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Not saying Atkins doesn't work for a lot of people, but consider this. In third world countries, obesity is unusual. They life almost EXCLUSIVELY on carbs (rice) and have low heart disease, cancer, etc.
Once they get westernized and put a McDonalds on every corner, obesity (and its health risks) skyrocket.
Also, I like to take a scientific approach to all things. There isn't any evidence that long term Atkins is healthy, but there are dozens of conclusive studys that fat causes all sorts of bad things from breast cancer to colon cancer, heart disease, etc.
I recently went on a lifestyle change, based on common sense. 40 minutes a day workout, and around 1500 calories, mosty low-fat, and ignoring carb intake. (You can't really ignore carbs though, because the bad ones have so many calories).
After a month I lost 15 lbs, and more importantly, its a diet and lifestyle I can maintain for life, where most people on trendy diets can maintain it for only a month or two.
You just need to use common sense. Look back no further to when I was a kid, and obesity was relatively rare. Everyone ate smaller portions though, we all walked a lot more, and fast food was a rare treat, maybe once every couple weeks or so.
Schools never served soda or fries, and we ate 95% home cooked UNPROCESSED foods.
That is all that is needed to stay fit in my opinion, common sense and a major lifestyle change, albeit one that is not that hard to make and very easy to live with.
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