"Papa Joe" wrote in message
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Hi
I read an
article(http://www.xposed.com/health/nutriti...arb_trend.aspx)
that spoke about pasta and how it(companies) is fighting back against
low carbing..which is OK.

But, I find one quote to be disturbing and probably incorrect--I know
it is for me anyway--it goes:

"How is it that it can be called a low-carb diet when in fact it is a
dangerous high-fat diet? How can that happen in our culture?" railed
K. Dun Gifford, president of the Oldways Preservation Trust, the
Boston-based food issues think tank that organized the event."

I don't know about others, but I do not find that the foods I eat are
any more high fat than those who are not low carbing.It's not like we
go out of the way to eat fat, ....





I am following South Beach, which emphasizes low-fat (not a true low-carb
diet, of course, because they stress "good carbs not bad carbs"). I also
have eliminated all bread, potatoes, rice, and pasta. In my case, that is
*much* lower-carb than in my pre-diabetic/pre-diet days. A couple of weeks
ago, I began using FitDay to evaluate my nutritional intake. I'm not sure
how accurate some of their values are, but I was truly startled to find that
my carbs and fat are now basically equal but I have low protein intake! I
have been eating lots and lots of veggies, quite a few fresh fruit, and some
lean meat -- but I obviously haven't been getting as much meat as I thought.
This leads me to think that "high fat" can be misleading. For example, I
see from looking at FitDay that much of my fat comes from eating nuts and
cheese (low-fat when possible, but I also get some "regular" cheese).
That's very different from saturated fats (which I try to limit) or
trans-fats (which I try to avoid completely). I know that many low-carbers
are not concerned about the amount of fat, but I am still skeptical about
that.

MaryL