Customer Reviews

Beyond Atkins

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You are constantly referred to his website www.lowcarboptions.com to obtain what brand names of vitamins, minerals, food, etc. that he recommends. Once you get there it is just 3 products and his own version of vitamins and minerals
; plus the expense of becoming a member, but for what? A few coupons on products he refuses to mention?

When you take away the silly little stories about how grw up and take away the information that is on the Internet, all you have are horrible recipes and a sales pitch for his website and his bungee -the same thing you can buy anywhere for a few dollars.

Markham never explains how a chiropractor is qualified to be a diet expert - he claims he knows everything, but how credible is any of this?

There are books out there that are written by real doctors that are really trained in these things. Look at the Atkins books or South Beach. Or if you want philosophy, there is Dr. Phil.

I just can't find anything good to say about this book edxcept that it is short,

South Beach helped me the most. The Atkins books give a tremendous amount of information. Dr. Phil provides good insights. Stick with any of these and you can't go wrong.

I've had a weight problem since I was a kid and have looked at all the new books. Only Dr. Markham seems to have been adressing all of the wellness issues for years. Most of the books are written by people with no real background or experience at all, never having dealth with real overweight patients, just jumping on the diet book craze to make some fast money whether they really knew anything about exercise and diet. Some writers had one or another, some had none, but only Dr. Markham seems to have done it all.

This is the first book I've seen that really covers everything. I only started on the program a week and a half ago, but I've lost 4 pounds easily. The exercise plan looks easy enough. I haven't seen Dr. Markam's bungee unit in any local store so I guess I'll order it from his site, Cheap enough and I don't have to drive in lousy winter weather to a gym.

The only thing that I would change is some more recipes. But since he has a bunch of easy looking ones on his website I'll still give the book 5 stars.

I lost 60 pounds, lowered my body fat percentage to around 20%, and lowered my cholesterol by 70 points (272 to 202) while following Dr. Markham's diet and exercise recommendations at age 60. I know it worked for me! My heart doctor thought it was legitimate also. I am now 64 and my weight is still under control; I attribute that to fanatically watching my carb intake. BTW, watch out for the low fat items in the stores ... they usually have a lot more carbs than the regular item of the same product.

This book is a poor attempt to use the good Atkins name to appear to be related with a true diet genius. I was surprised when I read that Markham was not only NOT affiliated with Atkins, but Markham had no academic credentials to write this book.

Chiropractors, who I don't trust, believe that they are experts at everything while they don't even like to mention that they are only chiropractors. Real doctors have MDs after their names and aren't ashamed to use those initials. Markham, like most chiropractors must be really insecure. Since they are trained to straighten backs, for whatever that is worth, it makes sense.

Markham lists a bunch of brands that he says he likes. Paid endoresements are not very useful.

Aurora said that Markham's bungee was cheap enough when better and more versatile units are sold at Big 5 and other stores for much less. Is Aurora really Markham like Persnickety is?

If Atkins wasn't the real thing then Markham would not have used his name in the title!

First, let me start by saying that almost anything is better than Atkins. Atkins is dangerous! Second, let me say that there isn't a diet out there that isn't flawed in some way EXCEPT those that involve exercise three to five days a week and a supremely well-balanced diet, a diet so well-balanced that none of us has time for it! This book and its diet plan, while also flawed, at the very least strives to stress that you MUST balance out your diet. It suggests you eat LEAN fats, quality carbs which are low on the glycemic index, and protein. In doing so, it manages to almost naturally curb high fats, synthetic sugar and carbs, and to balance out the ratio that most nutritionists suggest: 30%, 40%, and 40% of caloric intake coming from certain places (or a minor variation there of). It also manages to curb calories (if you're selecting foods from the "Best" or "Good" categories) through portion control. Because of the amount of protein being ingested, one doesn't feel hungry. But here's my issue: That much protein is dangerous if your muscles don't need it! If you are NOT exercising and strength-training, your kidneys cannot handle that much protein. It can poison your body, mostly your kidneys. So, back to the whole point. If you make this an actual well-balanced diet which involves three to five days of exercising including strength-training, sure, it can work. But it's not a very complete program, so you'll have to tweak it. If you won't exercise, I suggest you try Weight Watcher's or something similar (and simpler).

If the person that wrote the review on 10/29/04 would get on with his life and stop paying close attention to our accomplishments...maybe he could get a good night's rest instead of a night full of interruptions--"Spasms."