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weird pro-carb scare ad
While watching the news early this morning, I caught this weird 'public
service announcement'. Woman driving in a car, ominous voice over starts out "In the headlong rush to lose weight..." and goes on to tell us of the health risks of cutting out "essential carbohydrates": high blood pressure, heart disease, and (pause for effect...) cancer. I caught the Web site, it's the Partnership for Essential Nutrition: http://www.essentialnutrition.org/ I remember seeing something about this outfit earlier in the summer. There is some big money behind it and it was founded by Shape Up America. As usual, it creates a strawman diet in which people are "eating unlimited amounts of meat and fat". From http://www.essentialnutrition.org/lowcarb.php "The United States is in the midst of a skyrocketing obesity epidemic. Today, more than 60 percent of American adults are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and many are investing in diet books, such as those promising rapid weight loss in a matter of weeks by greatly restricting the intake of carbohydrates while eating unlimited amounts of meat and fat." But, wait! That's not all! They can have it both ways, because "... the prime reason that low-carbohydrate diets work at all is that people on these plans consume fewer calories than the body needs, which is the same principle used by every other diet." All this while eating those unlimited amounts of meat and fat. Pretty good trick! There's a lot of "according to scientists" and "according to doctors and nutritionists" and "numerous studies have shown" (all unspecified) strewn throughout, something that always makes me suspicious. One thing they do have right, though -- their survey showed that the average American is woefully uninformed about what carbohydrates are and which foods contain them. On a side note, in this context I find it interesting that my maintenance level will probably be around 90-100g of carbs a day (a mere 25% reduction in the recommended 130g per day). Dan 325/199/180 Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution) Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes |
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