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Redwood,

Do a search on low carb on google with any of the issues raised in your "research". I don't have time to argue each and every fact. I will just say most of the research you have listed is flawed and a little research on your part will prove it.

If you want to eat like a cow continue on. Otherwise READ. I fell for the tripe for years. Thank God my wife brought home Protein Power 7 years ago. It allowed me to look at the other side.

I have looked at both sides. I'm a certified trainer, trained at Cooper Institute Hospital in Dallas, Texas. The topics I mentioned I have studied at great length with information from the sources I mentioned along with others. The body needs carbs to run just like a car needs gas. Bad gas makes the car run badly and causes it not to perform at top level. This will cause other problems with the car like going out of time or misfiring. The same thing happens without carbs. The body runs out of energy during extended draw, and there have been numerous problems with stones like was mentioned. The high protein low carb diets are proven to be useful in quick weight loss for a limited time, but, too many times, that is inconsistent as it is very little more than water loss which will return at first few drinks.

I recommend a balanced diet with no less than 50% carbs and preferred 60%. With proper exercise, the carbs will burn and you will feel better. I do not believe in losing weight for anything other than health purposes. It is not how you look, but how you feel and how healthy you are. These adds for washboard abs and shrinking buttocks are a falacy as your genes have a lot to say about your shape.

Don't be fooled like a lot of people with one-size-fits-all books about weight loss that are written to make money and don't tell the whole truth all the time. They are the illusion of health, not the reality. Short term weight loss is not the answer to good health. And these diets can be nothing else but short term as the longer you stay on these diets, the better the chance of the fore mentioned health problems.

Red