From Katherine, Age 14 - 05/25/04 - IP#: 66.44.59.xxx Click here to reply
Hey guys, i have a question for those who have been on atkins or are on it right now. What are good snacks to eat- i read the book but it really doesn't mention snack- anyone know any low carb snacks?
Reply from leah, Age 14 - 05/28/04 - IP#: 65.54.98.xxx pork rinds r great....0 carbs....i forgot all about those...personally, i hate them...but my mom, dad and sister love them!!!
Reply from leah, Age 14 - 05/28/04 - IP#: 65.54.98.xxx NO PEANUTS!!!!!!!! FULL OF CARBS!!!!
Reply from leah, Age 14 - 05/28/04 - IP#: 65.54.98.xxx some great snacks are- cheese, any kind of meat, like slim jims, or salami... beef jerky, grapes are good, anything sugar free, and low carb.....my mom gets this great ice cream thats called carbsmart, and its only 3 carbs per serving.....they have different flavors too... Hope i helped1!!!
Reply from Zach, Age 16 - 05/26/04 - IP#: 4.152.255.xxx And i think some people took what i said offensively or personally about atkins yesterday. So please if you take it that way today, i am sorry, no offense to anybody, i do want everybody to lose weight and be successful and have nothing against anyone. I just have a bad habit of going off on rants lol.
Reply from Zach, Age 16 - 05/26/04 - IP#: 4.152.255.xxx Oh, and I almost forgot lol, we buy candy bars that have only 1 or 2 carbs in them. They taste like real stuff and are GOOD. So, you can have those occasionally too.
Reply from Zach, Age 16 - 05/26/04 - IP#: 4.152.255.xxx time to disprove more anti-atkins stuff: my aunt died of the same thing atkins did. He died because of congestive heart failure. This was not caused by his diet, nor was it for my great aunt. It was due to a genetic thing. Reasearch has shown colestorol(sp?) improvements in people on atkins. Anyway, pork rinds are really good, cuz thanks to them i dont miss potato chips on atkins. Sometimes I also have a small salad with some spicy ranch ( i like spicy stuff lol) on it, and its fine too. And ketosis is not your body thinking its starving yourself. It is the process of burning fat because of a lack of carbs. Your body is either geting energy from ketosis or glucosis (meaning the excess sugar or carbs). Would you rather be burning fat or pumping more sugar into your system?
Reply from Michelle, Age 17 - 05/25/04 - IP#: 24.83.221.xxx actually, the guy who invented the Atkins diet died at 44 of a heart attack..i'm guessing..too much saturated fats. Atkins does help you lose weight, but your body goes into a state called Ketosis where it thinks you're starving yoruself because you dont have carbs to burn..so it starts burning off all the stuff that you do need.
Reply from MissyK, Age 18 - 05/25/04 - IP#: 24.84.212.xxx If you are in the induction phase of Atkins, then you can't have nuts or sugar-free ice cream. It says so in the book. You CAN have pork rinds, avocado, string cheese and a little bit of cream cheese.
Reply from Joanna, Age 16 - 05/25/04 - IP#: 64.12.116.xxx fruit, sugar-free icecream, sugar-free ice pops, peanuts, umm and there is special snacks that say "low carbs" on them... but i think you should just stay with the things i listed bc in a magazine they tried them and said that they are more expensive and dont taste so good
