> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 11 May 2004 13:20:27 GMT, "Peter Aitken"
> > wrote:
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> > wrote in message
> .. .
> >> On Tue, 11 May 2004 03:12:19 GMT, Wayne > wrote:
> >>
> >> >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.
> >>
> >>
> >> This article is on
> >> http://www.environmental-wellness.co...-diet-plan.htm
> >>
> >>
> >> Atkins Diet Plan - The Truth Revealed
> >> According to many legitimate postings on the World Wide Web, the
> >> Atkins "low carb diet" is just another fad and laced with fraud to the
> >> core.
> >>
> >> Atkins' Death Reveals Fat Man with Heart Disease
> >> By Randy Sink -February 16, 2004
> >>
> >
> ><article snipped>
> >
> >The author of this article is ignorant to the core. It is astounding how
> >little he knows about the Atkins diet or its effects on people's health.
The
> >title itself is a case study in ignorance. It has been published in a
huge
> >number of places that Atkins heart disease was the result of a viral
> >infection, not his diet, and that he was not overweight when he had his
> >accident but gained the weight in the hospital.
>
> That's exactly what they WANT you to believe, so they can keep getting
> into your wallet.
>
It is clear you know less than nothing about this topic - does it ever occur
to you to learn something about a topic before sounding off about it? Sure,
low carb has become a fad and is way overdone by advertisers, but that
doesn't mean that the approach is without value. It has helped a lot of
people take off and keep off weight, and there's a lot of good medical
evidence that it is safe. Also, anyone can do low carb without spending an
extra cent, relyung completely on normal supermarket food. No one is in
anyone's wallet. Sure, lots of companies are selling low carb this and low
carb that, but so what? No one has to buy that stuff to do the diet. Your
arguments are, in short, a complete load of crap.
--
Peter Aitken
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