Living Low-Carb
Chapter One
Why Are We Doing This, Anyway?
The Basic Idea
The objective of all low-carb diets, which date back at least to the
early nineteenth century, has always been weight loss. Although
plenty of low-fat advocates continue to insist that it's only water
that's lost on a low-carb regimen, many patients using it have lost
over 100 pounds in short order. Among the many formerly obese, it's
pretty well agreed that low-carb is the most effective, most
enjoyable, and most successful over the long term of all the various
diets. Despite our government's dictate that we load up on carbs to
maintain our health, low-carb books have consistently topped the
bestseller charts for nearly a decade. Literally millions of people
have followed these diets with no reported ill effects so far.
Although low-carb diets are still controversial within the health
establishment, they have never been vulnerable to charges like the
deaths that have been associated with fen-phen or liquid diets. The
theoretical argument will continue to rage, and it's extremely
unlikely that any definitive studies will be done anytime s ... read full excerpt from Living Low-Carb ebook
