hair loss

[ginette]

i have been on the atkins diet for almost two years and i have lost about 30% of my hair and my nails have lifted off the nail bed, i take all the recommended supplements. have now decided to stop the diet. has anyone heard of this, or had a similar experience?

[Scarlett]

Gosh, that is very scary for you. But are you sure it is the diet? It would be worth having a blood test to check out any other symptoms or elimainate other possibilities.If you are severely vitamin deficient, the test will show.

Regardless of this, I don't feel that any diet that excludes major food groups is healthy long term..

[lecheekyworm]

You are not supposed to be on the Atkins Diet for more than about 2weeks.

[acw]

According to Dr Atkins, you ARE meant to be on it for more than two weeks.  According to certain dieticians you shouldn't go on it at all. 

 

Either way, ginette has been on it for two years, and I don't think recommending time travel will help her!!

 

My Mum's been on Atkins for a long time too ginette.  Whilst her hair is fine, her nails are a total state.  I hadn't connected it to the diet.  Wierd really - with all that cheese you'd think she'd be on calcium overload with nails a mile long!  Good luck with it all though! :-)

[Artful]

For goodness sake, lass, get yourself off to your doctor double quick. Please! And do tell us what he said...

[Gevs1966]

Just out of interest, why have you been on the diet for 2 years?

[ginette]

hello gevs1966, have been on the diet because, you sort of get used to eating all that rich food. low fats harder to follow, still i`m only a size 12 and i`d rather keep my hair!

[Gevs1966]

Apologies if this offends but did you not question whether continuing on this sort of dietary regime for an incredibly long time would be detrimental to your long term health??

Given all the (justified) bad publicity surrounding this diet and others like it in all forms of media did you not consider the possible side effects?

Why do you need to be on it if you are a size 12?

You say that you sort of get used to the rich food but isn't it harder to cut out the things like carbohydrates which you will find accompanying almost every meal?

Instead of trying a diet like this or even follow a low fat diet as you say above, have you tried a simple balanced diet with regular exercise? Eating whatever you want in moderation but burning it off with exercise?

Like i say I don't mean these questions to sound judgemental or to be offensive in any way but I just can't understand how/why somebody would do this to their body for such a prolonged period of time.

[ginette]

hi gevs1966 no offence taken, but i have to tell you my "atkins " diet consisted of loads of veg, loads of quorn, olive oil cheese and eggs, just no bread, pasta or rice. i run 5miles 5 days a week too but clearly, as you say, my body was`nt liking something! as for being a size 12, i`m just a typical woman, never happy! sad i know. thanks for your reply.