On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:10:18 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
wrote:

Good post, very, very good and logical post.

Obsidian.


Apparently from http://www.fatlosstips.com/burnfat

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Low carb intelligence vs. low carb stupidity!
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Remember that movie with Jim Carey, "Dumb and Dumber?" And remember the
sequel to that movie, "Dumb and Dumberer?" Well, the low carb mania that is
sweeping the globe today has reached a level beyond dumberer. It's more like
dumberererer (try to say that five times real fast)

There is an epidemic of "low carb stupidity" running rampant among millions
of people throughout the world today - and fast food restaurants, food
product manufacturers, supplement companies, and weight loss programs are
capitalizing on it in a big way in 2004!

The low carb diet is not inherently stupid, however. It can be quite
beneficial within certain parameters and under the right circumstances. The
problem is that many practitioners are uniformed, misinformed, or simply
lack the common sense and intuitive bodily wisdom to utilize the low carb
approach intelligently.

Many low-carbers don't even know why they are on a low carb diet, they're
just following the followers. Not intelligent. Doing what everyone else is
doing is always one of the surest, straightest routes to arrive at
mediocrity! If you want to be a success, your chances are far greater if you
look at what the masses are doing and do the exact opposite!

Fortunately, there is such a thing as "low carb intelligence." Hopefully, by
reading my brief rant this month, you will increase your carb IQ, and soon
join the ranks of the extraordinarily fit, lean and healthy "carbo
geniuses!"


Low carb stupidity #1
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Selecting your beer or liquor carefully to make sure you have the brand with
the fewest grams of carbs.


Low carb intelligence
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Avoiding alcohol if you're trying to lose body fat. Drinking only in
moderation if you're trying to maintain your weight and be healthy.


Low carb stupidity #2
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Believing any of the following: Low carbs diets are the only way to lose
fat, low carb diets are the best way to lose fat, no one should ever eat a
high carb diet, high carbs always make you fat, starches and grains make
everyone sick and unhealthy.


Low carb intelligence
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Adjusting your approach according to your health status, your goals and your
body type, not according to generalizations preached by dogmatic low carb
"gurus."


Low carb stupidity #3
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Going on the Atkins diet (or any other very low carb/ketogenic diet) with
absolutely no idea why you're doing it or how the diet works (going on it
because "everybody" is doing it and because you see it advertised
everywhere.)


Low carb intelligence
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Studying the physiology and biochemistry of the low carb diet and completely
understanding all the pros and cons. Then making an informed decision
whether to restrict carbs based on your own personal goals, needs and heath
status.


Low carb stupidity #4
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Thinking that very low carb (ketogenic) dieting is a maintainable
"lifestyle."


Low carb intelligence
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Understanding that reasonable (moderate) restriction of carbs can be a
helpful short term strategy for fat loss, a good way to reach a peak, and an
effective way for some people to control insulin. But also understanding
that a balanced diet of natural foods is probably the most suitable of all
the diets for health, lifelong maintenance and weight control.


Low carb stupidity #5
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Believing calories don't count if you just cut out your carbs (or not
counting calories because it's "too much work.")


Low carb intelligence
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Knowing that fat loss always did and always will boil down to calories in
vs. calories out. Taking the time and effort to crunch your numbers (at
least once), typing up your menu on a spreadsheet, keeping a diary, and/or
using nutrition tracking software.


Low carb stupidity #6
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Staying on a low carb diet that has stopped working (or never worked in the
first place).


Low carb intelligence
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Adjusting your diet according to your results; understanding that a common
definition of insanity (and/or stupidity) is to continue to do the same
things over and over again, while expecting a different result.


Low carb stupidity #7
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Believing that you don't need exercise because all you need to do is cut
carbs.


Low carb intelligence
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Knowing that dieting is the worst way to lose fat and that exercise is the
best way to lose fat (Burn The Fat, don't starve the fat).


Low carb stupidity #8
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Using the argument; "There's no such thing as an essential carbohydrate" as
justification for low carb dieting.


Low carb intelligence
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Realizing that textbook definitions of "essential" can be taken out of
context to promote a fad diet and that just because there's technically no
"essential" carbohydrates (as there are essential amino acids and fatty
acids) doesn't mean carbohydrates aren't "essential" in other respects.


Low carb stupidity #9
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Using the argument, "You have to eat fat to lose fat" as justification for a
high fat, low carb diet, without explaining it or putting it in context
(exactly how much fat and what kind of fat?)


Low carb intelligence
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Understanding the importance of essential and omega three fats (the good
fats), but not taking any single nutritional principle to an extreme (such
as, "If a little fat is good for you then a lot is even better.")


Low carb stupidity #10
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Saying, "All carbs are bad" or "All carbs are fattening."


Low carb intelligence
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Avoiding generalizations, and instead, having multiple distinctions about
carbohydrates (and other foods) so you can make better choices. For example:

Low GI vs. high GI carbs
Simple vs. complex carbs
Starchy vs. fibrous carbs
Natural vs. refined carbs
High calorie density vs. low calorie density carbs


Low carb stupidity #11
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Not clarifying your definition of low carbs.


Low carb intelligence
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Realizing that there are "very low" carb diets, "low" carb diets, and
"moderate" carb diets and that you cant lump them all together. (Some people
consider The Zone Diet, at 40% of calories from carbs, a low carb diet,
others consider 40% carbs quite high).


Low carb stupidity #12
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Believing that carrots are fattening because they're high on the glycemic
index and because a popular fad diet book says so.


Low carb intelligence
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Have we lost all vestiges of common sense? With an average carrot clocking
in at 31 calories and 7.3 grams of carbs, do you really think that this
orange-colored, nutrient-dense, low-calorie, all-natural,
straight-out-of-the-ground root vegetable is going to make you fat? (if so,
you are in "carbohydrate kindergarten.")


Low carb stupidity. Lucky #13
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Eating lots of processed and packaged low carb foods (including those
protein "candy bars"). and thinking you're "being good" and "following your
diet."


Low carb intelligence
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Realizing that natural, unrefined foods are one of the keys to lifelong
weight control and that anything man made and refined is NOT an ideal "diet"
food - including the highly processed low carb foods that are all the rage
this year. (Doesn't this bandwagon reek of the late 80's and early 90's "no
fat" craze, when all those "fat free" foods were being passed off as healthy
diet food, but were really highly processed and full of pure sugar?)

--End of Stupidities--