that was an interesting read. What I gathered from that is that, for most people who aren't greatly overweight (I put myself in that category, for example), then my system of total carbs is valid, as each type is probably moot as it relates to weight lose and my bodies ability to regulate insulin correctly.

However, for greatly overweight people (and perhaps overweight people with a predisposition to diabetes), it could make a big difference in their health. How much that affects weight loss is debatable, from what I read, but I can see how the other affects caused by it lead to a lack of weight loss.

Also interesting was that I was at healthcentral.com today and saw that the CDC is predicting that the diabetes numbers in this country will approach 33% in children born in 2000 unless our eating habits change (http://www.healthcentral.com/news/N....cfm?id=1502234)

Given that I have two kids and one in progress, that is certainly something to be concerned about.