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I try to choose my carbs from glycemic index....high glycemic (starchy) carbs are bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, carrots, etc, low glycemic are all the greenies, berries, etc. Eating a baked potato is exactly like snorting about two cups of sugar. It all turns into exactly the same thing in the body. So no, restricting sugar intake won't work. It's only part of the story.

The Zone diet explains all of this. It's the best I've ever tried. Somehow Atkins didn't work. After following it religiously for three weeks, I felt better than ever, but did not lose one single ounce. Three weeks on the Zone, I'd lost about 8 pounds. Careful selection and balance of carbs, protein, and fats is the key for me.

I fear the lawsuit-happy libs will race to court about sugar and fats, never realizing that carrots, rice, and beets, vegan mainstays, are just as fattening.

Something I've heard about lately is the God Made/Man Made plan. Three or four days of only God Made food followed by one day of man made food. Simple and allows for the occasional treat.

I tried the "vegetarian" approach and didn't lose any weight. Even inline skating 70 miles a week didn't help. Some of the other speed skaters recommended the Zone diet. I dropped 40 pounds over the next year. My skating performance improved from 5 miles in 38 minutes to 15 miles in 66 minutes. My skating performance was limited by lung damage from 7 bad cases of pneumonia. Ditching the fat was a more important achievement than trying to be a world class speed skater.