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Originally Posted by jbw97361
Personally, I think that the whole Atkins bullshit has something to do with it. From listening to my average intelligence parents talk about how fruit is bad because it contains carbs, and a big greasy pile of bacon is ok. I can completely understand why there are so many fat people out there. These people who eat at McDonalds and think they are doing themselves a favor by throwing out half the bun are just fooling themselves and buying into another simple but wrong solution.
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This may be tangential to the thread, but atkins does work for some people. I know of at least one person who couldn't lose weight running 15 miles a week, but lost weight with little difficulty on atkins.