Sun, Nov-30-03, 17:14
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Senior Member
Posts: 3,060
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 338/253/210
BF:
Progress: 66%
Location: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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It seems to me that they're posting innuendos and half-truths that pepper the media in relation to LC diets. They don't know any better, they haven't researched it, they haven't read any books.
They are, in a word, like I was about 6 months ago. I wanted to reduce my meat intake drastically, eat lots of rice, breads, veggies and fruits, thinking it would help my health and weight. I bought into what the establishment was selling before I started this and actually read the material, both pro and con.
The common vein that runs through all the con material is that its best points got nullified by the research, and it's now relying on its second string, scare tactics, and dogma. Kidney damage, unproven and unlikely, is now pushed as the top selling point for the con camp. They can't push cholesterol increases anymore, nor can they do much on the weight loss front. Scare tactics are what they're left with, but it's too little too late. The public is beginning to understand this way of eating.
I also like how LC is now held to higher standards than low fat. After all, we don't know that it won't damage your kidneys long-term...while low fat diets are let off the hook on what they might do over many years to a person...
There isn't any stake for me in others working to better themselves via Low Carb, so even if LC loses the debate, I still get the benefit of it. However, I doubt it loses the debate.
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