first of all, the reason you lose so much weight in the first stages of the adkins diet is because each gram of carb is stored in your
muscle with 3 grams of water. i suppose you could call the diet a natural diuretic, but there is nothing natural about cutting out a food group or severly limiting a food group, especially when you ride. so it is definitely true that you lose water, and lots of it.

secondly, ANYTHING you eat in excess is going to be stored as fat. your body processes protein slowly, in turn, your kidneys have to work 3 times as hard to excrete waste product in your urine. i don't know about you guys, but the last thing i want to do is tax my kidneys into doing more work than they have to.

true still, white flour, refined carbs are sort of the norm for the american diet.

whole wheat, whole grain, brown rice have been proven to digest slowly and do not raise blood glucose levels, and insulin levels at such a rapid pace.

as Chris Charmichael says: "take a hint from the europeans, don't cook your pasta until it is mushy. Al Dente is the way to go, so the pasta is chewy.