Re: banta diet, new and interesting twist on low carb

markd_at_toad-net.com
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: 26 Oct 2004 18:56:53 GMT

It is the primary symptom of nutritional theology, those who are
uncomfortable with science and/or really really want it not to be true
find a guru and follow the written in stone teachings thereof. There is
starting to be some real science being done, at last, on the "low carb"
question. It's weight loss features are the same at one year as other
weight loss plans. The question now is the long term concerns for it's
impact in large populations using it. One big problem is that people who
use it don't follow guidelines,ie. the two pounds of bacon for breakfast
and "veggies, what veggies" crowd. Weight is one thing, it's supposed
health "advantages" are equaled by long term large population real world
natural experiments,ie. the med. food tradition and that of e. asia, the
latter having an average of 70 percent of food as carbs. So the score
card, other plans equal weight loss, long term concerns not resolved yet,
and existing food traditions equal and exceed health goals. One place
which it has a research based application is in those who have the
metabolic syndrom, where studies show that controlled carb food plans help
insulin resistance and related features of the syndrome.

>>> Still looking for a magic bullet?
>>
>>Nope. Found it about 4 years ago.
>
>So why are you appearing confused and persistently asking what appear
>to be naive, uneducated questions here? What was this stuff you posted
>here now about the banta diet? To what purpose?