[Graybeard58]

I haven't read all the posts, please forgive me if this has been covered.

I heard a nutrionist on the tube say that the number of carbs neccessary for a healthy diet is exactly zero and that the nutrients you get that come with carb laden foods are easily obtained from other foods.

Don't know if it's true or not, I am not a nutrionist.

[waverna]

Its true, your body will make carbos from protein but not the other way around.

[carlo3b]

I do not believe that it is ever healthy to remove entire food groups from your diet for any prolonged period of time. A healthy diet is one that has balance between protein, carbs and fats and includes a wide variety of foods, PLUS EXERCISE.

Atkins, and modifications of that method do not shut down Carbs completely, they say, and quite correctly IMO, that too many Carbs will cause too many problems. The same could be said for fats! It's the balance that Atkins discovered was the problems..

That appears to be the struggle that he had with the medical commute, it turns their pyramid on it's head.. They have for years had Carbs a the base of the foundation of a healthy diet, well that became the problem.. They also condemned meat consumption.. I now believe that they were corrupted by the "save the animal, at the experience of whatever else". That corruption caused millions of people their lives, and would continue if it wasn't for doctors and people of courage that forced the issue, and changed the direction.