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I should mention that I am skeptical of the food pyramid, which seems to me to be based mainly on the eating of starch.

Couldn't agree with you more...if anything, the food pyramid (as we know it) is a$$ backwards.

Clearly Atkins type diets are highly effective for weight loss,

It is...I lost 90 pounds in 4.5 months on it (with 25 more to go)...it works. I sleep less, have more energy, I actually WANT to exercise, my demeanor is alot calmer, no muscle aches or headaches anymore. I'll never go back to what the almighty "pyramid" told me to eat. I can't help but think that the pyramid exists to actually keep the medical industry going and to purposely get people sick/er.

but the bad breath and sunken eyes associated with them seem to me to be red flags of some type.

Which is a result of not drinking enoungh water.

I'm guessing that after hitting weight targets, some starch ought to be reintroduced. The refined stuff likely ought to pretty much stay out, though.

Exactly.