Dr. Robert C. Atkins Lecturing At The USDA Great Nutrition Debate, 2000

[@teceyS3]

All I know is that after several years of pain in my knees, ankles, and feet, on day 4 of this diet when I woke up and put my feet on the floor, getting out of bed I stood up and started to cry because I realized I had no pain in my legs or my feet! No matter what they say about Dr Atkins, he changed my life ;)

[@jessicah3450]

Being in ketosis really helps inflammation. I have an autoimmune disease, and my joint pain was nearly gone. I need to get back on course.

[@cathyplantlover2862]

This is great for inflammation and diabetes I will always use this way of eating for pain, weight loss is the plus but not the reason why I stay on it! I just feel better 😊

[@abba4life37]

I was there that day with Dr. Atkins as I worked for his magazine at the time. The moderator was incredibly rude to him backstage as she went up to each of the panelists to shake their hands, but she completely ignored Dr. Atkins. He just smiled, threw up his hands, and was like "Ya, I'm not here to make friends." He went out there on that stage swinging and did a killer job explaining his program. RIP Dr. Atkins!

[@Johnny-gm9wo]

@abba4life37, You ought to be ashamed of yourself spreading garbage.

[@amberleonem1]

So why do you think they hated him so much? Because it would hurt their pockets or...?

[@Johnny-gm9wo]

@@amberleonem1 Dr. Atkins was a fraud and a disgrace to his profession.

[@GrateHamdar]

@@Johnny-gm9wo And you're a shill.

[@eddkennedy6458]

Dr Atkins was years ahead of everyone, and knew what worked ,

[@AimForGoal]

He was ahead of his time and now his ideas are more popular than ever. Wish I was smart enough to know that back when he gave this speech.

[@camisnyder3460]

I love the Atkins diet!! He was incredibly smart and RIGHT. So many people don’t even try his diet because they are so brainwashed with wrong information. I have found personally that the Atkins way works and is sustainable!!

[@ulfricstormcloak4230]

This man was right all along

[@mpalmer7800]

This is why I don’t listen to these so called ppl anymore they shut down everything that they can not sell

[@nataliet8881]

I always believed him and may he rest in peace 🙏

[@1967davidfitness]

I am on the keto diet, and add onions, spinach/kale etc in every meal. I am eating about 100g of fat per day and around 10g carbs daily, my daily protein intake is about 50-100 on average. Since I started this diet I no longer have a need to nap during the day, and I feel more positive and balanced. It is a remarkable change, this shows the advantage of this diet.

[@1967davidfitness]

Thanks, now I eat loads of fibre from plants and fruits. Yet, I make the emphasis on vegetables, cabbage, tubers, courgettes, onions, garlic, artichoke, and then nectarines, peaches, dates/figs.

[@songsofthecentury3909]

The Keto diet is Dr. Atkins diet, who was a great cardiologist.

[@Sec_coach]

Remove that spinach buddy

[@1967davidfitness]

@@Sec_coach Why?

[@zegonzales1]

This is my ALL TIME Number One Hero !!! Atkins Lives !!!

[@MrDave1963]

He never saw the credit he deserves.

[@cherilynmonroe]

I miss Dr. Atkins, he changed my life.

[@bryanbarrera1561]

What happened to him?

[@davidfence6939]

@@bryanbarrera1561 He was walking in front of the Atkins Center and slipped on ice and hit the back of his head on on ground. He died from the complications from that.

[@magicf7076]

He was right.

[@zebonautsmith1541]

Atkins actually read his medical journals and did excellent Science.

[@Markpaul9]

a man who changed the world, saved millions of lives, and a genius!

[@roligue]

He didn't save anyone

[@dawne5139]

@Glen M Yes my vegan friend was doing great. Okay, people thought she was my mother, when she is several years younger, but what of that. So there is major leaky gut, but that is just minor. So she has some liver problems, and her fingernails and mouth are the colour of mustard. Minor problem. Has major problems with depression and angry outbursts. It happens. Has turned green and fainted at work several times, and they had to call an ambulance. Could happen to anyone. Fragile bones. It happens. Uterus turned white from lack of estrogen. That was the straw that got her to add animal products to her diet and leave her healthy vegan diet.

[@ant7936]

@Zero Hoots Perhaps, but what contributor wrote that?

[@davidfence6939]

@@roligue well technically he didn't. They saved themselves. If you're another vegan tool I pray you find your brain.

[@roligue]

@@davidfence6939 ,🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@VicandMikesMom]

Atkins is so easy! Not complicated at all! I lose weight and inches very quickly on this way of life🙏🏽

[@dennismckeown5863]

DR Atkins the smartest man in the room.

[@evastavrou4928]

Yes you right !

[@startedat36yearsold33]

Also the heaviest

[@Marlen-CruzCommercial_2023]

Atkins was right then and right today.

[@victoriamanley9961]

Wonderful man....

[@jb6368]

In 2005 i needed shed serious weight to pass medical for police. I went on Atkins and in 5 weeks i lost 42 lbs,, medically recorded. Medical doctor was like deer in headlights looking at same scales i initially weighed in on.😮. That plus daily 40 min walk around sports field. Went on to lose another 28 lbs in following 3wks after passing medical. Fast forward to 2015 after gaining massive weight i did it again and over 5 mths at age 40 lost 70 lbs. It works.

[@WendyNicholls]

I love this man!!! He changed the world and rarely gets his proops ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@thesauce669]

@@J.o.e_K 100% agreed. The sugar industry killed off this mans message after he died

[@sheilajuenger6377]

He would be surprised how many other doctors have supported low carb and Keto. However, we have health issues sky rocketing due to the fast food and marketing of garbage food and the promotion of vegan diets in a box. Dr. Michael Eades book Protein Power was the book that I was most open to when I realized I worked in fitness center and I was watching people exercise themselves fatter and his book was detailing what I was seeing in the gym happen to people. I immediately started adding more protein in my diet.

[@nataliet8881]

You were right Dr Atkins. RIP 🙏

[@richardlawson6787]

Holy cow i just learned something..ladt two days i ate just steak and eggs and water...i have an at home ketone kit that measures ketones..i have used fasting to enter ketosis and thought that was the only way to enter ketosis...well i just checked my ketones and im shocked...my ketone strips indicate the presence of key tones cimparable to a 48 hour full water fast...my life changed today because i can now stay full without that terrible hunger pang fasting causes...this stuff is real folks!!!

[@Awholeadult]

That is really impressive and exciting

[@hotwax9376]

The fact that carbs are used for energy before fat is often cited by vegetarian and low-fat cultists as proof that high-carb, low-fat diets are better, but the truth is that the body burns carbs first to prevent blood sugar from getting too high. When you eat high-carb, your body has to release insulin to bring your blood sugar back into a healthy range, and one of insulin's major roles is prompting the body to store fat. Because the body has an unlimited ability to store fat versus carbs, it converts the excess carbs into fat, causing weight gain.

[@hotwax9376]

***** Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that McDougall's diet also restricts sugar, refined grains, and processed vegetable oils not just animal products.

[@hotwax9376]

***** I hear you; sometimes I just want to give up, too. What I understand is that although complex carbs break down more slowly than simple carbs, they both raise blood sugar and cause insulin spikes. One of insulin's main functions is the storage of body fat--in order to bring blood sugar down, the body converts the excess sugar to fat and then stores it. High blood sugar also damages arteries by causing inflammation, and chronic inflammation in arteries is the main cause of plaque buildups.

[@roligue]

Wrong

[@jessicah3450]

I became insulin resistant and obese while I was a vegetarian as a teenager, I didn't know better. You can do low carb and be a vegetarian, they don't necessarily have to be opposite ends of the diet spectrum. Low carb helped me lose 120 pounds and though I'm still pre-diabetic, maybe it won't turn into type 2 diabetes now.

[@francoisvanwyk8361]

@@hotwax9376 comment is 5 years late but you are wrong- I am a fan of the Zone diet (not atkins) but mcdougall is crazy - he promotes sugar and refined carbs- Michael Greger has a bit more sanity

[@marionsanta2883]

A great man...Thankyou Dr.Atkins..

[@GoneCarnivore]

So many people are repeating this and acting like they came up with it first.

[@truthbetold782]

IYKYK thank you Dr. Atkins

[@In-N-Out333]

Dr. Atkins didn't appear very thin in this video. Does anyone have an explanation why?

[@abba4life37]

Yes, I knew Dr. Atkins and his wife personally. He struggled with his weight a little bit like all of us, but he was never obese.

[@clementreid907]

He was using his own diet,

[@auxiliary4023]

He had a bad tailor! Clothing/fit is king!

[@pennygirl223]

He surely is the real goat of dieting. RIP Dr Atkins

[@MsSilver41]

2:29 insulin is not involved in ketone production , thus the consequences of elevated insulin are avoided , like increase in tryglcerides , blood pressure, adrenaline ,cortisol . Just tagging for a friend

[@ruthrose2555]

I was on this diet decades ago, and nothing but negativity about this diet. If only I hadn't listened.

[@DDT-lr3zz]

He died at the age of 72. He had a history of heart attack, congestive heart failure and hypertension

[@samuelcunha26]

Hero 👏

[@richardmullins2850]

The KING OF KETO Dr Atkins

[@jb6368]

Butter makes your pants fall off by butter bob another video worth watch guys,, 👏. Regular guy obesely overweight tried and rest is history. He documented his journey as left us gold. Its excellent 👌

[@ricardomachado2953]

Dr Robert Atkins died from a accident and cause of death was brain damage internal brain damage from the fall , hi fat hi cholesterol diet is perfect safe , hi fat healthy diet is not fats from corn soybean canola oils , a healthy fat is animal fats and saturated vegetables coconut , red palm olive oils , and people get healthy lose weight and all blood parameters get better , when someone said that people are died and have diseases from protein and fat , the American diet , they pick what they want , because all that people in hospitals also eat vegetables rice pasta potatoes sugars ice cream burgers cakes all cooked in refined vegetables oils corn etc , and people ignore all that and just focus on animal protein and saturated fat cholesterol , ,, simply that is hypocrisy

[@siegfriedfurtwanglerknappe6188]

You're being dishonest. Atkins had heart disease before his fall and was taking medications for it. Not being open about this was also dishonest of Robert.

[@ricardomachado2953]

You are being dishonest, Robert Atkins have a life of heart disease and obesity. and is only get better with nutrition. Is dead was cause by a accident on ice, we was on coma and then is was dead. We was on a normal weight, and after is dead he was over weight cause by fluid retention.

[@siegfriedfurtwanglerknappe6188]

ricardo machado He started his heart medications after he went on the diet. Read his medical file. Here are the facts. 1. He had been hospitalized a few months before he fell because of his heart problems. 2. He was taking medications for his heart problems. 3. Even his wife admits that " he did have some progression of his coronary artery disease in the last three years of his life, including some new blockage of a secondary artery."

[@Robis9267]

Oh, you again... 1) Cardiomyopathy. Genetics. Not CAD! 2) Medications for CMP. Few months before? I'd say amazing diet, that gives you such a period without drugs for this condition. 3). Lies, filthy lies. Atkins autopsy said, that his coronaries was perfectly clean.

[@siegfriedfurtwanglerknappe6188]

Robis9267 His autopsy didn't say that. Prove it.

[@truth_seeker_here22]

R.I.P robert atkins

[@paullapworth2426]

Dr atkins is a legend

[@laurenceroberttampushalpin183]

Dok was right all along

[@nomad1517]

For people shitting on this diet. Try it first. Also understand that this diet has been used by millions. You need to see reviews that are in the long term. And ask those people if possible what they experienced. You might see people say this works and that doesn't. But It comes down to the fact that is it worth the risk? And if so, give it a try. I've had friends who have been on this diet. They had very good reviews of it. But the biggest thing that all these popular diets have us the exclusion of white sugar and processed foods that cause health problems. Man has messed with nature, using science made in a lab. But not in the real world. Atkins did both I believe. That's my point of view.

[@eddkennedy6458]

I appreciate your point of view and think you are correct , sugar is a massive problem and it is in everything.

[@RealRepublican]

Fun fact for anyone who cares, this is my 1st cousin twice removed!

[@nataliet8881]

Loved Dr Atkins

[@norman-gregory]

Thank you Dr Robert Atkins...I see many many carnivores whom either have phd's and other's whom have been a carnivore for a few years. Some of there thumbnails they like to show how buff they're. Yes it's good to see results, but show some modesty. I feel the "look at me syndrome" and talking about weight training and gyms...sometimes overrides the conversation in eating well. The "Kardashian look" is alive and flourishing even in the Truth of presenter's!!!

[@russellziske7385]

Dr Atkins and Dr Epley have much in common.

[@MsSilver41]

Obesity hypertension atherosclerosis plus more

[@clementreid907]

It's so American to say I'm eating bacon and eggs and ice cream and butter, and I'm losing weight on it! Atkins was almost obese and had congestive heart failure at his death at 72. It's BS. Eat like the Japanese, mostly vegetarian, with beans, rice, and maybe small amounts of meat, and guess what? Many live routinely to 100, with all their faculties working. Oh and by the way, there's probably a good reason his wife refused to allow an autopsy. They would have seen and reported what his precious diet actually did to him.

[@GrateHamdar]

Japanese people, mostly vegetarian? Are you serious? LOL You people are consistently out of touch with reality.

[@johnburrows5119]

Atkins died 20 years ago. :)

[@lenblack1462]

The heaviest diet guru.

[@Butterfly22593]

Huh?

[@abba4life37]

He struggled with his weight, which is why he developed the diet. He wasn't like McNoodle who was born skinny and never had to deal with being fat one day in his life. I knew Dr. Atkins and he was not fat at all. Sure, he wasn't a skinny mini, but definitely not fat.

[@gainjohn]

I just see an obese atkins in this vid. I don't know why all people say that he was skinny and healthy

[@Butterfly22593]

You consider a 6 foot tall that weighed 195 pounds obese?

[@Lovelyone1]

Ummm..:that doesn’t mean he wasn’t right about what he said.

[@zombieveg5]

I just see an obese atkins in this vid. I don't know why all people say that he was skinny and healthy xd

[@randyweller4622]

He was 70, dickhead. What do you want him to do, jog?

[@clandestinereactionary1842]

And what's happening to people who use his diet? They lose lots of weight.

[@francoisvanwyk8361]

He was not obese as some people claim-slightly overweight -not skinny but definitely not fat for his age- he was six foot and his weight fluctuated between 195 and 200 pounds

[@richardlawson6787]

Im ripped on this program so it works

[@marilaucher9989]

Sad. He was obese by any clinical standard,had one heart attack and looked way older than his years. The long term consequences of a high fat diet are lethal.

[@justylex]

Mari Laucher His heart condition was not diet related. It was due to a virus. Yes, this can happen. My dad had aortic valve stenosis, which ultimately caused his death by heart attack, and it was condition he had since he was a child and diet had nothing to do with it. Doctors also confirmed to us that diet played zero role in his death.

[@marilaucher9989]

People will find any excuse to promote a paradigm that supports their research. Infectionscan cause heart failure of course and I am quite sure that arteries covered in plaque and daily consumption of high amounts of saturated fat had no connection whatsoever.

[@justylex]

Mari Laucher infections can cause abnormalities and weaknesses. And not everyone who has a heart attack even has heart disease. My dad did not have heart disease, but rather a faulty mechanical valve that had been put in to replace a faulty aortic valve that had been faulty since childhood. Not everything can be blamed on diet.

[@dawne5139]

He looks about his age to me. If you want to see old looking Dr. McCherrypick, who cherry picked the real China Study not only looks like he is in his nineties, he shows all the signs of dementia. He is a frail, crazy old man.

[@hollytriggs]

He died of a head injury - not poor health!

[@bryanbarrera1561]

“ I resent the idea that people are saying my diet is not heart healthy.....” ~Atkins RIP 🪦 Atkins died from a heart attack 💀

[@lenblack1462]

@H P He had heart disease though.

[@Hymer300]

You missed the detail that he slipped and hit his head in pavement

[@davidfence6939]

@@lenblack1462 but that's not why he died. You're following a vegan doctor who VIOLATED FEDERAL LAW to get the doctor's death info. He was also 70+. In current America the average age of death is tending downward now. He wasn't in his 40s with heart disease like many Americans.

[@davidfence6939]

RIP Bryan Barrera's Knowledge. He couldn't research and just believes whatever everyone else tells him to believe.

[@lenblack1462]

@@davidfence6939 Can you prove McDougall violated Federal Law? If so, there should be charges.

[@BartBVanBockstaele]

The great part of this clip is that we can see that Atkins was -put politely- not particularly skinny or healthy. Some of the presenters in this debate look healthier, and are significantly skinnier. Caveat emptor.

[@kathy6017]

How do you know he wasn’t healthy? What were the ages of the others? Please provide facts.

[@BartBVanBockstaele]

@@kathy6017 Those are reasonabe questions. Atkins was about 70 years old at the time. He died three years later. Circumstances of his death are somewhat controversial. The statements by people from his company are generally considered "highly unlikely to be true", for example, the claim that he merely appeared obese because he gained so much fluid (60 pounds or so) during his last days, something any physician knows is impossible. Other parts are less certain, such as doubts surrounding the fall that seems to have killed him. But what I am referring to here, is much simpler: in this video, he was not only not skinny but clearly overweight and likely obese, which is something any doctor will tell you when he/she sees it. In this video clip it may not be completely clear what the others are like, but here is a link to the complete set of presentations, allowing you to judge for yourself: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHuQY4BmZ7SBa6c I view this debate as an extremely important one. I learned about the Atkins diet when the first version came out in 1972, and later on during my classes of organic chemistry in med school when it was named together with the older Stillman diet. Atkins' diet appeared to be extremely successful for a while. Then it petered out, until he produced a new version in 1992 when it arguably became even more successful. Unfortunately, it was all largely a mirage, and few people were able to maintain it. There are good medical reasons for that. We know that better now, than at the time, even if most of the important stuff was already known at that time (and long before that). The currently popular keto-diet is just another iteration of the Atkins diet. I would love to say that losing weight is easy, but it is not. There are no easy solutions. Only hard ones and harder ones. Willpower is and will likely remain for as long as we will be alive, the main ingredient of a successful diet. It is popular to claim otherwise, but taking a good look at the statistics will teach you quickly that most current approaches are not great either, willpower remains ingredient number 1.