Dana Carpender wrote:
> Krusty wrote:
>
> > "jombithedjinn" > wrote
> >
> >>You obviously know nothing about nutrition. Do you REALLY think human
> >>beings were truly meant to eat grass like wheat and barley? I'm sure
> >>that you do, you're just the type to be so undereducated.
> >
> >
> > You're a ****ing idiot.
> >
> > Seriously.
> >
> > And you're totally wrong.
> >
> > Wrong, AND an idiot.
> >
> > Happy to Help.
> >
> >
>
> You're long on vitriol and short on facts. Care to back up your big mouth?
>
> Dana

Hi Dana. Carmen here, one of the old-timers in ASDL-C. Wanted to take
a moment to say that this sort of quasi-cultist "all-or-nothing" thread
is what helped get Atkins tagged as a fad. It helped it appeal to the
"quick fix" crowd, and we saw them swell this newsgroup to amazing
traffic flow stats. As you can see now, ASDL-C is getting a mere
trickle of posts nowadays, and most old-timers have quietly faded away.
I pop my head in every once in a while, but it gets old seeing the
same rigidity exhibiting itself. For those of us who've adapted to a
low carb diet for the longterm it's usually for health reasons, and we
end up learning that the "carbs are evil" mantra that got us started
isn't quite true. For people with functional endocrine systems, who
live healthy lifestyles and eat an overall healthy diet carbs are no
big deal, just more fuel for the furnace. For diabetics carbs are a
firewalk, you find out what your body likes and functions well on - for
me it's things like lentils and AllBran w/Extra Fiber - and let it have
those carbs.

When you go down the path of "people shouldn't eat carbs" and then
start trying to justify it by cherry-picking data (and you have been,
I've been watching the thread) it doesn't help legitimize low-carb as
an option for those who need it. It just makes low carb (and by
extension low carbers) look whacked-out.

Carmen