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Originally posted by Jack Manfred
The reason that caffeine is verboten on Atkins is that caffeine causes your liver to secrete sugar into your bloodstream. The idea behind the Atkins Diet is to maintain regular blood sugar levels.
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Originally posted by paigowprincess
cite please. seriously. i am a caffeine addict and have been since eighth grade.
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Drinking caffeine in large amounts as coffee over a short period of time has been shown to raise blood sugar. Caffeine does this by enhancing the effect of two hormones (adrenaline and glucagon). These two hormones release stored sugar from the liver resulting in high blood sugar.
In my law school class there was a former race car driver, a former bodybuilder, a couple of models, a former orderly at a psych ward, and a close, personal friend of a legendary rock band. A former Miss California was a year or two ahead of me. She wore deal-killing sweaters like the girl in
The Brothers McMullen, so I wasn't upset about having no shot whatsoever.
In torts class, one woman knew the victim in one of the cases. She got upset, the professor was mortified, the class came to a standstill.
I was all about volunteering to avoid being called on. Drop an opinion once in a while and you don't have to know any facts. Sadly, this only works in law school.
