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   Bill Bonde ('The path is clear, though no eyes can see') Seriously...do people eat... 30-05-2006, 09:53 PM |
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Seriously...do people eat Pizza Hut in real life?
"Carmen" > wrote
> 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 What a fantastic post. |
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