A cheeseburger for lunch: has there ever
been a diet better suited to the American
psyche? The latest diet fad to sweep the
country (and the supermarket shelves) is
the "low carb" diet, and with permission
for its followers to indulge in the kind
of delectable foods that other diets shun
as unhealthy, it is hard to find anyone not on it.
Basically, the thinking is that carbohydrates
are bad for dieting, so they need to be greatly
restricted from our diet. Out goes bread
and sugar, in comes red meat. Followers eventually
do get to go back to carbohydrates but only
after they have reached their target weight
and only in quantities that do not cause
them to put the weight back on. Click here to learn more.
As with any diet, there is a storm of controversy
and a flurry of studies, some in favor, so
not. So should you try a low carb diet? Always
check with your doctor before starting any
diet, but our advice is, like with any diet,
there is probably a degree of truth in it:
reducing carbohydrate intake cannot by itself
be bad; we just believe that you need to
proceed in moderation with the food and nutritional
sources you pick to replace them. |
