Welcome to Ellis Toussier-Ades Bigio-Antebi's A Quick Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, and Pritikin Diets Introduction: I will compare three popular diets quickly: 1. On one extreme is The Atkins Diet, which is VERY LOW CARBS consequently HIGH PROTEIN and FAT... 10% to 20% fat, the rest is Protein and fat... About 10% Carbs, 45% Fat, 45% Protein, or 20% Carbs, 40% Fat, 40% Protein.. 2. Directly opposite on the other extreme is the High Carb Very Low fat diets, exemplified by Dr. Dean Ornish, the Pritikin Diet, and the U.S. Dept of Agriculture Food Guide Pyramid, which is 60% Carbs, 20% Fat, 20% protein... or even 70% Carbs, 10% Fat, 20% protein. 3. Unhappy to choose sides, we get the Zone Diet, by Barry Sears, which takes the happy middle road... 30% Fat, 40% Carbs, 40% Protein. (And there is also the "Ellis Toussier diet", (which nobody has heard about, except here on Rejuvenation) which is based on the Carbohydrate Thermometer, and turns out to be pretty similar to the Atkins (It is not a copy of any diet.) In essence, I choose foods that are cold or cool on the Carbohydrate Thermometer... I avoid foods that are "warm" or "hot" on the thermometer, and in principle I also avoid fat as much as I can. http://www.rajeun.net/carbotherm.html The Amazing Carbohydrate Thermometer Protein is King, but protein doesn't appear directly on the Carbohydrate Thermometer. However, we can study quickly the three groups that are lowest on the Carbohydrate Thermometer: ANIMAL ORIGIN all contain about 10% to 30% protein, and VEGETABLES contain about 2% to 8% protein, and FRUITS contain 1% or less protein. So that tells it to you: Animal Origin and Vegetables are the two best groups to get protein AND ALSO avoid carbohydrates which raise my glucose levels too high. Concentrate on ANIMAL ORIGIN and VEGETABLES, small portions of FRUITS, very small portions of BEANS AND NUTS, extremely small portions of BREAD or tortillas or cookies or chocolate cake (and even extremely small portions are bad), and avoid like the plague BREAKFAST CEREALS and SWEETS and SUGAR... AND... I Have "Growth hormone for Breakfast" everyday...) Hands down, in my opinion the best of these diets is my diet, because I have "growth hormone for breakfast" every day, and nobody can come close to the benefits that gives if they omit it... but I don't want to brag or joke... let's take a closer look at the other three diets, based on a 2000 calorie daily intake: The Atkins Diet is about 10% or 20% carb calories, of 2000 = 200 cal to 400 calories from carbs. Each 4 calories is one gram, so this means 50 to 100 grams of carbs goes into your body each day. Remember that SUGAR IS 100% carbs, so that almost means you are eating 50 to 100 grams of sugar, on the Atkins diet. The Pritikin, or Food Diet, means you are sticking in 60% x 2000= 1200 carb calories= 300 grams of carbs = 300 grams of SUGAR... And the Sears Diet means you are sticking in 40% x 2000 = 800 carb calories = 200 grams of SUGAR... 100 grams Atkins 200 grams Sears 300 grams Pritikin Just so you can visualize it, 300 grams of sugar is as much sugar as fits into a bottle that dispenses sugar in a restaurant... that is a WHOLE LOT OF GOO that goes into your body! 200 grams of sugar is two thirds of that... that is still a whole lot of goo, but less than the Pritikin... and the Atkins is about a third of that bottle... still a lot of goo, but apparently MY BODY can handle it, and it is delicious to eat some fruits and beans and nuts... I'm lucky I can still eat them (Dr. Bernstein, who has Diabetes 1, can't...) So... Dr. Atkins has many diplomas, Dr. Sears has many diplomas, and Dr. Ornish has many diplomas, and they have each written books that say exactly the opposite one from the other, so who should you believe? Potatoes are good, or potatoes are bad? Breakfast cereals with fruits and bees honey is good, or breakfast cereals with fruits and bees honey is bad? Orange Juice is good, or orange juice is bad? Which is it? I repeat what I like to say often: "DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY... DON'T EVEN BELIEVE ME!... BELIEVE THE GLUCOSE METER"... That means, GO AHEAD AND EAT IT... but then TEST YOURSELF WITH A GLUCOSE METER!! If the glucose meter says you don't get a high glucose level from eating the Sears or the Pritikin way, then go ahead and eat your potatoes and fruits and spaghetti, enjoy a small or medium piece of bread with non-fat marmalades and bees honey. BUT I GET A VERY HIGH RESPONSE to potatoes and spaghetti and bread and breakfast cereals... I love fruits, but large portions raise my glucose levels too high... What is "too high" ? "According to Ellis" every time you raise your glucose levels above 90 it is already a bit too high... I can't avoid it... but I TRY to avoid it by choosing the foods that are "cool" on the carbohydrate thermometer. That means: ANIMAL ORIGIN and practically any VEGETABLES, and half portions of FRUITS... My advice to you and to everybody is BUY A GLUCOSE METER! I like the Roche AccuCheck Sensor, but I am not a stockholder in Roche, and I am not pushing it for any economic reason, except that I like it and others are slightly different, so if you get a Roche meter your results will be compatible with the results of my meter, but if you have another brand, the IDEA is still the same: less than 25 is DEATH 50 is HYPOGLYCEMIA (ie, too low) 70 to 90 is PERFECT 100 is already HIGH 120 is BAD 140 is TERRIBLE 160 is HORRIBLE 180 is DEATHLY 200 or more is SUICIDAL This chart, above, is correct, "according to Ellis" but too strict according to most diabetes specialist doctors. In any case, there is no doubt that it is strict, but it is absolutely correct... at least the idea is correct... I call 100 "HIGH" because at this level you are causing your pancreas to leak a little insulin, like a water faucet that is not totally shut. Think of it like a car that is advancing on the Road to Diabetes... by causing your pancreas to leak a little insulin, even at 100, you are advancing slowly towards Diabetes... imagine you are moving at 1 Mile per Hour... or even at 1 Foot per hour... at any speed forward, you will eventually get there. The best thing is to STOP, if you can. I am not even certain that 90 is "perfect" but I get 90 so many times on the glucose meter when I inject insulin that I assume that insulin DOWN and glucagon UP turns off my insulin production at that point, like an elevator going down and a small adjustment at the end that levels it with the ground floor. (This is all only "according to Ellis"... it is how I IMAGINE it works... I could be mistaken, but it gives me an explanation that I can work with.) You cannot lose if you follow my table above as a guide, and you definitely win if you TRY to stay close to 70 to 90 on the glucose meter, however you can get 70 to 90... "by hook or by crook"... So... now YOU tell us how the Sears Diet is for you. I repeat, there is no way to know your glucose levels except if you TEST it. I suggest you test about 30 minutes after you finish a meal... if you really want to learn how you react to carbs, test yourself with a known amount of pure sugar, ie, get an accurate scale and weigh 10 grams of sugar, 20 grams of sugar, and 40 grams of sugar, dissolve the sugar in water, and DRINK IT... then test yourself with the glucose meter. This will teach you how you will react to all seven groups of the carbohydrate thermometer, so you can PREDICT what will happen when you eat a plate of spaghetti, or the bread that comes with a hamburger, or the potatoes or rice that comes on the plate that they serve you in a restaurant, etc. If I had accumulated all the food that I have LEFT ON THE PLATE for the past 3 years, I assure you I could fill a garbage truck with junk food that would have gone into my body, but didn't. I sent it to where it should go, the garbage can. The glucose meter tells me I did the right thing, that is where all that bread and rice and spaghetti and potatoes belong. I don't believe anybody, not even "Ellis", I only believe the glucose meter. Period. It is a new organ of my body. I test 8 or 10 times a day. I have taken thousands of home glucose blood tests, and I take more every day because I inject a little insulin. I guarantee I could get by without testing, but I don't mind testing, and I would never be able to know if I should inject a little insulin after eating unless I test... so I test. - Ellis Toussier, Sept 2, 2004

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