Originally Posted by Lindy

I recommend a great book that touches on this (and other) subjects. Good Calories, Bad Calories, Gary Taubes, Book - Barnes & Noble a lot of science and history of human dietary development, agriculture and its effect on diet, etc. It is a real eye opener.

I follow a high protein low carb diet which allows virtually unlimited salad veggies like lettuce, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, but cuts out almost completely white flour, rice, potatoes, etc. I also eat a lot of berries, grapes, and mellon. The emphasis is not on zero carbs, but rather on CONTROLLING carbs and awareness about getting sufficient protein.

The Atkins diet is also not the only low carb regime out there. I recommend Protein Power, Drs. Mike and Mary Dan Eades. Amazon.com: The Protein Power Lifeplan: Michael R. Eades, Mary Dan Eades: Books


By the way, asking conventionally trained dietitians, who are very thoroughly indoctrinated in the gospel of low fat, about the virtues of controlling carbohydrates is akin to asking a Jesuit priest to comment on the virtues of Buddhism. It's not what they don't know that's the problem. It's what the know for sure.

Lindy