Greetings.
It's Eric Bakker, naturopath from New Zealand and author of Candida Crusher and formulator
of the Canxida range of products.
Thanks for checking out my video today.
Today, we're going to talk about the Atkins diet.
Dr. Atkins.
Who can remember Dr. Atkins?
The Atkins diet was revolutionary when it came out way back in the 80s and it changed
the lives of millions of people.
It's probably one of the original Paleo kind of diets, a high protein diet, and low in
carbs.
Some people call it the Dr. Fatkins diet because it was high fat and high protein.
I've treated an incredible amount of patients who went through the Atkins phase because
that was the stage when I was starting my clinic when Atkins was all the rage.
I noticed one thing with Atkins.
The induction phase for two weeks, in particular, can cause a lot of bowel problems with people
like constipation.
It's a bit like the South Beach diet from Dr. Stillwell.
It's high protein.
It's laden with protein.
A lot of people, especially guys, love Atkins because it's a reason for them to eat steak
every day.
I can tell you now, research in England several years ago found that it was a very good idea
to limit people's red meat intake to about a pound a week, 500 grams a week of red meat.
It's not a lot of red meat is it when you think about it.
You can get 12 or 16-ounce steaks, but all the research points to eating too much red
meat pushes you in a higher chance of getting bowel cancer.
I'm not talking fish or organic free-range poultry here or lean grass fed lamb, I'm talking
beef.
So just be careful on a high protein diet that you don't use it as an excuse to eat
red meat every day.
Eating red meat once per week is a clever move, but eating it every day is too much,
I believe.
If you are going to go for Atkins, look at eggs, chicken, of course, you need to get
preferably biodynamic or free-range high quality organic, look at organically sourced lamb,
that's my favorite protein.
And look at ocean caught fish.
Fish is maligned a lot.
There is a very popular Candida website I just looked at before that says on a Candida
diet to avoid all ocean fish because they're laden with mercury.
What a load of crap!
This is not true.
This is false information people.
Not all ocean caught fish is laden with mercury.
This is nonsense.
In fact, research in Hawaii at an institute, you can look it up online, the fish with the
highest mercury content also contain very high selenium levels.
Nature's way of detoxifying mercury is to build selenium into the protein of the animal.
Fish that contain high mercury, in fact, contain high selenium.
I'm not a big fan of eating shark or sword or those large fish that do contain higher
amounts of it, but Albacore tuna, for example, has proven to be the best tuna in terms of
the low mercury levels.
On some websites, they're saying, "Avoid all ocean caught fish.
It's all toxic."
I think you need to click off those websites because I think that's just sensationalism.
That's just shooting from the hip.
It's not giving you factual information.
It's just stupid information.
Smaller fish are better because they store less toxins in their body.
We're living in a very polluted world and in current time, so you need to be careful
of any kind of animal protein you eat.
But small fish have got a lesser chance of building up toxins in the body.
Sardines, for example, nobody says to avoid sardines because they're full of mercury.
They don't live long enough to get a lot of mercury in their body.
Bigger fish like sharks can live for 50/60 years because they're higher up in the food
chain and are going to have a lot more toxins in them.
Common sense.
If people come up with crazy statements, just click off those websites.
Is Atkins good for a Candida diet or for a bowel problem?
It is, but you need to take enzymes and probiotics on the Atkins diet.
It's a clever move.
I really want you to think about it.
If you get digestive discomfort on Atkins, bloating, farting, constipation, diarrhea,
back off the protein, include a bit more fiber from vegetables while keeping some of the
grains at a lower content in your diet.
I can appreciate those kind of diets, but you need to support your gut.
Check out my product Canxida Restore.
It's perfect for people on the Atkins diet because it contains seven of the best enzymes
and six of the best probiotics, and that's going to work in very nicely with a high protein
diet approach.
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Thank you.