[Mamzelle]

I said, "I'll bet" which means it has yet to be proven--mostly because it's been so hard to get real studies conducted on something that ought to have been studied at length. I would very much like to see it tested. Atkins complained frequently about how none of the nutritional branches of the major disease societies was even willing to test his assertions.

The idea of carb-loading is assumed to be effective--but it was also widely assumed that fat made us fat. Carbs make us fat.

Could be that carb-loading may not work out to be the good idea it has seemed.

[goodnesswins]

Actually, carb loading, to a certain extent may have worked in an agrarian society (where people work HARD all day long at physcial labor)....but in today's world people sit around too much on their butts!

[brewcrew]

I can tell you this: Two weeks ago I went on a low-carb diet. No flour, no sugar, no potatoes, no rice, no grain. Very little fruit. I've lost 13 lbs. and have lost any semblance of craving for those foods that I thought brought the most enjoyment (mainly desserts).

[arielb]

there are plenty of studies-just not enough of the ones that prove your assertions :)