It appears that your coworker just wants you miserable.

It seems that it’s been reported that it does slow down metabolism – a bit – because it reduces thermogenesis. So how do they come to this conclusion? Give a rat sugar and another splenda, then check their temperatures. The rat on Splenda runs cooler, so the conclusion is: Splenda slows metabolism.

It also means another thing: sugar RAISES metabolism – right? Sow we’re not too far off from saying to your coworker: keep drinking that sugary soda as it will help you burn off the pounds by raising your metabolism.

My conclusion is that the impact is minimal.

Here’s a link that has more info – including links to the study this conclusion came from:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?p=478872291

Regards,

LCC

You are absolutely right – to a point.

For someone going cold turkey from a life of eating candy bars with 40 grams of carbs to 2 grams of carbs, that processed concoction of chemicals Atkins sells and calls a candy bar is a crutch.
I don’t have a problem with crutches, however. If it helps a person lose weight, and start to feel better, and begin to slowly change a lifetime of bad habits, then it served it’s purpose perfectly.
With crutches, you can give them up after a time, and remove the processed food completely as your taste changes.
I’ve made my piece with regards to Atkins products – they can be a powerful tool to help some people lose weight and change their habits, and help people transition to a healthier eating lifestyle.
It doesn’t work for everyone – nothing does – but I can’t condemn something that could help a number of people lose weight that might not have been able to do so without them.

Regards,
LCC

I still take it every day. Throughout all my experimentation, that’s one thing that has been pretty constant. I take 2-3 tablespoons in 16 oz of water in the late afternoon or early evening. I like to take it then because it helps to suppress my appetite when it’s at it’s worst (the evening) and I want to avoid taking it near the time I take my vitamins as my understanding is it can block absorption. This is NOT how you are supposed to do it as stated on the label, but it works for me, and does not prevent me from getting into ketosis (I’m there now – yay).

Good luck – and one other thing: check out the store brands if you want to save some bucks.

Regards,

LCC

as far as tweaking Induction…I have an extreme sensitivity to carbs and so starting with 20 carbs a day from foundation veggies really doesn’t do much for me. I have started with as low amount of carbs I can do and believe me that this is hard! I would not recommend it unless you are like myself and nothing works.

Since you sign your name as insomnia I am guessing you have trouble sleeping? I used to. What I do now is at night I use the BHRT Bi-EST cream and my doctor gives me a progesterone pill to take. For some reason that she explained scientifically and I promptly forgot (enzimatic reaction?) the pill form works within a half hour to put you to relax you and put you to sleep. I combine this with a melatonin cream and if I really can’t sleep, like say on a Sunday night before the work week, I take 2 Advil which have a relaxing effect on me. I also take L-Theanine during the early evening if I am stressed. So, my sleeping problems are over – thankfully.

It has been two weeks since I began Induction and I have lost 4-1/2 pounds. We shall see what happens going forward. I have done all the different diets and even the Irvinigia and I just can’t lose any weight.

I must say that doing Atkins I no longer crave sweets at all but the headaches during the first week were hard. Personally, I think that I just ate so much sugar when my kids were small I kind of ruined the way my body processes sugar and it will just take a long time on Atkins before I can eat the “normal” amount of carbs again.