Comments on: Low Carb Backlash

By: Cheryl Riddle

Cheryl Riddle — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:13:35 +0000

I actually agree with the one who wrote the article. Fit me to a T. I thought some great points were made. I have also noticed that the low carb crowd seems "often times" to be generally grumpier. As is obvious here.

By: allanone

allanone — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:40:10 +0000

Reached my goal weight, improved my cholesterol, have more energy, all because of low carb, high fat, moderate protein diet.

Unlike all the other types of nutrients, you will never find a minimum daily requirement for carbohydrates. The shocking fact is: you don't need ANY! Absolutely ALL the carbohydrates your body needs can be derived by your body from digested fats and proteins -- the body is an amazing molecular assembly factory. I'd like the carbohydrate promoters to put THAT in their collective pipe and smoke it.

By: John

John — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:55:30 +0000

I tried low carbs and had great success. Lost lots of weight and felt great. Choleterol was in check too.

I cannot say the same for low fat.

But I had the same problem that you read about in these blogs - when you hit your goal what do you do? I gained it all back after using any of several diets.

With Atkins I went to my favorite steak place and finally had some of the warm bread that they put in front of me. Carbs crept in little by little and I gained weight.

Substitute fat grams for carbs and you have the reason I lost ground on the low fat diet.

Plain and simple, diets that require that I eat in a style that does not make sense to my palate are abandoned at some point in time.

I also had to realize that I eat too much. I calculated the calories in what I eat - no wonder I weigh so much! I don't eat that much as compared to folks I know, but I have been eating too much.

Now I plan my day and how many calories/fat/fiber I am consuming. The weight is coming off and I get bread and cookies once in a while!

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:57:12 +0000

Are we really all the same? I am totally low carb and have great energy, sleep 6-7 hours rather than 8-10, my lipids are great and diabetes totally under control. so.. are we both lying? when is the medical community going to figure out we have different bodies and metobilisms (is that a word?) metabola? anyhow. we are not the same...