Wed, Mar-13-02, 08:09
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Posts: 68
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Plan: Atkins/My Own
Stats: 97/83/68
BF:
Progress: 48%
Location: Western Australia
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Dianne is absolutely correct. The food manufacturers and diet industry (and to an extent the medical profession) have a vested interest in keeping us eating a high carb diet. Imagine what would happen if everyone started "living off the land" as it were - which is really what low-carbing is about - and eating natural foods focussing on meats, fats and low-carb fruit & veg. All those "convenience" foods would stop selling! No one would buy bread, TV dinners, chips, chocolate, biscuits, cakes, jams & spreads, soft drinks ... the list goes on.
It's hard message to sell - the low-fat/high-carb diet has been endorsed by so many 'health professionals' and government bodies that people just believe it but the western world grows fatter every year and heart disease and diabetes are at epidemic proportions. As Dr Atkins says in his book, before refined sugar and flour (in the form of Coke and white bread) hit the market, heart disease was unheard of! Yet we have been eating fat for centuries (in fact we eat less now than ever), and they blame the fat body on fat food. I can't believe they won't acknowledge the obvious correlation between increased carb intake and the increase in diet-related illness!
Rebecca
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