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thanks for telling me I need that book sounds good hope my library has it.onehotmama

I would leave the LOW-CARB dieting for the body builders. This is the Atkins approach...high protein, high fat...which is NOT going to lead to LONG TERM HEALTHY weight control.

Good CARBS are essential for fitness....whole Grains, veggies, nuts, and fruits provide good carbs.....

Bad carbs are the highly refined things like sugar, chips, fries, white flour, etc.

Low carb dieting works very well for weight loss. Combined with fitness activity it is truly amazing. BUT, You do have to watch out for a very dangerous rise in your cholesterol. You can stay away from the saturated fat items like the cheeses and beef steaks, but then it becomes even harder to stay on the diet, just because it becomes so restricting on what you can eat. If you do go the low carb route, educate yourself about the healthful low glycemic index carbs to eat and the saturated fat foods to stay away from. One more caveat, it is a diet, not a way of life. Once, you're down to the weight goal try to transition to a more "healthful" way of life with a mix of vegs and fruit that are low in the glycemic index and high in nutrients and antioxidants. I've been there and done all the above, so I do know. I also love to eat all the wrong foods, so sometimes I still go the low carb route along with the strength and cardio activity. I also had a 95% clogged carotid artery. So be careful out there.

I have changed my diet to reduced carb diet. All the breads I eat are made by myself and I use wheat and rye flour with the bread flour. I eat some rice and couscous but not much. No potatoes. Lots of vegetables, beans and a variety of proteins and fruit. It is a healthy diet and I am losing weight. When I reach my weight goal I will be able to maintain the same diet and that will make it easier to continue with this livestyle.
Wolfie

I could not agree more with RAD. I dropped twenty pounds in three months this year essentially by getting rid of late night snacking and eating crap and of course exercising more. During that time I ate LOTS of vegetables, fruits and whole grains, all good carbs. I've never felt better.

The "Low Carb Dieting for Dummies" book encourages the whole food, low fat concept, and to limit the amount of carbs in your diet, especially refined carbs. The book has a list of "green light" fruits and veggies, which means you can eat as many as you want. There are also "yellow light" fruits and veggies you have to be careful of how much you consume as they are high in carbs.
I agree the Atkins diet is not healthy, this book is NOT like Atkins.

Thanks for the explanation SJ...and sorry because I was too judgmental about something I had not read.

There's a simple approach in our file section "Healthy Eating." The title of the download is " 21 days to Better Health." This could save people the cost of fad diet books....

Good and bad carbs are often confused, and the press piles onto the notion that CARBS are bad, and the authors pile on to the same notion.... A nutritionist will tell us that GOOD CARBS and GOOD FATS are GOOD for us! It is WRONG to stay away from GOOD FATS since they are called ESSENTIAL fats because they are....essential to critical parts of the body...brain, eyes, etc.

I've recommended the "South Beach" approach despite a "start-up" period of low carbs. The South Beach diet is really a lifestyle change and not a fad.

Don made a good point about recognizing high and low glycemic foods. The site mondosa.com/gi.htm describes these differences. The text will quickly cause your eyes to glaze over but it has links to food tables that list high and low glycemic index and load and a speadsheet that color codes specific foods in the high, medium and low categories.
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