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God, what ignorant pish-pash. It's
almost not worth responding to. Almost.
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Sure, you can lose 5 to 10 pounds in a couple of weeks by eliminating bread, pasta, fruits, most vegetables, and dairy products -- just like the books say. But much of that weight loss will be water.
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The first stage of most weight loss plans involve water, but there are no studies that say low carb diets cause more water loss than other plans -- and in fact there is significant evidence that it's more efficient at getting to fat, faster.
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And if you, like most people, fall off the program, the weight you regain will be fat and flab. "You start to look like the Michelin guy," says Dr. David L. Katz, director of the Yale Prevention Research Center in New Haven.
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As opposed to low fat plans, where you buff up after you fall off the wagon? Anyone who loses on any diet then falls off it regains fat. This is amazingly dumb.
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Carbohydrate reduction is the current "magic pill" for weight loss. Look on restaurant menus and supermarket shelves and you'll find an array of low-carbohydrate options. But low-carbohydrate plans actually sabotage your weight-loss efforts in several ways, according to nutrition experts.
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They're right that companies are lining up to profit off this, and if we succumb to their offerings, we'll sabotage their efforts. But this...yoinks, did nobody fact check it?
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Unless you work out, your body composition changes when you're on a high-protein, high-fat, and low-carbohydrate diet. Your body converts muscle to fat, according to Dr. Katz. And when you go off the diet and start to eat, the pounds come back as fat, not muscle.
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Pray tell, Dr. Katz, how precisely would this differ from
any other diet? Why do these quacks single out low carb for situations that exist with any diet plan?
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And if that isn't enough, a low-carbohydrate diet can make you cranky. Eating carbohydrates helps increase serotonin levels, making you happier and more relaxed.
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This is the first I've heard of this. I'm mostly satisfied, and feeling great after 44 pounds of "water" gone, at least according to this idiot.
Wait, am I writing angry!? Must be that lack of carbs.
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Denying yourself carbohydrates may make you so irritable you self-medicate with cookies.
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Wonder what he self-medicated with before coming up with this sack of lies?
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The reason is that the fiber in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables provides satiety. You feel full. When patients complain to O'Meara that they're hungry on a low-carbohydrate diet, he recommends adding either a slice of whole wheat bread or an apple to each meal.
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Wait, you now need an apple after you've had a bick steak & some brocolli, or a chicken breast, salad and cheese, just to feel full? What patients are not full on a low carb diet? There isn't any reason to be.
I just can't believe someone printed this when most of it is comprised of half-truths and dubious conclusions. Maybe they hired Jayson Blair.