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PART TWO How to Do AtkinsToday and for Life（第1页）

PARTTWOHowtoDoAtkins—TodayandforLife

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YouareprtostartAtkinsandbeginlositherearetortantstepsaicalpreparationsthatwilllaythegroundworkforyoursuccess。First，acruihseverekidneydisease（eover2，4）shouldnotdoakinsuodosobytheirphysi。AlsnantwomenandnursingmothersmaydotheLifetimeMaintenashouldnotdoalossphasesofAtkins。

&hingyoumustdoisreviewaionsyoulakeaor'sappoiapletephysiebloodworkas。I'dlikeyoutouandwhyhavingamedicalworkupbefinningAtkinsissoimportant，bothfromahealthperspedtohelpmotivateyoutofollramfaithfully。

ApatientofminenamedDavidFrencha52-year-oldstockbrokerhadtriedtlessdietsandfailedonallofthem，Heewhatreluagged，Isuspect，byhiswifeand。Duringourfirstcklyexpressedhisskepticism，groaoftakingvitamiomelikesomeonewhowouldnotstickwiththeprogram。Althoughbeweighed206poundsatoeightiall，hehadnoobvioushealthproblemseigueanddifficultywithevenverymildphysicalexertion。

"Let'satleastcheckyourbloodlipidlevels，Mr。French，"Isaid，"andthenwe'llhavesomeideaofwhetheryouhaveanythingtoworryabout。"（Thewordlpdsismedicaleseforcholesterlycerides，traditiardedasthemainbloodindicatorsforheartdiseaserisk。）Thebloodtestswereenlightening。Histotalcholesteroling284andhistriglycerideslevelwasanincredible1，200。Atourihimhaveitwithbothbarrels:"ffyoudon'tdosomethingsoon，I'dsayyou&#oihewo，Mr。French。"

Thatcaughthisattention。Inallprobability，Itoldhim，aheartattackorastrokewouldbehisundoing。Healsoshowedsignsofbeingaborderliiditionletelyreversible，butwhemyofficethatdayIdidn'tthinkhe'dmaketheefforttoreverseit。

IwaswroeddoingAtkins，andsixmouthslater，heweighed162pounds，histotalcholesterolwas1S5andhistriglycerideswere90。Hehadbeenacarbohydrateeaterhiswholelife—he'dhitthecelsandrolls，stoponthewayhomefromworkforaddranksodapopeveryday—butDavethrivedram，reassuredbythefacthecouldeatuntilheletelysatisfied。"Ifyry，eat，"Isaid。

IalsopersuadedDavetoahalfhourofexeresaweek。Hesoonfoubetterafarlessfiredduringtheday。Also，physicalexertionwasnolongerbeyondhim。

Daveisaslimahymannowandhewon'tlethimselfslipintohisoldways。"IhaveapicturethatIkeeponthedeskinmyofficethatshowsthemaximumme，"hesays。"IlooklikeI'mgoingtohaveababy。IkeepthephhttherewhereIseeit，toremiI'llneverbeagain。Nowadays，Idon'tevenlooklikethesameperson。"

Eveant，DaveFrenchprobablywouldn'tbealivetodayiftheresultsofhisbloodworkhadn'tshockedhimintoghis>

ReviewYourMedis

Withthatshti'slookatthosemedicalstepsyoushouldtakebefintogeyhabits。Youwilloptakinganyunnecessaryover-the-edis，suchascoughsyruphdrops，antacids，sleepaids，antihistaminesorlaxatives。Maioionsalsoiloss。Foralistofthesemedis，pleaseturnte262。Ifyoutakeohedragslisted，youmaybedisappointedilossresults。Talktoyourdoctortoseeifaivebefound。YoualsorefertoDr。Atkins'Vita-iouralapproachestodealwithyoursymptoms。

Therearealsoriessthatcauseadverseeffetakenwhileonatrolledcarbohydateeatingplan。Firstarethe'diuretics，becauseredugyourcarbohydrateintakealonehaveadramaticdiureticeffed，sikiiveatlhbloodsugar，peoplewhotakeinsulinororaldiabetesmedisthatstimulateinsulihdangerouslyLowblood-sugarlevels。Third，Atkinshasastrongbloodpressureleffeeasilyvertbloodpressuremeditoanoverdose，Ifyouaretlytaledis，youwillneedyourdoctor'shelptoadjustyes。

dBloodWork

Whenyou8otoyourdoctor，Ireendthatyouyourbloodchemistriesandlipidlevelsmeasured—andquitepossiblytheglucose-tolerahinsulinlevelsdrawuatfastingmadatowo-hourintervals）beforeyOUrstarttheprogram。Lipidlevelswillrevealyourtotalcholesterol，HDL（good）andLDL（bad）cholesterlycerides。Theseindicatorsoftehdrasticdietaryihebloodchemistrieswillmeasurebaselineglueyaion。Besureyourdoeasuresyoururicacidlevels。SinypelybelievethattheseindicatativelyaffectedbydoingAtkins，youmaylaterregretnothavinga"before"toparewithyour"after"results。

Ifyouchoosetokeeptrackofthosehiddenphysigesthataremeasuredinyourblood，you'llfindthat，afteryoustartAtikins，theyshouldbeginimprovingsteadily（see"Beforeas，"opposite）。Idon'twantyoutowaittohaveyourinitiallabworkdoilafteryoustartAtkihenyoumaythinkanyabheresultofyournewwayofeating。Youmaywellhavehadeveerlyceridesbefan。

Yourdoctorwillalsocheckyourblohbloodpressureknownas"thesile;—andbeieher。Havinghighbloodpressure（alsocalledhypertension）putsyouatclearriskforstrokeadiseaseandmayiedinsulihappenstohighbloodpressureonAtkins?Itgoesdown。Nothientlyormorerapidlyobservedthannormalizationofbloodpressure。

LouStazziowasa。goodillustrationofthat。This40-yearoldNewYorkpolihadgained50pouheprevioustwentyyearsandhad，intheprocess，acquiredarbloodpressureof180110。Hewasoionandwastlyfatigued。Doilyiothepleasureofstarvation。

Oneday，hereadauarticleabouthhtteenagelostweightmoreeasilyonatrolledcarbohyplanthan（mnlow-fldiet。wen，，whynothim?HedecidedtogiveAtkinsatry。Ihsontheplan，Loulost60pounds，wastakenoffhisbloodpressuremedidnowhasaedbloodpressureof11874-afirst-classadvertisementforcardiovascularhealth。

Beforeas

AfteryouhavebeendoingAtkinsforsixweeksorso，haveyourbloodworkredone;youmaybesurprisedatthedramatients。Awholebodyofpublishedliteraturesuggeststhatyououghttobeterrifiedofeatingliberalamoua，InfaoionI'maskedwheientecthimtoeatis'Butwon1mychoup?"Ihaveioninanswering，"Itwillprobablygodown?Andincaseswhereyourtotalchoesup，whatyouwillalmostInvariablyfindisthatyood）choesupmorethanyourLDL（bad）cholesteroldoes，thusimprovingtheallimportantHDULDLratio。

Typically，triglyceridesplummetwithimonthonAtkins，theorise。Insomecases，LDLwillrise。Ifitdoes，askyourdoctortotestforthesubtypesofLDLtodetermiheLow-risktypeh-risktypethathasrisen。Low-riskLDL，largefluffyUpo-protetnA，issodesigdoesn'tcauseplaquetoformieries。Researchhasshownthathigh-fatdietswillraisethebeneficialLow-riskLDL。

Yourkidneyaionsshouldalsobeext，s-eInfamyicalexperieneindividualsreviouslyhadelevatedfiverlevelsduetofattydepositsintheliverhaveshowerdoingAtkins。Youruricacidlevelsshouldtestnormal。Ifyouhaveelevateduricacidpriram，youmustbesuretokeepyourandmonitoryoururicacidlevel。Aeduricacidlevelleadtogout;ifyoutIreendyousultDr。Atkins'Vita-ioainvitashelpyoutrolyoururicacidleveis。YOUalsoaskyourphysiaballoprinol，whisistentlylowersuricacidlevels。

Youshouldalsoaskyourdoctoraboutyourthyroidfun。Asluggishthyroidisoftenresponsibleforobesity。Ifyouhaveahyroid，gettitreatmeatmayhelpshtproblem。Foradetaileddisofthyroidproblems，mmtoChapter20。

TheBlood-SugarTest

&'stalkaboutthelaboratorytestmostrelevaartingAtkins—thefive-hiucose-tolera）。If，afterreadifeters，yoususpeayhaveablood-sugarorinsulinimbalaistributingthtproblems，discussitwithyourdodrequestafive-hTIwithinsulinlevels。Siofdiabetesisinsidiousahebodyobeforefull-blowesisfirstdiscovered，itisvitallyimportanttobeawareofthepossibilityyouhavepre-diabetesandofthedegreeofriskyoumayalreadysuffer（seeChapter24）。

Ifyouarehesitating，siderthis:Wearenottalkingaboutheadaches，adigestirowntoenailshere。NeedIremindyouthatthestheGITwithinsulinlevelsdetebeprecursorstodiabetes?Sixteemmillionpeoplehavediabetes，sOhreedoesn'tknowheorshehasit。