Vegan Atkins

[socraticomatic]

Major Australian newspaper has an article on a veganised version of Atkins (ie., high protein) in its online Diet section (summary: results positive):

Eco-Atkins: the new diet craze

Comments

[orphe_]

*sighs* yet another diet article touting a quick fix while completely ignoring the fact that people don't drop weight fast because we're not built to do it. it's unhealthy!

oh well, i guess if people are going to be morons and massacre their kidneys, i'd rather they do it with beans.

[socraticomatic]

"after 28 weeks a group of overweight men and women following a vegan diet had lost 10 per cent of their starting weight"

10% in 28 isn't really unhealthily fast.

[socraticomatic]

*28 weeks, oops.

[stellamaris]

For reals. Seems a lot of people didn't read that closely :/

[orphe_]

i suppose not. i was referring to the atkins label - that's what it's known for.