 40 pounds, with minimal exercise, and eating AS MUCH as I desire bringing down my BMI from 30 to 24. I weigh less now than I did throughout high school, as an overweight teenager, even when I exercised for hours while on Junior Varsity and Varsity sports teams. I went to my annual physical earlier this month, and even my doctor was in shock.
My goal for next year is to lose 30-40 more pounds, I just need to start exercising on a regular basis. Nothing crazy, just 30-60 minutes of jogging, Ballet Beautiful, bike riding.. things like that.
I think it's amazing what I've accomplished so far, just by changing my diet, though. It's a lot easier to go vegan than it seems. I was never vegetarian, I went from being able to eat an entire box of pizza or entire tub of ice cream in one sitting to a full-fledged vegan. I now spend a lot less money on groceries, have more energy (never need caffeine, and never feel lethargic like I used to on a regular basis), have more concentration, and etc. Try it for a week, that's how I started, and I felt so good that I just kept going, and it's now been 5 months! You can get every nutrient from plant foods, including protein!
Where do you get your protein?! 10 comebacks from a Vegan.
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The only vitamin you need to supplement is B12, and one I personally recommend is Garden of Life's B12 spray (cause I personally hate swallowing pills, and methylcobalamin is better than cyanocobalamin). You can buy it at any health foods store (Whole Foods, Sprouts, Trader Joe's, etc.), or online.
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These two movies turned me into a vegan overnight.
Forks Over Knives
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Processed People
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Cowspiracy
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Here are some good YouTube channels that have helped me, too.
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Stop it Really please stop. Eat normally just stop.
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Stop this now, and talk to your doctor.
Please. Stop it.
The Aktins diet is not only not based on solid science and not effective the reasons it claims to be, but there is potential for it causing a higher risk of heart disease and other cardiovascular problems.
There are basically no sane doctors who still recommend this diet. There are more effective, and safer programs out there.
Heart palpitations for an 18 year old girl are not normal, and anything that causes them should be immediately investigated by a health care professional - and you should stop this 'diet'.
I totally respect your desire to live a healthier life, but the Atkins diet isn't a 'healthier lifestyle'. It's a crash diet, designed to shed as many pounds as quickly as possible. Most people can't can't keep the weight off afterwards because Atkins isn't a designed as a healthy, long-term lifestyle choice. Worse than that, there are studies that show that eating the Atkins way can actually do damage to your body in many ways.
Don't get taken in by the all marketing around dieting, and go see a doctor. Get actual nutritional advice that suits any special needs of your body or your life. In the end, a balanced diet, accompanied by regular exercise, is the best way to get a healthy, steady weight. Diets that relay on such extreme limitations as the Atkins diet are almost always crash diets.
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