Hi Nat:

I've read almost every low carb books out there (except for a couple more obscure ones), but I've never seen anything advocating a "no" carb diet. I just didn't know why the poster was initially aiming for "no" carbs.

The Eades (or was it Neanderthin? or maybe both) discuss the Eskimo diet, which is virtually no carbs, but there are special considerations to this type of diet. I'd have to look up the quotes, but I thought that this type of diet involved eating meats less cooked as well as eating the entire animal to get the full range of nutrients. Neither authors advocate "no carbs" in their plan. In fact, the Eades believe that Atkins Induction levels are even too low.

Wanda