Steve Wertz > wrote in
news
> On Mon, 10 May 2004 14:32:25 -0500, wrote:
>
>>Come to think of it, "carb" is not a word. Until this fad started, a
>>carb used to mean the carburetor on my car.
>
> You must be high on something other than weed since you don't know
> that a carb is the hole that lets air into a water bong.
>
> This is your fifth rant about low-carb this year (all under
> different names). Don't you ever get tired of this?
>
> If you haven't been by there already, alt.diet.support.low-carb is
> a good place to troll.
>
> -sw
>
Well, I won't "rant" about low-carb dieting, Atkins or others, but I fail
to see why the whole country including most food producers have gone over
the edge about it. If anything, it's a sad commentary on the old saw
about jumping into the fire because everyone else does.
It's certainly nothing new, asmy first encounter with low-carb dieting
was in in the early 70s with Sidney Petrie's _Martinis and Whipped Cream_
and Atkins' first book, _Diet Revolution_ which I believe was published
in 1972.
In any event, following these diets precisely made me seriously ill.
Stupidly, I tried again in another 10 years or so but caught the onset of
illness sooner. This method of dieting clearly is not compatible with my
system.
If it works successfully for some, then I'm happy for them, but it
appears to be a danger for some. Personally, I feel low-carbing along
with higher fat intake is patently unhealthy.
Seriously, this is not a rant, but a string of thoughts I've collected
about this over the past 30 odd years.
--
Wayne
Big on natural foods?? 82.38% of people die of "natural" causes.