Low-fat diet (was Nuts to that!)

[Guest guest]

Actually low-fat has been around since the 50s. If you go back to Atkins

first Diet Revolution book (still in print - pretty good for a fad diet)

published in the early 1070s you will find that he talks against the low-fat

diet. In fact that's why he wrote his book.

One of the first, if not the first, studies that " proved " that fat was bad

for you was the Anti Coronary Club that ran from the mid 50s to the early

60s. The test group ate margarine, cold cereals, etc. The control group ate

a normal diet of red meat, butter, eggs, etc.

The study was called a rousing success because it lowered cholesterol a few

points. But there were eight deaths from heart disease in the test group and

no deaths from heart disease in the study group.

It really makes me question the mentality and the sanity of the people

running the study when the lowering of cholesterol was more important than

preventing heart attacks.

Enjoy! ;-)

Judith Alta

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--- In , " Judith Alta " <jaltak@v...>

wrote:

> In her first book she made it very plain that no one was ever to be

in

> ketosis. I wondered if she was aware of the difference between the

benign

> dietary ketosis of Atkins lifestyle and the ketoacidosis of a

diabetic out

> of control. The two extremely different.

She doesn't really talk about ketosis in her new book, she talks

about extreme LC in relation to hormones, not ketosis, this time

>

> As always, one must read all they can find an make their own

decision as to

> what works best for them.

>

Absolutely, although I thought I'd never be able to eat so many carbs

and i have added around 40-50g per day extra with no weight gain!!!

I thought I would be huge by now. But yes, we must all read what we

can.

> Atkins lifestyle has been around almost as long as the low-fat

diet.

Now that i disagree with ;-) Atkins has been around for 30 years,

and low fat has only been around since the 80s. Even Weight Watchers

in the 70s was low carb (so my mum tells me!) So anyone who calls LC

a fad is wrong <beg>

Jo

[Guest guest]

> Even Weight Watchers

> in the 70s was low carb (so my mum tells me!) So anyone who calls LC

> a fad is wrong <beg>

>

> Jo

I was in Weight Watchers in the mid-1980s. It was low carb back

then, too.

During the " Quick Start " week, you could have 2 servings of

bread/starch. As the program went on, you could have up to 3

servings of bread/starch, but no more (for women).

I suspect that some eating plans in the 1960s were also low carb.

This isn't a scientific reference, but get hold of the original " Lady

and the Tramp " movie from Disney. I have a copy that is so old it

has no commercials!

There is a scene where Tramp is trotting into town, looking for

breakfast. The first restaurant he considers is the French bakery.

He shakes his head and says, " Nope. Too much...

<page down while you try to remember>

<keep going>

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....STARCH! " (Did you think he was going to say " Too much fat " ? I

did, when I saw it again in the late 1990s!)

See? Even in popular culture, they knew that too much starch was not

good for you!!