I have been made aware over the years about low-carb approaches, notably Atkins and Montignac but always dismissed them. I believed it when they said it was a gimmick... another one of those grapefruit diet.

What turned it all around was when I read the famous story by Gary Taubes. It was like a light bulb went on. I was a convert.

Since then I have a become regular reader of this forum and have come to realize that we are all lied to on a regular basis and that financial interests drive health polices (i.e. The rejection by the Bush administration of WHO's proposed limit on sugar consomption).