[naguszed]

Carb-laden diets are the fad. Refined sugars & bleached processed flour crept into our diets significantly in the last 20 years.

I did Atkins over 1 1/2 years ago on a lark while recovering from a foot injury that left me sedentary for 3 months. I was amazed, not just at the weight I lost, but also at the amount of really crappy carbs laced into everyday processed foods. So much so that after my recovery, I stayed on the diet.

I made my own personal adjustments to the diet. I lay off the heavy creams & red meats & bacon. (I had a spike in my cholesterol after the early phase, which disappeared 6 months after the adjustments.) Because I get more than my share of exercise, I do allow more carbs than most on maintenance. Weight dropped 5 more lbs (& held for over a year).

I dont miss pasta, coke (used to drink 1 a day), candy & junk snacks (used to be daily). Atkins showed me how crappy I felt after eating this stuff...why would I ever go back?

[antaresequity]

Carbs are killer and so is protein and so is fiber and vegies

It depends on the demands your putting your body through...and what those demands will precipitate into in terms of intake

If your loading up prior to a burn day, go with carbs...if your looking to rebuild tissues after stressing the structure...pack in some more protein...if your looking to balance the extremes and keep things moving...go with more fiber and vegies...

There isn't one diet that works...listen to your body...understand the demands you are anticipating making on your body...adjust accordingly...

All of its good...know when you need a balance shift, and react...

Nothing wrong with pasta, steak or OJ...its all good

[Lael]

Carb-laden diets are the fad. Refined sugars & bleached processed flour crept into our diets significantly in the last 20 years.

Starting with "Diet for a Small Planet", the Food Lefties panned Meat and pushed "Complex Carbohydrates."

In my Great Grandma's day, it was simply called "Starch", and everyone knew that the reason poor Southerners were Obese [and had Palagra] was lack of Meat and reliance on Starch like corn.

What you are seeing is the reaction of a Whole World that has been lied to for 25 Years.

Carb demand is down in Europe, as well.