All of your responses are very very interesting. And no Nancy, haha, I'm not THAT sure of myself though it may have come across that way. It's just in my nature to question things and never accept anything for fact without complete proof. I know a lot of you here have had previous issues such as arthritis and such from eating carbs, but I actually had none of these issues. I'm still young and healthy, so this may be why the effects have not manifested themselves yet, and that is why I'm starting low-carb early: as a prevention method rather than a cure.