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<blockquote data-quote="Dennis" data-source="post: 7169" data-attributes="member: 1338"><p>Hi Martin,</p><p></p><p>Can I firstly correct you, and any other readers, on a very important point regarding the article you have posted:</p><p></p><p><strong>IT IS NOT FROM AN INDEPENDENT SOURCE</strong></p><p></p><p>It appears to have been taken from a website belonging to a commercial company called Weight Loss Resources. Far from being independent, they want to sell you their diet plans, most of which are carbohydrate based, so they certainly have a very strong motive for rubbishing any low-carb alternatives! It is hardly surprising they are concerned that the world is slowly coming to realise that high carb diets are killers.</p><p></p><p>My second point is that practically every paragraph contains either a mistake or a downright lie. </p><p>Here's some examples:</p><p></p><p>The author has completely confused ketosis with ketoacidosis. Ketosis is a perfectly normal and harmless metabolic function. Ketoacidosis is a dangerous side effect of diabetes, particularly but not exclusively in Type 1. It is only ketoacidosis that is characterised by pear drops breath.</p><p></p><p>In ketosis the body's fat and muscle cells are used as the energy source - wrong! The body can burn fat cells far easier than it can muscle cells. Fat cells are used first and muscle cells will only be used when ALL the body's fat cells have been utilised.</p><p></p><p>Fatigue is a side effect - wrong! As fat cells are burned off, so weight reduces, making the body less fatigued and better able to exercise.</p><p></p><p>You cut out virtually all carbohydrate from your diet - absolute rubbish. Even the lowest carb dietary regime - Atkins - doesn't suggest this. The body needs carbs and the carbs that it gets from fruit and vegetables. What no body needs is starch, so it is perfectly valid to cut out (or reduce) wheat products, pasta, rice, potatoes, which provide only carbohydrate and virtually nothing else.</p><p></p><p>The majority of weight loss comes from loss of water and muscle tissue, not fat which is what you need to lose to keep the weight off - apart from being untrue, this completely contradicts what the author has just said about the result of a low carb diet is that fat will be lost!!</p><p></p><p>These diets could actually be harming our health in the longer term. The American Heart Association have expressed concern that their high fat content, particularly saturated fat, increases the risk of heart disease in those who follow these diets long term. Low carbohydrate diets go against all the current healthy eating principles and are deficient in many vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre, as they restrict the intake of fruit and vegetables. There are also concerns that these diets, if followed long-term, may increase the risk of kidney, bone and liver problems. - this is a complete and utter lie. The latest US research, commissioned by the American Medical Association and fully endorsed by the AHA is that (a) high carb diets are responsible for more heart disease than low carb ones, and (b) much of the "evidence" that was used to promote the low fat and low protein approach was completely discredited.</p><p></p><p>Finally if you don't believe what I have written above, a clue is in the text near the end "you can try it free for 24 hours" - <strong>THEY ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO SELL YOU THEIR PRODUCT AND IN DOING SO DON'T APPEAR TO GIVE A **** ABOUT HOW MANY LIES THEY TELL YOU TO SUPPORT THEIR PRODUCT.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dennis, post: 7169, member: 1338"] Hi Martin, Can I firstly correct you, and any other readers, on a very important point regarding the article you have posted: [b]IT IS NOT FROM AN INDEPENDENT SOURCE[/b] It appears to have been taken from a website belonging to a commercial company called Weight Loss Resources. Far from being independent, they want to sell you their diet plans, most of which are carbohydrate based, so they certainly have a very strong motive for rubbishing any low-carb alternatives! It is hardly surprising they are concerned that the world is slowly coming to realise that high carb diets are killers. My second point is that practically every paragraph contains either a mistake or a downright lie. Here's some examples: The author has completely confused ketosis with ketoacidosis. Ketosis is a perfectly normal and harmless metabolic function. Ketoacidosis is a dangerous side effect of diabetes, particularly but not exclusively in Type 1. It is only ketoacidosis that is characterised by pear drops breath. In ketosis the body's fat and muscle cells are used as the energy source - wrong! The body can burn fat cells far easier than it can muscle cells. Fat cells are used first and muscle cells will only be used when ALL the body's fat cells have been utilised. Fatigue is a side effect - wrong! As fat cells are burned off, so weight reduces, making the body less fatigued and better able to exercise. You cut out virtually all carbohydrate from your diet - absolute rubbish. Even the lowest carb dietary regime - Atkins - doesn't suggest this. The body needs carbs and the carbs that it gets from fruit and vegetables. What no body needs is starch, so it is perfectly valid to cut out (or reduce) wheat products, pasta, rice, potatoes, which provide only carbohydrate and virtually nothing else. The majority of weight loss comes from loss of water and muscle tissue, not fat which is what you need to lose to keep the weight off - apart from being untrue, this completely contradicts what the author has just said about the result of a low carb diet is that fat will be lost!! These diets could actually be harming our health in the longer term. The American Heart Association have expressed concern that their high fat content, particularly saturated fat, increases the risk of heart disease in those who follow these diets long term. Low carbohydrate diets go against all the current healthy eating principles and are deficient in many vitamins, minerals and dietary fibre, as they restrict the intake of fruit and vegetables. There are also concerns that these diets, if followed long-term, may increase the risk of kidney, bone and liver problems. - this is a complete and utter lie. The latest US research, commissioned by the American Medical Association and fully endorsed by the AHA is that (a) high carb diets are responsible for more heart disease than low carb ones, and (b) much of the "evidence" that was used to promote the low fat and low protein approach was completely discredited. Finally if you don't believe what I have written above, a clue is in the text near the end "you can try it free for 24 hours" - [b]THEY ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO SELL YOU THEIR PRODUCT AND IN DOING SO DON'T APPEAR TO GIVE A **** ABOUT HOW MANY LIES THEY TELL YOU TO SUPPORT THEIR PRODUCT.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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