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Old 28-07-2006, 19:35   #8
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Re: Prader-Willi Syndrome

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Originally Posted by Xaccers
2 weeks is just the time Atkins gives to get your body off it's "carb addiction" afterwhich you start re-introducing carbs slowly.
However, Atkins doesn't work for everyone.
A guy at work lost 6 stone in a scary short period of time!
I think where people start to go 'bug eyed' is where they try to get the significance of glyceamic index (GI), when it comes to carbs, so reducing refined sugar is usually a good thing, as they are high GI, but wholegrain oats are low GI, even though they contain starch.....
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