I did Atkins 10 years. Suffered horrible long boughts of constipation - used flaxseed (everything to help) for years - became dependent on it/after 5 years lost bowel function - straining straining bad bad bad...led to major vaginal and rectal prolapses!!!!...uterine prolapse (had to have hysterectomy cannot have children now!) plus enterocele, rectocele, cycstocele (look'em up you DON'T want these), just returned from MAJOR laparoscopic surgery to correct these prolapses. Just to be thin. Just to be thin? And on Atkins, always thinking about food, hungry, hairloss, bad breath, poor "bathrooming" habits/dependency on flaxseed-laxatives you name it...and yes, I ate the veggies...lost 20 pounds in 2 years, kept it off for 8 more...NOT WORTH IT NOT WORTH IT. Hospital bill totaled 18,000$$$ ---- people don't see the longterm problems...I was potassium, calcium deficient...yes, I took vitamins, had irritability, depression and anxiety about my health deterioration...lost YEARS to this obsession. PLEASE. Don't start. I DIDN'T HAVE IBS BEFORE I STARTED ATKINS.
The dehydration alone (first week) is not healthy - screws with your blood pressure (dangerously low after YEARS of dieting this way)...lost appetite eventually just ate eggs, salad and cheese - this is NOT a life. I know, doesn't happen AT FIRST to everyone this way - but please...learn from my story. Learn now and save your insides, your wallet and your LIFE. I now considered myself "Atkins-recovered" and predict there will be many more of us to come once people see the light. I NOW eat a LOW GI/High soluable fiber diet to save my health, my life and my colon and guess WHAT? I WEIGH LESS NOW THAN WHEN I WAS ON THE ATKINS DIET!!! And do I even CARE - NO! YES I GET ALL THESE "GOOD" CARBS AND I FEEL GREAT AND AM HEALTHY AND FINALLY HAVE MY BODY/BOWELS/BREATH AND YES, HAIR BACK!!!! Thanks!!!
Edited by sweetpea (07/06/04 07:03 PM)
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