Koffee,
I know that you really are a good person. I think it is safe to say that we will not agree much on the whole low carb thing... All I ask is that you keep your eyes open to new possabilities. Don't approach people with the "I am a certified nutritionalist so I know my **** and you don't... and you are doing everything wrong, and you are going to fail." There is no doubt that you know more than me when it comes to general nutrition. Don't let that fact make you ignorant to new studies and research that may show that some of the basic principles you believe in could be less than 100% accurate.
Low carb diets work for some people. There are plenty of cases where people have lost a huge amount of weight... all of their medical numbers are fantastic, and the weight has stayed off for a long time. Right now it is working for me. Maybe in time I will get to the point where I am tired of low carbing... or perhaps I will hit a wall and will stop loosing weight.... You could very well get a private message from me asking for specific information in regards to some other kind of diet... who knows.
Don't be so quick to shoot something down. There is a lot of evidence out there that suggests strongly that there is something to low carb dieting. And that pile of evidence keeps growing.
Have a good evening,
Mike
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