Daily Archives: January 18, 2004

Low-Carb Foods: Cost more, taste worse

This article, published by the Manchester Times, derides low-carb products: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1614&dept_id=516591&newsid=10826770&PAG=461&rfi=9 The main thing I take issue with in this article is the author’s obsession with calories. We have been told over and over again by the old guard nutritionists … Continue reading

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Low-carb teas: the next big thing?

A humorous article by Heidi Gaiser, poking fun at all the labeling hijinx was just published in Northern Montana’s Daily Interlake: http://www.dailyinterlake.com/NewsEngine/SelectStory_AD.tpl?command=search&db=news.db&eqskudata=58-814651-56  (No longer available) Actually, this article does point out something about the current craze to label everything that … Continue reading

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How low-carb should we go?

An article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on what should be counted as a carb and creating legal definitions for food manufacturers to put on labels: http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/0104/18carbs.html The article is a good one and hopefully there will be some good guidelines … Continue reading

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Food Industry Counts on Carbs

So, I have decided, at least for the moment, to try to post whatever articles I find in the media concerning low-carb and, if warrented, comment on them. Here’s the first one, an article from the Minneapolis-St.Paul Start Tribune titled … Continue reading

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