On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:47:02 -0500
"<>" > wrote:

>
> > Recent medical issues have surfaced making this search for a lo-carb
> > alternative imperative...
>
> Don't get on the "recent medical issue" wave or you'll never get off.
> Eat properly, meaning un-refined foods, ie. whole grain. The "bad
> carbs" are the processed foods, ie. white flour, white pasta, white
> sugar, etc and the high glycemic foods such as white potatoes, which
> have a higher glycemic value than sugar. Whole foods, its a good
> thing...


I hear a lot of rhetoric about whole grain being 'better' but the
nutritional analysis I've seen shows that whole grain is higher in fat
and fiber, but the difference in carbohydrate content is a single-digit
percentage. I mean, you could just eat 10% less white flour.

Is there a documented scientific basis for the assertion that an ounce
of whole wheat flour is 'healthier' than an ounce of enriched white
flour? Maybe all that fiber results in less digestion. *shrug*

I'm really confused about this, because even diabetic groups parrot
this assertion, but i haven't seen numbers that back it up.

This 'whole foods' thing is the same hippie nonsense it was 30 years
ago, I suspect.

I'll starve to death before i eat whole wheat pasta again. Yech.
Chewy. Smells like a wet dog. Tastes like a dishrag.