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Review: Low Carb Living Magazine
I just saw the premiere issue of this magazine in my local Publix today
(Atlanta GA) and I bought it and read it. Have to say I wasn't much impressed, but that could be because I have already learned most of the stuff in there from this group. I was a bit dissapointed that there were articles touting low-carb products like bars and ice cream, but no articles about how sugar-alcohols stall some people. I was also pretty majorly ****ed that they screwed up the printing on the "Atkins vs. South Beach" article. On the second page of the article, instead of continuing, it repeated the first page, then abruptly ended on the third page without the rest of the article. Another thing that bothered me was that some of the articles seemed way too short and dry, like excerpts from scientific journals instead of magazine articles. Also, the magazine is trying to be all things to all low-carbers, so for newbies who haven't researched well or chosen a particular low-carb plan, it may be confusing to see conflicting lists of what to eat and not to eat, and recipes that may be fine for a low-GI diet but not ok on South Beach, or recipes that are fine on South Beach but not for Atkins induction. There were a few interesting things about the science behind low-carbing, one in particular about the recent Harvard School of Public Health study where dieters on low-carb lost more weight even while eating more calories. I was glad that they went into detail about how the study was done (pre-prepared meals instead of self-reporting) but the study wasn't really large enough to be statistically significant. Another thing I liked was the emphasis on exercise, and how it can break a stall, but this section seemed very much geared to people in middle age. In fact, the entire magazine seems aimed at middle-aged people, which I suppose isn't so bad since that's when weight gain starts for a lot of people, and they are a big percentage of the population. But as a 28 year-old, I suppose I'm a bit biased since I am used to magazines with a more exciting look graphically. I tried to be aware of that and put that out of my mind as much as possible, and I still wasn't impressed, especially with that glaring printing error. The error may not be in every copy, but I seriously doubt it was only in mine. -- Michelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. |
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Review: Low Carb Living Magazine
How much did the magazine cost? $?
Thanks for the review. "Luna" wrote in message ... I just saw the premiere issue of this magazine in my local Publix today (Atlanta GA) and I bought it and read it. Have to say I wasn't much impressed, but that could be because I have already learned most of the stuff in there from this group. I was a bit dissapointed that there were articles touting low-carb products like bars and ice cream, but no articles about how sugar-alcohols stall some people. I was also pretty majorly ****ed that they screwed up the printing on the "Atkins vs. South Beach" article. On the second page of the article, instead of continuing, it repeated the first page, then abruptly ended on the third page without the rest of the article. Another thing that bothered me was that some of the articles seemed way too short and dry, like excerpts from scientific journals instead of magazine articles. Also, the magazine is trying to be all things to all low-carbers, so for newbies who haven't researched well or chosen a particular low-carb plan, it may be confusing to see conflicting lists of what to eat and not to eat, and recipes that may be fine for a low-GI diet but not ok on South Beach, or recipes that are fine on South Beach but not for Atkins induction. There were a few interesting things about the science behind low-carbing, one in particular about the recent Harvard School of Public Health study where dieters on low-carb lost more weight even while eating more calories. I was glad that they went into detail about how the study was done (pre-prepared meals instead of self-reporting) but the study wasn't really large enough to be statistically significant. Another thing I liked was the emphasis on exercise, and how it can break a stall, but this section seemed very much geared to people in middle age. In fact, the entire magazine seems aimed at middle-aged people, which I suppose isn't so bad since that's when weight gain starts for a lot of people, and they are a big percentage of the population. But as a 28 year-old, I suppose I'm a bit biased since I am used to magazines with a more exciting look graphically. I tried to be aware of that and put that out of my mind as much as possible, and I still wasn't impressed, especially with that glaring printing error. The error may not be in every copy, but I seriously doubt it was only in mine. -- Michelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. |
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Review: Low Carb Living Magazine
You might want to send your review to them. Snail mail might get better attention than email.
-- Mystic 315/247/118 Low Carb since April 18, 2003 |
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Review: Low Carb Living Magazine
Luna,
The magazine is supported by advertisers. Since they all sell products laced with stall-inducing sugar alcohols, you are never going to see a single article warning readers against them. In fact, you are more likely to see articles touting the helpful qualities of various "low carb" foods. Magazines make their money almost entirely from ads. The price you pay for a copy is eaten up by the costs of printing, shipping and taking back all the unsold newsstand copies for full credit. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm "Luna" wrote in message ... I just saw the premiere issue of this magazine in my local Publix today (Atlanta GA) and I bought it and read it. Have to say I wasn't much impressed, but that could be because I have already learned most of the stuff in there from this group. I was a bit dissapointed that there were articles touting low-carb products like bars and ice cream, but no articles about how sugar-alcohols stall some people. I was also pretty majorly ****ed that they screwed up the printing on the "Atkins vs. South Beach" article. On the second page of the article, instead of continuing, it repeated the first page, then abruptly ended on the third page without the rest of the article. Another thing that bothered me was that some of the articles seemed way too short and dry, like excerpts from scientific journals instead of magazine articles. Also, the magazine is trying to be all things to all low-carbers, so for newbies who haven't researched well or chosen a particular low-carb plan, it may be confusing to see conflicting lists of what to eat and not to eat, and recipes that may be fine for a low-GI diet but not ok on South Beach, or recipes that are fine on South Beach but not for Atkins induction. There were a few interesting things about the science behind low-carbing, one in particular about the recent Harvard School of Public Health study where dieters on low-carb lost more weight even while eating more calories. I was glad that they went into detail about how the study was done (pre-prepared meals instead of self-reporting) but the study wasn't really large enough to be statistically significant. Another thing I liked was the emphasis on exercise, and how it can break a stall, but this section seemed very much geared to people in middle age. In fact, the entire magazine seems aimed at middle-aged people, which I suppose isn't so bad since that's when weight gain starts for a lot of people, and they are a big percentage of the population. But as a 28 year-old, I suppose I'm a bit biased since I am used to magazines with a more exciting look graphically. I tried to be aware of that and put that out of my mind as much as possible, and I still wasn't impressed, especially with that glaring printing error. The error may not be in every copy, but I seriously doubt it was only in mine. -- Michelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. |
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Review: Low Carb Living Magazine
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 06:11:59 GMT, Luna
wrote: I just saw the premiere issue of this magazine in my local Publix today (Atlanta GA) and I bought it and read it. Have to say I wasn't much impressed, but that could be because I have already learned most of the stuff in there from this group. Only a minority of Americans know how to use google and usenet to get their information. For the 80% who don't, the commercial sponsored magazines will at least help some people who really need to lose weight get started. |
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Review: Low Carb Living Magazine
Jenny wrote:
:: Luna, :: :: The magazine is supported by advertisers. Since they all sell :: products laced with stall-inducing sugar alcohols, you are never :: going to see a single article warning readers against them. As there are plenty of companies that sell LC products that don't contain sugar alcohols, I'd say this statement has a strong potential to be false (obviously it not false for this currnet issue). The magazine should seek out makers of those products and encourage them to advertise, imo. This could be pointed out in the form of letters to the magazine. I never fail to complain about the sheer amount of junk food items I see for sale in my local LC store. Way too much if you ask me for people supposedly trying to lose weight (and I'll tell you, here in upstate SC I don't believe there are THAT many LCers who are in maintenance). And the funny thing is -- the employees there know it. However, the dieters seem to want that stuff -- apparently thinking that only carbs count. . |
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Review: Low Carb Living Magazine
Lost Mystic wrote:
You might want to send your review to them. Snail mail might get better attention than email. -- Mystic And, IIRC, when I tried to email my comments, they had not activated that account. -- Jean B. |
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Review: Low Carb Living Magazine
Roger,
If by "low carb products that don't contain sugar alcohols" you mean companies that sell meat, cheese, veggies I agree completely. Now that I'm in maintenance, I'd love to see some low carb desserts that truly were low carb, but as long as the big corn processors can get away with selling modified corn sugar (maltitol) as "low carb" it won't happen. And it really is a shame to think of the many people, including all too many people with diabetes, who try these products, stall out immediately, see their blood sugar rise, and concluded that yes, Atkins was a fat scam artist. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm "Roger Zoul" wrote in message ... Jenny wrote: :: Luna, :: :: The magazine is supported by advertisers. Since they all sell :: products laced with stall-inducing sugar alcohols, you are never :: going to see a single article warning readers against them. As there are plenty of companies that sell LC products that don't contain sugar alcohols, I'd say this statement has a strong potential to be false (obviously it not false for this currnet issue). The magazine should seek out makers of those products and encourage them to advertise, imo. This could be pointed out in the form of letters to the magazine. I never fail to complain about the sheer amount of junk food items I see for sale in my local LC store. Way too much if you ask me for people supposedly trying to lose weight (and I'll tell you, here in upstate SC I don't believe there are THAT many LCers who are in maintenance). And the funny thing is -- the employees there know it. However, the dieters seem to want that stuff -- apparently thinking that only carbs count. . |
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Review: Low Carb Living Magazine
$3.99
In article , "Cubit" wrote: How much did the magazine cost? $? Thanks for the review. "Luna" wrote in message ... I just saw the premiere issue of this magazine in my local Publix today (Atlanta GA) and I bought it and read it. Have to say I wasn't much impressed, but that could be because I have already learned most of the stuff in there from this group. I was a bit dissapointed that there were articles touting low-carb products like bars and ice cream, but no articles about how sugar-alcohols stall some people. I was also pretty majorly ****ed that they screwed up the printing on the "Atkins vs. South Beach" article. On the second page of the article, instead of continuing, it repeated the first page, then abruptly ended on the third page without the rest of the article. Another thing that bothered me was that some of the articles seemed way too short and dry, like excerpts from scientific journals instead of magazine articles. Also, the magazine is trying to be all things to all low-carbers, so for newbies who haven't researched well or chosen a particular low-carb plan, it may be confusing to see conflicting lists of what to eat and not to eat, and recipes that may be fine for a low-GI diet but not ok on South Beach, or recipes that are fine on South Beach but not for Atkins induction. There were a few interesting things about the science behind low-carbing, one in particular about the recent Harvard School of Public Health study where dieters on low-carb lost more weight even while eating more calories. I was glad that they went into detail about how the study was done (pre-prepared meals instead of self-reporting) but the study wasn't really large enough to be statistically significant. Another thing I liked was the emphasis on exercise, and how it can break a stall, but this section seemed very much geared to people in middle age. In fact, the entire magazine seems aimed at middle-aged people, which I suppose isn't so bad since that's when weight gain starts for a lot of people, and they are a big percentage of the population. But as a 28 year-old, I suppose I'm a bit biased since I am used to magazines with a more exciting look graphically. I tried to be aware of that and put that out of my mind as much as possible, and I still wasn't impressed, especially with that glaring printing error. The error may not be in every copy, but I seriously doubt it was only in mine. -- Michelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. |
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Review: Low Carb Living Magazine
I would have to disagree here, based on other magazines I read. I read
plenty of fashion/women's magazines with articles about accepting your body, getting healthy by eating right and exercising, which ALSO contain ads for "miracle" diet pills. In article , "Jenny" wrote: Luna, The magazine is supported by advertisers. Since they all sell products laced with stall-inducing sugar alcohols, you are never going to see a single article warning readers against them. In fact, you are more likely to see articles touting the helpful qualities of various "low carb" foods. Magazines make their money almost entirely from ads. The price you pay for a copy is eaten up by the costs of printing, shipping and taking back all the unsold newsstand copies for full credit. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm -- Michelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. |
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