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1. Soon after Dr. Atkins died anti-Atkins groups started spreading lies that he died from his diet.

The truth:

On April 8, 2003, at age 72, Dr. Atkins slipped on the ice while walking to work, hitting his head and causing bleeding around his brain. He lost consciousness on the way to the hospital, where he spent two weeks in intensive care. His body deteriorated rapidly and he suffered massive organ failure. During this time, his body apparently retained an enormous amount of fluid, and his weight at death was recorded at 258 pounds. His death certificate states that the cause of death was "blunt impact injury of head with epidural hematoma".
Youre so wrong. Low carb diets are a way of life. You give up only sweets and starchy veg. In the very first phase of atkins you are eating 3 cups of greens a day, and it increases with more and more as you go along the 4 phases. Once someone switches to a low carb lifestyle there is no going back. You can eat right for a month or 2 and then go back to eating Krap.
France eats, more fat and meat than we do and they have less heart attacks- why? we eat 5 times the sugar they do. Low carb means high fiber veg and fats and proteins. If you don’t eat fat then your insulin levels sky rocket, fat is the only one that keeps insulin levels and blood sugar normalized.
I meant you cannot go back to eating krap- you have to have a low carb lifestyle and that only means very little starches and empty sugars. Read the books and you will actually know what you’re talking about.

In light of the coming holy month of ramadhan, I will be fasting a month.

In this month and a half of summer, I gained a lot of muscle. I would really hate to lose all the weight I gained while fasting. Can anyone advise me on how to prevent weight loss?

The first thing that comes to mind is to exercise after eating; would that be effective?

Thanks!
I think I made a mistake in explaining my question. Let me rephrase:

How can I prevent muscle loss?

The reason for ramadhan is that it is a month that is meant to allow an individual to practice patience, and spirituality. Furthermore, it is physically healthy:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC156352/

"We report that when C57BL/6 mice are maintained on an intermittent fasting (alternate-day fasting) dietary-restriction regimen their overall food intake is not decreased and their body weight is maintained. Nevertheless, intermittent fasting resulted in beneficial effects that met or exceeded those of caloric restriction including reduced serum glucose and insulin levels and increased resistance of neurons in the brain to excitotoxic stress."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-04-28-fasting_x.htm

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My doctor recently put me on a low carb diabetic diet. I am not a diabetic – yet. I have a very high insulin resistance in which he wants to treat with diet and exercise and diabetic meds. I have been charting everything I eat, the calories, the fat grams, the carbs, fiber and protein. However, since my carbs have decreased, it seems that my fat intake has increased – at least it seems that way in the pie chart. Is it possible to reduce the fat AND carbs? The doc wants me under 35 carbs a day which is extremely hard to do as it is. It seems like the lower fat foods have a higher carb content and the higher fat foods have a lower carb content. I am concerned about my blood lipids, blood pressure and overall heart health. I would greatly appreciate any tips or advice you may have to offer.

Thanks!
Oh, the reason I am so insulin resistant is due to the PCOS that I was diagnosed with a year ago. It’s sypmtoms have started to take over my body very quickly and has deemed me infertile, unless I can drop and control my insulin levels ASAP.