Re: Re: Time mag cover story on low carb!

[Guest guest]

Thanks Vicki for sharing this. Here is a link so we can all check it

out......

<A HREF= " http://www.pathfinder.com/time/interstitials/inter.html " >Click

here: TIME Magazine: The Low-Carb Diet Craze --PAGE 1-- NOVEMBER 1, 1999</A>

http://www.pathfinder.com/time/interstitials/inter.html

Meniowl@...

type2,dx 7/99, d & water aerobics

In a message dated 10/26/1999 4:00:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

WHIMSY2@... writes:

<<

Hi, group, just got my new Time mag and guess what the cover story is? LOW

CARB DIETS! I haven't had a chance to read it yet but apparently the focus

is, as was the Oprah show, on the Hellers, Atkins diet and recent meeting

AMA focus. I suspect they're treating it as " just another fad diet " . A

quick

glance shows nothing about diabetics and low-carbing, however I'll read it

and post again when I have a chance. Vicki

>>

[Guest guest]

Well, I read the article. First a correction - I meant the recent ADA

(American Dietetic Association) meeting, not AMA. But the article didn't

mention that at all...it was mainly about fad diets, of which they obviously

consider this one. There was only one mention of low carbing in relation to

diabetes and that was a quote from Dr. Bruce Zimmerman, the president of the

ADA (yes, our ADA) which of course was not favorable. However, there was a

one-page article from a Dr. Woodson C. Merill on " How I became a Low-Carb

Believer " which is pretty good. However, again, this is only in regard to

weight loss, not diabetic control.

Group, here's our chance to REALLY spread the word. I'd like to see a lot of

Letters to the Editors on low carbing as a way to control diabetes. Susie,

I'd especially hope you could send them something really pointed and succinct

- you have such a way with words. Maybe they'll print one of 'em.

Letters to the Editors can be sent via email and I hope a lot of you will do

this. Keep it short and sweet - but lay it on! And stress that for us

diabetics it is a WOE, not a diet! Send it via email to

Letters@...

If you're really techie you could send it fax; their fax number is

1-.

Go for it! Vicki

You

[Guest guest]

Vicki has a great idea about contacting TIME Magazine. It would be helpful

if all of us could read the story ourselves before contacting them, so here

is the URL of TIME Magazine Online. The low-carbing story is the first one

to click on at the upper right of the page:

http://www.pathfinder.com/time/

Susie

[Guest guest]

Well, group, I sent off my letter-to-the-editor to Time. Copy for here so

you all can read it too. If you send one, be sure to include your home

address and phone number...it's required. It'd be a shame if you sent a

wonderful letter and they wouldn't print it because you left that off! Good

luck. Vicki

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 99-10-27 13:16:24 EDT, you write:

<< Didn't get your copy...also, read the article online and can't find a

contact

addy for email. Do you have it? Toni

>>

Hi, Toni and others who can't find email Letters to the Editorsaddress for

TIME magazine: It's

Letters@...

(pretty basic!)

Did you find post of copy of my letter to them yet? It's the one with my full

name, address and phone number at the bottom. It turned up on my onelist

email but if it didn't on yours I'll send it to you privately. Vicki

[Guest guest]

Didn't get your copy...also, read the article online and can't find a contact

addy for email. Do you have it? Toni

WHIMSY2@... wrote:

> From: WHIMSY2@...

>

> Well, group, I sent off my letter-to-the-editor to Time. Copy for here so

> you all can read it too. If you send one, be sure to include your home

> address and phone number...it's required. It'd be a shame if you sent a

> wonderful letter and they wouldn't print it because you left that off! Good

> luck. Vicki

>

>

[Guest guest]

I found it. Mailed them and received a standard form letter! Toni

WHIMSY2@... wrote:

> From: WHIMSY2@...

>

> In a message dated 99-10-27 13:16:24 EDT, you write:

>

> << Didn't get your copy...also, read the article online and can't find a

> contact

> addy for email. Do you have it? Toni

> >>

> Hi, Toni and others who can't find email Letters to the Editorsaddress for

> TIME magazine: It's

>

> Letters@...

>

> (pretty basic!)

>

> Did you find post of copy of my letter to them yet? It's the one with my full

> name, address and phone number at the bottom. It turned up on my onelist

> email but if it didn't on yours I'll send it to you privately. Vicki

>

>