I'm halfway through reading Trudeau's book and I was just wondering what
the general consensus is about it. He makes bold claims. Is it just a
bunch of BS? Is some of it true and he just exagerates the rest? Is it
all true? (scary if so)

its all BS. This is a man who has done and is a big believer of the Atkins
Diet. And we all know the truth about that don't we. Trudeau even had a
slot on a shopping channel (SHOP AMERICA)advertising the whole thing. But
people are suffering serious illnesses as a result of that diet. Just don't
believe what the man says. He does it to sell. And he is selling isn't he.

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I'm about 3/4 of the way through and I have to say that I'm taking it with a
grain of salt. Some of his recommendations just aren't feasible in the real
world. Who can NEVER eat in a restaurant and will eat only organic food?
Who's actually going to filter their shower water or NEVER swim in a
chlorinated pool? Do I believe that these things are harmful? Its very
possible... I know what chlorine does to my hair and skin when I swim so it
certainly isn't something that's beneficial to me. There are those things
that I have taken an issue with... such as NOT taking vitamins, for
example... I feel that vitamins improve my quality of living so I'll
continue taking them. On the flipside of that, I'll have to say that I
also buy a lot of it because it's plain common sense. Getting plenty of
rest, drinking lots of water, exercising at least an hour a day, eating lots
of fruits and veggies, not consuming aspartame, and not eating pork are all
things I think are excellent advice.

Do I buy into the natural cures that he touts? I'd have to reply
"definitely, yes".. I became a believer in natural remedies at the age of
18 when I had a UTI that lasted a year and no antibiotic I was being
prescribed was helping. I read that drinking a tablespoon of apple cider
vinegar with a glass of water and taking increased doses of Vitamin C would
cure it -- and it did after only about 3 or 4 days of the regimen (btw, ask
any doctor and they'll tell you that vinegar will worsen the symptoms of a
UTI). So yes, I believe strongly in natural cures versus prescribed
meds.... especially in the case of antidepressive medication. I think
that's such a pharmaceutical scam.

As for his attack on the FDA and the government as a whole... he definitely
takes that to an extreme as well and I'll have to admit that I skipped over
those sections because a lot of it seemed paranoia-based. Had he kept his
attacks directed solely at the FDA, I'd have been okay with that, but he
takes it too far. I personally believe the FDA does NOT have our best
interests at heart. Their only interests are themselves and keeping lots
and lots of money in the medical industry. Take breast implants, for
example. I'm personally following this very closely.... the FDA recently
approved the use of silicone breast implants.... again... as if the first
time around wasn't catastrophic enough. Regardless of proof of very high
failure rates
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q..._uids=16171918
and after listening to testimonies and of women who have had silicone and
saline implants and then had them removed because they were making them ill
http://www.humanticsfoundation.com/shari.htm they approved them anyway. I
could go on forever about things like Phen-Fen or Ritalin or Paxil and other
anti-depressants to adults and especially children under the age of 18....
but I wont.. you get the idea..

So I guess in summary, I have mixed feelings about the book, but personally
I regard most of it as truth. If he'd have left out his political agendas
outside of the FDA, I'd have a more favorable opinion about the book. Oh
yeah... I also disliked that he always said "for more information on this,
subscribe to my newsletter". That got old pretty fast.....

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Well, the folks over on alt.support.diet.low-carb might disagree with you.
They claim that so far the larger studies have shown Atkins to be safe and
effective. I haven't seen any reputable studies to show it isn't either of
those things.

That particular group are like the Jehovah Witnesses of low carb diet. If
you try to comment on some of their stuff they bite your head off. So you
should take what they say with a grain of salt.

I run my business from home as a Herbalife Distributor and our Shapeworks
weight loss program is a high protein - low carb diet but the difference
between this and the Atkins is that Shapeworks is a personalised protein
diet where the diet is tailored to your body composition for your unique
shape. It provides you with the right balance of hunger stopping protein
and healthy carbs. So we don't actually diminsh the carbs. Its about
choosing and educating the good carbs and cut back on bad carbs. We believe
that body fat is important to reduce as well as weight. Thats what gives
you your unique shape. In fact losing inches is more important than losing
weight. According to Dr. Heber (Human Nutrition) its about matching the
protein in your diet to the protein in your body. Too much protein can
damamge the kidneys and liver thats why its personalised. Hope that makes
sense, I know I've rambled on.


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I do tend to take anecdotal evidence with a grain of salt. However I take
the low-carb *studies* seriously. The studies I have seen have so far been
mostly positive.

Which may tend to influence your opinion...

This is very interesting. I would like to learn more about it. Can you
point to at least one independent study that says your diet requirements are
influenced by your body shape?

Are good carbs complex carbs and are bad carbs simpler carbs?


I think pretty much everyone believes that.

Losing fat is what you're getting at, if I understand correctly, because
gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time may mean your weight isn't
changing much, but your measurements and body type should be changing as
shrinking fat deposits reduce the size of the body much more in most areas
than any increase that building muscle mass will cause. Yes, that makes
sense.

According to Dr. Heber (Human Nutrition) its about matching the
Since there doesn't seem to be an epidemic of kidney and liver patients
resulting from the highly popular low carb, high protein diets, I doubt
there is much of a real concern about getting too much protein.

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Well, i have read it a few times, and while, like you, i tend to take some of the
things he says with a grain of salt the old saying of "no smoke without fire"
comes to mind, with regard to the food and drug industries, and FDA.

Teleman