(gman99) wrote in message ...
wrote:
I'm such a skeptic about diet and nutritional claims (because so many
are bogus) but am interested in this Low carb mania that seems to be
popular these days.

I notice that in the supermarkets there are new products touting
themselves as "Low Carb" with the insinuation that that will help with
weight control.

As I understand it, low carb foods tend to lessen the "amplitude" of
blood insulin levels which can cause hunger signals and consequently
cause a person to eat more. If that's true, isn't the bottom line STILL
calories "in" versus calories "out" or is there something else that the
low carb diet does?

Low carb / low fat....doesn't matter. The ONLY way to lose / maintaina /
gain weoght is to create a calorie deficit / balance / surplus !!!!


Sure, why not. This methodology only fails 95 or more percent of the
time.


If you want to lose weight the probable best way is to do a little more and
eat a little less...PERIOD. There's nothing magical about ANY diet plan,
just remember there's nothing temporary about it. Losing weight and
maintaining a lower weight typically requires a LIFESTYLE change....FOR
LIFE !!


Yeah, and starving yourself can easily become a lifestyle, sure.
Unlike eating enough protein and fat in the diet to actually feel
satiated after a meal and not gorge on sugary carbs every hour or so.
Yep, starvation should definitely be looked upon as an attainable goal
and lifestyle.

Eat a little less and do a little more would work for tha majority of
people...it's THAT freakin' simple !!

Boy how stupid of the 60% of Americans who are now obese. Geez if only
they were told to eat a low-fat/low-calorie/high-carb diet, then they
would all be trim and healthy. Oh wait, they were told. But I guess
they just were genetically pre-disposed to be fat, or they just are
unable to count calories, or they are just lazy, or they just have no
will power. Poor saps.

How simple a solution, now if only we could figure out the reason why
it doesn't actually work more than 2 to 5% of the time. How freakin'
exciting that you've resolve all of our freakin' obesity problems in
one freakin' sweeping statement. You, sir, are a freakin' genius.

I guess we can tell all those who have lost massive amounts of weight
on healthy low-carb diets that they are just fooling themselves and it
is all an illusion.

TC