hi Laura,

I've redirected your posts to the Research/Media forum. I'll review the first article you posted later, but I recognised the second MSN article right away ... It was posted here some months ago, and we had an interesting discussion debunking the theories .. That thread is also here in the Research forum .. look for "Article on MSN-Health" posted by madpiano .. or click here to open in a new window.

Low carbing, put simply, is NOT a fad diet. The Cabbage Soup Diet, the Grapefruit Diet, the so-called Mayo Clinic Diet ... those are fads. The solid low carb programs such as Atkins, Protein Power, Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution, Schwarzbein and many others .. are backed by decades of scientific research and medical testing. Fad diets are short-term quick "fixes" where no lifestyle changes are made, and there's no plan for lifetime maintenance. That's why longterm low carbers call this a Way of Life.

Doreen