"Steve Knight" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:36:57 -1000, "zuuum" > wrote:
>
> >For what it's worth, excessively high-protein diets wear your kidneys out
> >prematurely. Carbohydrates are the base of the nutritional pyramid.
>
> ya that's what everyone that does not know thinks. I guess if you ate huge
> mounts of protein. but so far no diet has that much protein. nutritional
pyramid
> was totally influenced by big corporations. guess what one came out on
top???
> the pyramid is pretty much guaranteed to make people fat.
>

Ok, I am not a licensed nutritionist (like you folks?) and I'm willing to
stand corrected, as far as whether healthy kidneys suffer *as much* as those
of a borderline diabetic. I said, "excessively hi-protein diets". I was
citing a textbook, "Modern Fundamentals of Nutrition". But I do need to
clarify, to me "low-carb" does not equate to only reduced intake of
processed flour and sugar. Less flour and sugar is definitely a good thing.
But those are only two
carb sources. If that is what "low-carb" refers to, it is confusing. Most
fresh fruits and veggies are primarily carb, water and fiber, almost none
are _complete_ protein, no? When I hear "carbohydrate", I think outside the
flour/sugar box.

What contributes MOST to weight-gain is higher caloric intake than one
expends, as in not enough exercise, regardless of whether it is carb, lipid
or protein. If one wants to lose weight, the first place to start is to get
off that ass. LOL

As far as conspiracy theories of the nutritional pyramid go, why do you
trust your sources unless there is long-standing unbiased research and data
to support it? Looking for a particular results in experiments is not
scientific. That is sort of the... "this charm repels elephants. You don't
find any elephants here, do you?" approach. The heredity, age and
life-style of subjects has to be given as much weight as their diet.