[uncbob]

If you gave up fats (really pared them to the bone) and kept consuming carbohydrates and proteins, your triglyceride levels ought to have gone through the roof. One does hope you've returned to fats ~ or at least peanuts. It's better to give up carbs than fats.

I have been on a low fat high carb/protein diet for over 30 years My TRIs have NEVER been higher than 75 --last check 55 BUT the carbs are complex carbs whole grains veggies NOT booze candy cakes white bread sodas etc etc And the fats I do consume ( you do need fats )are good fats not trans fats and saturated fats in pies cakes cookies etc etc Nobutter ( use take control etc )

[muawiyah]

It's an old wive's tale that complex carbs are not as bad for you as simple carbs.

Both are converted to sugar the instant they hit the liver.

What you want are carbs wrapped up in indigestible fiber ~ in LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX foods. If you work it right you'll get all you need to chew on PLUS your carb budget will be minimized.

I've identified 17 different vegetables I can eat in vast quantities (if I wished, which I don't, although my dentist tells me they are very good for him).

Some folks have PRE AGRICULTURE digestive systems and metabolism. They obviously tend toward the carnivore end of the food pyramid. Other people (apparantly about 95%) are mutants and can eat wheat, corn, hybridized fruit and so forth without difficulty.