Interesting. Notice how -- ever so slightly -- they establishment is becoming less shrill and vicious about this topic? They used to say flat out, it will kill you in a week. Now, at least they don't say that.

On the other hand, most of this is just the same old tripe. Old habits and misconceptions die hard.


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Finally, if the total calorie intake on a low-carbohydrate diet is low enough, this leads to loss of muscle tissue, which also shows up on the scale as weight loss.
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Duh. Not when you're eating plenty of protein, it doesn't. Virtually EVERY study of low-carb diets showed LESS loss of lean body mass. (Muscle.) How does eating low-fat, low-protein, and low calorie help muscles??


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The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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Sorry, that cuts no mustard with me. Who cares what they recommend??


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Low-carbohydrate diet: The downside

These same researchers found that after a year, there was no significant difference in weight loss between the low-carbohydrate diet and a standard low-calorie diet. Also, sticking to a low-carbohydrate diet doesn't appear to be any easier than following other weight-loss plans. People on the Atkins diet dropped out at a similar rate as those following the low-fat diet.

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So , pray tell, how is that a DOWNSIDE of the low-carb diet? "It sucks just as much as a low-fat diet?" No logic there.

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food choices are actually more limited and perhaps less appealing over time.
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As compared to say, a limiting low-fat diet that makes you shun dishes and foods that contain things like cheese, eggs, butter, beef, lamb, pork, coconut, cream, and etc. . . .? Don't think so.


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However, researchers found no correlation between ketosis and weight loss in the Atkins diet. Prolonged ketosis may deplete mineral stores in the bones, causing them to become porous and brittle.
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The operative word there is "MAY". Meaning, they're guessing. There is no such evidence. Do they have such information? Other researchers suggest ketosis is a NORMAL state for human beings -- which most people were in before we invented wheat and bread and sugar.

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It's well documented that foods promoted in the low-carbohydrate diets — for example, foods high in saturated fat such as meat, butter or cream — have been shown to increase your risk of heart disease and some types of cancer.
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Really? Everybody says that, but I never see the studies. Where is the data that shows this? I do know of SCORES of studies that show saturated fat has NO effect on heart disease or cancer. What studies are THEY referring to? Studies that merely show some effect on some blood value, or some laboratory reading? What about studies that show actual disease in actual people? Not statistical analyses of countries, or populations. And studies that show high saturated fat AND high starch diets don't count either.

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Though traditional recommendations for weight management — eating a variety of vegetables, fruits and grains, and being physically active daily — may produce slower results, they're the proven path to improved health and lasting weight loss.
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Data? Studies? Proven? Who says? Besides, low-carb diets include plenty of vegetables and even fruits.

The usual nonsense.