A collection of low carb-related materials stumbled upon in my travels on the internet. They beg for some organization – that will come next.
Added 12-03-08
The Quality of Calories: What Makes Us Fat and Why Nobody Seems to Care – this is a lecture, from what I hard a long one, by Gary Taubs at the University of Berkley. I haven’t watched it because it requires the Real player installed on your computer, and I don’t want to install that fat, bloated piece of software. Maybe someday…
Added 11-29-08
The Dark Side of Soy – 2007 Article from the Utne reader – a progressive magazine that probably has a lot of soy-eaters as readers. Finding the article here gives it a bit more credibility – trashing soy is most decidedly not an axe that progressives tend to grind.
The BMI ( Indicator Of Heart Disease Risk ) is Wrong by Marsha Raasch – Sep 01, 2006 – http://www.associatedcontent.com
Short article that discusses how crude the BMI is as a bodyweight measurement -and makes the observation that overweight (but not obese) people tend to have a better chance surviving a heart attack.
Hackers on Atkins by Katharine Mieszkowski – Oct 30, 2003 – Salon.com
An old article, but an interesting view on the personality types that could be drawn to Atkins. More and more, I believe that the diet that works for people dovetails with their personality.
Low Carb Examiner by Jamie VanEaton from Examiner.com
This writer, who also runs the blog cleochatra.blogspot.com and has been the major force in the ‘Oopsie Revolution’, seems to actually be able to create real recipes, unlike yours truely. I will be checking this link out in more detail when looking for new recipes to try.
The Worst Mistake In The History Of The Human Race (PDF) by Jared Diamond.
Makes the case that the development of agriculture was actually bad for mankind and while it has allowed the population to soar to levels that the hunter-gatherer cultures could never achieve, mankind has paid a terrible price for this decision. The fact that if we had not embraced agriculture thousands of years ago would have probably meant that none of us would be alive is not lost on me, but it’s a good read nonetheless.
Diary of a Carb Phobe by Gary Taubes in Prevention Magazine.
Gary Taubes’ take on living low carb in a high carb world. He has the same problems I do.
Trying to get rid of chubby cells? Fat chance from MSNBC.
Another disheartening study seemingly presented in a format designed to make dieters go out and by that box of Twinkies because it’s hopeless. Yep – no matter how hard we try, we’ll always have the same number of fat cells that we had when we were 20. It’s tough to lose weight – why try? So go out and buy a closet full of stretch pants.
Seems to me the larger point is missed by the author. Jeez – losing weight is harder for fat people – ya think? Yet another insightful conclusion from the Institute for the Patently Obvious.
The fact that overweight people can and do lost weight seems lost in this article. Interesting how nuclear weapons play a part in the study, however.
I am verklempt to be mentioned and humbled, to boot. Ironically, auto correct wanted to change me from verklempt to Vermont, and while I have a ways to go to hit goal, I’m not big enough for a maple syrup industry.