On 12/6/2015 9:51 PM, Don Wiss wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Dec 2015 15:56:14 -0500, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> Makes sense, I guess. The only time I ever used arrowroot powder
>> (mid-1980's) the term "low carbing" wouldn't have meant much.
>
> Atkins got started around 1972. But the establishment (pushing their
> low-fat fraud) made sure that no one paid attention to him. It wasn't until
> the mid-1990s when the Internet got going that low-carb became known. In
> the newsgroups all are equal. And the establishment is not present. I was
> watching the diet newsgroups then. The low-carb people would report their
> weekly progress. Then the low-fat people would report theirs. Often they
> lost no weight, or it went up. It didn't take long for people to subscribe
> to the low-carb e-mail lists and it took off.
>
I believe ya, Don. Truth be told I never even *heard* of Atkins (or
that other diet South Beach) until at least the year 2000. <shrug>

Jill