Carey said:Hello
I am a complete newbie to this whole no or low carb thing. On the
surface it
seems very complicated, and there are terms i am reading here that meke
little semse to me at this time. Terms such as "induction".
I have recently seen a tv program where Gary Taub spoke about good carbs
vs.
bad carbs.
While I have heard of low carb diets it seems there is a lot more to it
than
just not eating very many carbs? Or is that what it is?
Are there any good free resourses on the web?
I would apreciate any help you can offer.
Thanks
It is pretty strongly suggested that you get a book. Sorry to break the
news that books are so useful.
Actually Taubes spoke about his book called "Good Calories, Bad
Calories", and there is also discussion about 'good carbs' and 'bad carbs'.
There are many free sources on the web. I suppose you could search for some.
One place is the Atkins website, owned by a company that bought Atkins
Nutritionals which was founded by Dr. Atkins, a famous writer on low
carb diets.
http://www.atkins.com/
You can also get a shorter discussion here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkins_Nutritional_Approach
Other low carb advocates include Dr. Dan Eades and his wife Dr. Mary
Eades and you can find their website and discussion easily by searching.
For many people, the most difficult part is leaning about food, other
than just something you stuff in your mouth.
For others, the difficult part is learning about what food does and
doesn't do as it is digested.
For others a difficult part is going against the often told story that
FAT IS BAD or other things that you have learned to believe, all the
while when you may have been getting fat believing those things and
living that way.
You can find recipes for foods to cook at a number of places on the web
which are low carb, or you can buy quite a number of books on cooking
low carbohydrate foods.
If she is alive, talk to your great grandmother about what used to be
considered healthy eating (avoiding sugar and starches like potatoes and
rice and white flour).
When I was young, the fattening things to eat were sugars and starches.
Sometime in the 1980's starches and grains (usually refined) suddenly
became "healthy", with no scientific basis.
Sometime in the 1980's began the epidemic of obesity as well. In
reality, the onset of obesity is probably somewhat more complicated than
just that.
When I finally broke down and read about foods and what happens to foods
when they are digested, I finally managed to lose about 70 pounds by
following the low carbohydrate approach to eating.
I assure you, it ain't gonna kill you to learn this stuff.
