Here's an interesting article. Does anyone doubt that the US Ag lobby is taking all this lying down???

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/mai...05/watkin05.xml

How very interesting! This is the first article from a British paper that hasn't bashed Atkins!! But then, the Telegraph is a cut above the Mirror, etc. Do you know if this has been posted on the Media Forum? It is dated May, 2003.

Don't know. Feel free to repost it in a more appropriate place if you like.

And more importantly, Happy New Years to you!

Yup! http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...&highlight=Jebb

At least they allow discussion.
I have been banned from vegsource.com forum for questioning vegan nutrition. I just mentioned the high animal fat/protein diet of neanderthals and asked where vegans get omega 3 from, oh I did ask if anyone had seen a fat lion. Now I am blocked. What a joke.
Steve

worthy of the beloved Nanner emoticon.


I admin a LARGE board on EZboard and let me assure you that the place gathers some of the whackiest message board folk you can imagine.

The subcontext I found in that thread is that they are primarily Far Left Wing types. The kind who have no problem avoiding reality if it doesn't fit their prescribed World View.

For example one of them consistently whines about how Low Carb is only for the Privileged. Granted Steak or Chicken breasts tend to be pricier than a box of Ronzoni, and the commercial low carb products are overpriced. But I detect an over-riding political agenda amongst that boards denizens.

Last time I checked the big joke about Govt Subsidised foods was centered on Government Cheese! Can't get any less privileged than
F R E E !!!.

Just wanted to comment about "privilege". i am disabled and live on less than 600 a month and because of insulin resistance and pcos i restrict my carbohydrates. Those who cannot afford books from the used book stores can access them from the library and my food bill is no more expensive than it was before i began taking care of myself in this manner.

Good point.

Thats why I said I think they have a "Political Agenda"

When your life is on the line, you can find a way to make
lifesaving practices work for you. Allowing some cerebral
political point to stand in your way is just plain silly.

I just read some of that forum. I actually laughed out loud a couple of times. Funny and sad at the same time.