[bobstriplamp]

"Carbos are even deadlier to diabetics than sugar"

What is the difference between a "carbo" and a sugar?
A sugar is a carbohydrate!!

A lot of sick people go on special diets (for example, people with COPD - emphysema - are often put on very high fat diets) - it doesn't mean they are healthy!!! They are ways from keeping a problem from becoming fatal.

One of the leading causes of death among the elderly is bone fractures. The more protein you eat, the more calcium you excrete, leading to such problems. The diet may be fine now, but these issues will surface in time, and like all the litigious folk suing fast food companies, expect to see lots of lawsuits targeting Atkins.

[areafiftyone]

I meant regular sugar like in cake and candy etc. Charbos like white flour and starches like potatoes peak your sugar for a longer period of time than eating a piece of candy. Regular sugar peaks quickly and then drops just as fast. Charbos peak more slowly and stay up for a longer period which is very dangerous to diabetics because their sugar stays higher longer.

[areafiftyone]

I am on an ATKINS LIKE DIET - NOT THE ATKINS DIET! I eat veggies I eat Meat - I eat some fruits but not all because some have too much sugar. The only thing I can't have is white flour, pasta and potatoes, corn and most breads. I can have 1 slice of wheat break once a week. I only eat so much of the meat though. I am not a huge meat eater. I eat oatmeal every morning. She stresses me to eat more veggies than meat which I do. My cholesterol is great. My good cholesterol is very high which shocked the doctor who just assumed that because I was diabetic I would automatically have high cholesterol. I walk 5 miles a day so that could help too. I am require to walk and exercise because I am a diabetic. Any diabetic who doesn't exercise is looking for trouble. I have lost alot of weight and am still losing. Diabetics have a real hard time with Charbos. Look it up in the American Diabetes Association. I belong to it and they have alot of cookbooks that they sell which stress low carb meals.