From henry, Age 14 - 10/05/03 - IP#: 67.30.76.xxx  Click here to reply  
ok, i asked my mum about atkins diet and she looked on the internet an heres wat she found. it says the atkins diet can be bad for kids cuz it can hurt ur kidneys and makes fatty stuff in ur blood that can clogg ur arteries an gives u heart disease. and u cant eat fruit or grains which u need for vitemins and health. also gives u bad breath . and u gotta do it forever or u gain the weihgt back. heres the web stuff   http://heartdisease.about.com/library/weekly/aa082603a.htm  http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/features/atkins_diet_003833.htm  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=711091&dopt=Abstract
Reply from anne, Age 16 - 10/06/03  - IP#: 216.66.108.xxx
no- you don't have to be on it forever- you can eat a little bit of carbs after the first two weeks and you add them slowly into your diet again. it's not unlike any other diet in that you can't eat everything that made you gain weight before because obviously you'll gain weight. it's only bad for your kidneys if you keep on it for too long becasue your kidneys will be making ketones for your body to run on instead of sugar which is stored in your kidney. for every 1 pound of fat stored in your kidney there is 6 pounds of water! you lose that during the atkins diet. and again with the bad breath- that's due to ketonosis also- but it shouldn't become that extreme...