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Old February 4th, 2004, 04:10 PM
Roger Zoul
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========================
Low carb intelligence vs. low carb stupidity!
========================

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
----------------------
Selecting your beer or liquor carefully to make sure you have the brand with
the fewest grams of carbs.


Low carb intelligence
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
Thinking that very low carb (ketogenic) dieting is a maintainable
"lifestyle."


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


Low carb intelligence
----------------------
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
----------------------
Believing that you don't need exercise because all you need to do is cut
carbs.


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


Low carb intelligence
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
Saying, "All carbs are bad" or "All carbs are fattening."


Low carb intelligence
----------------------
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
----------------------
Not clarifying your definition of low carbs.


Low carb intelligence
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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--


  #2  
Old February 5th, 2004, 03:44 PM
Hannah Gruen
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Default Low carb intelligence vs. low carb stupidity! (something to chewon)

Roger Zoul wrote:

Roger, thanks for posting this. Some good food for thought. I'd comment
on a couple things in the article.

Low carb intelligence
----------------------
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.


I think this kind of overlooks the fact that for people with messed up
insulin/BG issues, some restriction of amounts/kinds of carbohydrates is
probably going to be necessary as part of a lifelong healthful
maintenance program. In other words, if you go back to the "balanced
diet" that made you fat and unhealthy in the first place, you'll likely
go back to being fat and unhealthy.

This may be less so for younger people who haven't developed much
insulin resistance and therefore benefit from the caloric reduction
inherent in lc diets. Us older folks know what happens when we go back
to "balanced diets".


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


Yes, this irritates me no end! I know Suzanne Sommers included carrots
in her list of "evil vegetables". I haven't read South Beach yet, but
from reviews it seems like carrots are again inappropriately banned. (If
this is not true (and I hope it is not) please correct me.)

Obviously eating bags full of baby carrots for snacks isn't appropriate.
But a carrot along with your turnips and pot roast, or a tablespoon or
two of grated carrot over your mixed salad are great, nutritive,
colorful additions to a moderate restricted carb WOE. IMO. These authors
don't understand the concept of glycemic load?

HG

  #3  
Old February 5th, 2004, 05:34 PM
Roger Zoul
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Default Low carb intelligence vs. low carb stupidity! (something to chew on)

Hannah Gruen wrote:
:: Roger Zoul wrote:
::
:: Roger, thanks for posting this. Some good food for thought. I'd
:: comment on a couple things in the article.
::
::: Low carb intelligence
::: ----------------------
::: 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.
::
:: I think this kind of overlooks the fact that for people with messed
:: up insulin/BG issues, some restriction of amounts/kinds of
:: carbohydrates is probably going to be necessary as part of a
:: lifelong healthful maintenance program. In other words, if you go
:: back to the "balanced diet" that made you fat and unhealthy in the
:: first place, you'll likely go back to being fat and unhealthy.
::
:: This may be less so for younger people who haven't developed much
:: insulin resistance and therefore benefit from the caloric reduction
:: inherent in lc diets. Us older folks know what happens when we go
:: back to "balanced diets".

I agree with you. I think the writer doesn't realize that there are other
reasons to LC beside weight loss.

::
::
::: Low carb stupidity #12
::: ----------------------
::: Believing that carrots are fattening because they're high on the
::: glycemic index and because a popular fad diet book says so.
::
:: Yes, this irritates me no end! I know Suzanne Sommers included
:: carrots in her list of "evil vegetables". I haven't read South Beach
:: yet, but from reviews it seems like carrots are again
:: inappropriately banned. (If this is not true (and I hope it is not)
:: please correct me.)
::
:: Obviously eating bags full of baby carrots for snacks isn't
:: appropriate. But a carrot along with your turnips and pot roast, or
:: a tablespoon or two of grated carrot over your mixed salad are
:: great, nutritive, colorful additions to a moderate restricted carb
:: WOE. IMO. These authors don't understand the concept of glycemic
:: load?

funny....even Dr. Bernstein in his book on diabetes seems to ban carrots, as
i recall. Raw carrots are a treat if you ask me, and something with such
wonderful color just as to be good for my body!


::
:: HG


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Old February 6th, 2004, 06:28 PM
ASP Whiz
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Default Low carb intelligence vs. low carb stupidity! (something to chew on)

I am doing the South Beach diet now. It really is not a diet but a way
of eating healthy. The only reason he tells you to avoid some of the
vegetables early on in the program like carrots and tomatoes is
because of the sugar content. The goal at the beginning is to wean
your body off of the need for certain carbs and sugars so that you can
eat ones that are better for you and your digestive process. You blood
sugar levels basically level out. Of course you can add items like
carrots back in very quickly, but with anything, you need to eat the
correct amount. With most green vegetables, it really doesn't matter
how much you eat because the calories are so insignificant and they
are absent of carbs. The other thing that is good about SBD unlike
the Atkins diet is that you ARE allowed to eat carbs but you should
choose the right ones. This also follows with fat. Fat in things like
nuts and say Canadian bacon (lean meats) is okay, but with Atkins, you
are eating fat galore, it doesn't matter and then you end up with high
cholesterol.

I've been doing this for 3 weeks now. I have lost 10 pounds and by
eating this way I should loose about 1-2 pounds a week which is a
health weight loss for the body. I have also learned more about
foods, how to shop at the market as well as cooking some really neat
stuff with my wife.

Hope this info helps.
  #5  
Old February 6th, 2004, 07:41 PM
billydee
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Default Low carb intelligence vs. low carb stupidity! (something to chew on)

word brutha!
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Old February 6th, 2004, 10:06 PM
Obsidian
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Default Low carb intelligence vs. low carb stupidity! (something to chew on)

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

========================
Low carb intelligence vs. low carb stupidity!
========================

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
----------------------
Selecting your beer or liquor carefully to make sure you have the brand with
the fewest grams of carbs.


Low carb intelligence
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
Thinking that very low carb (ketogenic) dieting is a maintainable
"lifestyle."


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


Low carb intelligence
----------------------
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
----------------------
Believing that you don't need exercise because all you need to do is cut
carbs.


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


Low carb intelligence
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
Saying, "All carbs are bad" or "All carbs are fattening."


Low carb intelligence
----------------------
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
----------------------
Not clarifying your definition of low carbs.


Low carb intelligence
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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
----------------------
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--


  #7  
Old February 9th, 2004, 05:02 AM
Roger
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I am doing the South Beach diet now...but with Atkins, you
are eating fat galore...


Fat galore? What version of Dr. Atkin's book are you reading, man! I
don't recall him saying eat anything galore!!! As with anything,
common sense must rule the day. Congrats on the 10 lb loss...
  #8  
Old February 9th, 2004, 05:43 PM
ASP Whiz
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Default Low carb intelligence vs. low carb stupidity! (something to chew on)

To clearify the fat galore comment, it seems as if people abuse the
diet because they assume that if they cut out all their carbs that
will alone bring them to their goal. They need to realize that you
cannot eat a lot of fat esp bad fat and you should still exercise to
have overall health benefits. Also, you need good carbs. This is why I
didn't choose Atkins. I would have hated it!

(Roger) wrote in message . com...
I am doing the South Beach diet now...but with Atkins, you
are eating fat galore...


Fat galore? What version of Dr. Atkin's book are you reading, man! I
don't recall him saying eat anything galore!!! As with anything,
common sense must rule the day. Congrats on the 10 lb loss...

  #9  
Old February 25th, 2004, 01:37 AM
Cailleachschilde
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Default Low carb intelligence vs. low carb stupidity! (something to chew on)

ASP Whiz wrote:
To clearify the fat galore comment, it seems as if people abuse the
diet because they assume that if they cut out all their carbs that
will alone bring them to their goal. They need to realize that you
cannot eat a lot of fat esp bad fat and you should still exercise to
have overall health benefits. Also, you need good carbs. This is why I
didn't choose Atkins. I would have hated it!



There is no 'bad fat,' that's just a fallacy. And Atkins has plenty of good
carbs. I had broccoli, tomatoes, and salad yesterday. Today, I'm having
spinach, left over broccoli, and salad,

Doing SB is fine; just don't bash a diet you don't understand.

Yvonne
  #10  
Old February 25th, 2004, 02:10 AM
Pat Paris
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Default Low carb intelligence vs. low carb stupidity! (something to chew on)

On 25 Feb 2004 00:37:25 GMT, yteme
(Cailleachschilde) wrote:

There is no 'bad fat,' that's just a fallacy.

Hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fat is bad fat.
 




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