Comments on: Study Finds Low-Carb, High-Protein, High-Fat Diet Associated with Lowered Diabetes Risk

By: William H. Millard

William H. Millard — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:42:28 +0000

Clearly, the high carbohydrate diets and the use of processed oils, and fats used in the preparation of foods are the wrong way to go in terms of the needs as would be had by the
American Constituents needful of a healthier and a better form of the American Diet?

Getting away from animal foods and toward the plant sources of foods is the more civil and the better. It would seem, to me, the concerted effort of farmers and the American form of the agriculture now, in America, should be that one of finding and raising the vegetable sources of protein foods raised, prepared,
packaged, marketed and sold of a profitable means, and that now is the opportunity for the American Farmer to lead the way in
terms of making it possible for the American constituent allowed to be healthier when making of an use of vegetable sources of the food stuffs rather then animal sources of foods, but to do
this, now, in the American economy of a regimented and innovated process, in America, now is the appropriate time to do of it.

America has had of its multifarious forms of the various revolutions…now is the needed time of a food revolution made manifest in the American Land and now is that opportunity
presented before us so to be allowed to be innovative and now is the time to make of an advantage of a market made of an use to profitably conduct, in the American Land, the FOOD REVOLUTION where wholesome foods are raised, marketed and sold rather then money and now is the time to do profitably of the former and not of the latter. The American People and the
American Economy are ready and are in the need of the most nourishing forms of the sources of the vegetable foods…such should be the beginnings of a whole new kind of a MARKET developed in
the American Republique?

William H. Millard

By: radhika

radhika — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:17:00 +0000

the problem is not even about low carb. most people eat 250 grams of carb daily without even realizing. if they even dropped to 150 grams of carb a day AND changed the source of that carb (i.e less white bread, more veggies)-their body not to forget their life would change.

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Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:40:20 +0000

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By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:56:55 +0000

You really haven’t made a convincing case that high-carb is bad, just simple carbs are bad. There doesn’t appear to be *any* research showing that a diet high in complex carbs from whole grains and vegetables is unhealthy. At this point, there appears to be no reason to “flip the pyramid.” But there are plenty of reasons to cut out highly-refined foods.

By: kdill

kdill — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:22:46 +0000

The problem is larger than just getting people to realize that they are not eating healthy, most people know that Fast food, and sugar, etc is not good for them, but they eat it anyway. One of the issues that is going to have to be dealt with is how do you feed a growing populace a low carb/whole food diet as efficiently as we currently feed our populace McDonald’s. How much more of peoples income are they going to have to devote to food, versus something else. Yes you can make the argument of food today vs medicine tomorrow, but an empty stomach doesn’t respond well to logic. The three biggest myths in the low carb community are that people are following the food pyramid, they aren’t; that there is universal access to low carb/whole food, there isn’t; and it the carbs that are naking us fat, not the calories, do we even need to go there.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:40:53 +0000

The market has done a little of it for us. In the late 90’s something like 5 of the ten top selling books were low carb diet books. But there was a bit of a backlash. Still, we are at least to the point where people (without knowing why) mention carbs almost as often as they mention fat when it come to what they need to limit if they want to lose weight. But there is no real understanding of its links to inflamation or diabetes. There is also a more generic understanding of glycemic load and whole grains (not ideal but the insulin spikes aren’t as bad).

To completely flip the food pyramid or make this glacial progress a little faster would take presidential speeches, congressional hearings, a media blitz and a bestselling book. I was hoping that would be Good Calories, Bad Calories, but it’s not so far.

And as someone who works with congress, I can assure you it will be difficult to get them to move on anything that will reduce market shares of sugar, corn, wheat, and every other staple crop in this country.