The Low Carb Myth [antikvár]

ForewardMany years ago, I asked a wise, older friend of mine why he talked so much about food with other people. He told me, "Ever\^one Hkes to eat, and talking about what you Hke to eat makes people happy. Instead of talking about topics that everyone argues about, I stick to food, which keeps the conversations friendly." How things have changed! In this day and age, discussions about what we should eat and why are as controversial as politics and religion. There are so many opinions with many individuals quoting scientific studies and many touting their own self-study, which is usually based on suffering through deprivation diets and poor food choices. The state of discussion regarding food, health, and diet has escalated to a frantic level of opinion, bias, and name-calling that can only mean one thing: there is a lot of money in getting people to foUow a specific diet philosophy! Consider also that in the million or so years of hominid and human evolution, we are currentiy in the first epoch of time when humans need to read books in order to figure out how to eat and live a reasonable Hfe. Why is this so? The reasons are varied and include the availability of information via the internet, a media-promulgated obsession with physical appearance, and the current concept that aU of us can hve to be 105 without disease if we just do everything right.On the other hand, the plethora of diet research and health informationeasily available to consumersis enabling global changes in eating habits and improved lifestyles that hopefuUy wiU manifest in lowered rates of obesity, chronic disease, and disabihty.