by Karl Denninger
Market-Ticker.org
The often-heard comments when someone says they’re eating HFLC include “your kidneys will explode”, “Atkins was really bad for him (Mr. Atkins)”, “You’ll have a heart attack”, “You can’t be athletic doing that; you need carbs” and more.
I would like to put some perspective on this. Yes, this is anecdote; it’s a sample size of one with no double-blind, of course — that is, my personal experience.
Some background: Somewhat over five years ago I essentially went hard-core Atkins-induction coupled with “Couch-to-5k.” At the time I was unable to run one half mile without stopping, climbing a few sets of stairs was work, even summer lawn mowing was a strenuous exercise — while the heat was certainly not helpful, neither was exercise tolerance. I was “nominally healthy” in that I was not diabetic, but my body mass had risen from about 155 in High School to right around 210, plus or minus a couple.