One day I was working past a car window at a fair in Ramsgate, and I caught sight of myself and for a brief moment I thought it was Hattie Jacques - remember her? So I went home, shocked, looked around the internet for info on nutrition, read as much as I could, devised my own diet (which was basically high protein, low carb, and no sugar whatsoever), and ate that three times a day for 7 months. Also went to the gym, lifted weights, did treadmill. It was astonishing how fast I lost it, and my body responded really well, asthma improved, skin looked healthier etc. So I agree - carbs are the real problem. But so hard to avoid! There was an article in, I think, yesterday's Telegraph that carbs actually change the brain's chemistry when you eat them, leaving you addicted because the brain produces an opiate in response to them, and once you've experienced that feeling, the brain sends you back for more. It is the same opiate that heroin produces. They said that the carbs and fat combination in just one junk meal is enough to get the addiction started.
Sarah
At 9:40 AM +0000 01/31/2003, colin wrote:
Yes especially when people do not understand that is it the carbs that make one fat and not the fat. The combination of carbs and fat is dyanamite. Fat alone does not get turned itno body fat and without the carbs, does not cause the problems asscoaited. Crabs are really quite bad for one in the disease it can cause(diabetes, heart dsiease etc and insulin resistance)
