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more about #carbs more comments → prettycool: And to that, I'm off to eat nutella and toast! #carbs more » willwriteforfood: Oooooh, this makes me so happy. I'm going to Paris for a week at New Year's and I fully intend to eat my way up and down the Champs Elysees. #carbs more » Breamworthy: Well, I follow a lower-carb diet for health reasons (not Atkins by any means, but basically no simple or processed carbohydrates), so I may be biased ... more » kimberleydejong: To be honest, too many carbs are one of the biggest reasons that people gain weight - carbs are nice; but in the evening it is often unnecessary to co... more » FrannyR: To me, diets sound like superstition. Instead of witches and goblins, ppl believe in the magical powers of anti-oxidants and Atkins, or the evil power... more » Snowbunny: I am a very hostile person, but if you placate me with a bagel I will retreat to a corner and stop snarking. Then I will take a nap. It's best to ha... more » bananaballs: Haha. I remember trying South Beach a few years back. I think it affected my brain in nefarious ways. I also remember a study they did which conclu... more » rhubarbarin: A study of 106 people funded by the (anti-fat, and anti-low-carb diet) Australian National Heart Association? I'm not convinced. #carbs more » Zombies make the heart grow fonder: Recently I have had a number of friends who have had to go gluten free for intolerance, celiac's, and chron's - they all miss cake/cookies and anythin... more » sara-without-an-h: Germany and France have the nicest breads. I'm afraid I only enjoyed home-made in America, a lot of the bread there was a travesty. However I am in lo... more » Lymed: I wonder if there was an analysis of what types of carbs people were eating. One would assume that there would be even less anxiety and depression wi... more » Rare Affinity: I make my bread by hand. I find kneading dough for ten minutes very therapeutic and an excellent stress buster. Likewise the smell of baking bread is ... more » nyc-caribbean-ragazza: I did South Beach a few years back and was so cranky by the end of the first week my assistant begged me to eat a damn bagel or something. I did lose... more » colormeroutine: The Atkins diet always seemed so counter-intuitive to me. I mean, our species existed primarily on carbs for most of our history. Even back when we we... more » la.donna.pietra: I believe it. Atkins followers are up there with Evangelicals when it comes to telling people how to lead their own lives, in my experience. No, I d... more » -
#breadandcircus
Happiness Is A Warm Loaf
A recent study compared the effectiveness of an Atkins-type diet and a plan that did not restrict carbs. While there was no significant difference in weight loss, the carb-eaters were happier and less hostile. As we've long suspected: Carbs=Love. [Reuters] -
#diets
Food For Thought
Listen up Atkins addicts: a new study has found that women who go on low-carb diets suffer impaired memory after just one week. Do your brain a favor and eat bread. [Daily Mail]
