Good & Bad Advice

[LedMatrix]

I see some people posting some extremely unhealthy and dangerous eating and activity (or lack thereof) tips on these boards. Please folks, 99% of the people here, no matter how well meaning, are NOT health professionals.

Always fact check before taking some crazy advice. Some dangerous advice I've seen just recently is that it's okay to only eat once a day, only consume 900 calories a day and/or engage in NO activity whatsoever. I just can't believe some of the potentially hazardous advice I'm reading here. 

Don't put your health at risk over some knucklehead you don't know. Not everything you read on the interwebs is true!

[HelenaFitbit]

Hello there everyone! I'm jumping into this thread to remind you to keep this friendly and conversational. 

How about sharing some penny crunching eating tips on this thread? 

Take care, happy stepping! 

[Corney]

Raviv, I used to term metabolic acidosis, I know ketoacidosis, usually refers to alcoholics and diabetics.

[Raviv]

I was not replying to you with that post.  I merely mentioned it because that seems to be the next thing people bring up.

[LedMatrix]

That's a good idea. 🙂

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@HelenaFitbit wrote:

Hello there everyone! I'm jumping into this thread to remind you to keep this friendly and conversational. 

Take care, happy stepping! 

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[Raviv]

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@Corney wrote:

Raviv,Raviv you are so wrong. Dr. Atkins was autopsied, the findings showed a Myocardial Infarction, Congestive Heart Failure, and Hypertension.  PLEASE GET YOU FACTS RIGHT before posting!

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Per Snopes:

"It needs be kept in mind that even if the medical examiner's office does become more forthcoming, it still may not be able to answer the question of whether a heart attack brought about the demise of Dr. Atkins. An autopsy was not performed on him because of family objections to the procedure. Consequently, the medical examiner conducted only an external exam and a review of Atkins' hospital records."

He had a history of heart disease previous to his dietary changes, so that often comes up.

Snopes again:

"It is known Robert Atkins did indeed weather a heart attack during his lifetime. In April 2002, the diet guru issued a statement saying he was recovering from cardiac arrest related to a heart infection he had suffered from 'for a few years.' He said it was 'in no way related to diet.' 

However, revelations in February 2004 from the city medical examiner's report let slip the information that Atkins had suffered a heart attack, congestive heart failure, and hypertension, before his death. The report was given to the Journal by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a group that advocates vegetarianism. Because the medical examiner's office is claiming this information was circulated in error, it may not be possible at this time to determine if what was in that report referred to events that immediately preceded (and therefore might have caused) the doctor's death, or if they were in reference to damage done over the course of a lifetime. (The report had been sent to a doctor in Nebraska who requested it. It was later discovered the person it was sent to was not "the treating physician" and so should not have had access to the report.) At present, the medical examiner's office will only say Atkins died of a head injury from the fall. 'I can't comment on people's previous conditions. It's against the law,' said spokeswoman Ellen Borakove."

So the only supposed "evidence" that he had a heart attack comes from a group that actively argues against eating meat and has a reputation for... let's say...  stretching the truth.

I'm done with this discussion, so carry on however you would like.  Tell me I'm all wrong, use caps lock, whatever.  I'm not pro-Atkins or low carb diets in general.  Nor am I against them.  What I am is a proponent of facts and not hyperbole as a key to better decision making.

[fuhsame]

Is this discussion board still being used?  It seem like it died out.

[Dominique]

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@fuhsame wrote:

Is this discussion board still being used?  It seem like it died out.

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Not sure what you mean by "this discussion board". If you mean this particular topic (labelled "Good & Bad Advice"), then yes, it had been quietly dying out, until you revived it. It was degenerating into sterile bickering, so it’s probably a good thing it died out. If you want to start a new discussion, create a new topic.