"Raj Feridun" <rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
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> I laugh at the low-carb craze in the USA right now. What a joke. I
> lost 35kg (I'm now 90kg, 182cm tall) about a year and a half ago by
> exercising daily (5km jog) and simply eating LESS period not lowering
> carbs. Now I maintain my weight by continuing to exercise and eating a
> balanced diet. There are no great secrets, shortcuts or quick-fixes to
> weight loss, sorry.

This is basically true, but the low-carb movement helped to turn me on to a
lot of the research out there that had been neglected. If you haven't read a
lot of recent research, I would recommend looking at some independent and
relatively unbiased sources of information. For instance,
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates.html

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom