A very wordy article in praise of low carb lifestyle

[Labarum]

The diet that really works - Times Online

If you have the energy, it's quite a good ramble.

Just a few quotes:

"In the end, I am not qualified to say that Arthur is right. But I am qualified to say that it works for him and for me – 20lb lighter at the time of writing – and that he is the most articulate definer of a paradigm shift in our thinking about the human metabolism that is still in progress. Carbs, not fats, are modernity’s most deadly assassins."

"What carbohydrates do is stop you burning fat, so the fat you do consume gets laid down in your arteries and on your stomach. It’s not the burger that bloats, it’s the bun."

"He began experimenting with diets. Prolonged high blood sugar is fatal to diabetics.

It is lowered by insulin injections. But, Arthur reasoned, why not keep the blood sugar low in the first place? “I was frustrated with the doctors. We were having reactions day after day. So I decided to start testing. Something was driving her blood sugars up, so I started systematically eliminating foods that drove them up. Beans – something as simple as beans sent her blood sugar sky-high. Pasta was disastrous. There was something wrong here, this can’t be the case, you’re shooting her blood sugar up like this.”

It was clear that carbohydrates were the problem."

[sallyseachange]

Tks for posting Brian... haven't read it yet but will do, as soon as I get some time!

[Labarum]

I now see this article is printed in the Sunday Times Colour Supplement - for anyone resident in UK. Now I know why it has such a verbose style!

More here

http://cbass.com/EvolutionaryFitness.htm

http://www.arthurdevany.com/

http://technorati.com/videos/youtube...%3DdaO-xVhoYcg