The Bellierub on… eating crow
Does crow contain a lot of carbohydrates? Maybe in the beak and
feathers. We're not sure. Nor, do we really care. It looks like the Atkins
camp will be roasting plenty of crow over their fire. You remember the
famous, but now, infamous Atkins diet. If you eat all the fatty meat and
cheese that you can, as long as you hold back on the rice, you will lose
weight easily and permanently. Hold the rice? How many overweight
oriental people do you notice?
The Atkins group is shifting it's focus from "net carbs" to the glycemic
(pronounced gly-ce-mic) index. Net carbs are carbohydrates that don't
count in the Atkins diet because they don't raise blood sugar levels.
These carbohydrates are from fiber and sugar alcohols. However, dieters
caught wind of the fact that these "net" carbs carry 4 calories per serving
and still have an effect on weight gain. There is no way around it. Just
because a "nutrition" bar from a supplement company claims its product is
"low carb," doesn't mean it is low calorie just because the bulk of the
carbohydrates are from sugar alcohols. And as all Beerbellie dieters have
discovered, it is the calories that contribute to weight gain. Simple physics
has proved it.
The shift that the Atkins group is doing from net carbs to the glycemic
index, is more of the same shenanigans (pronounced she-nan-i-gans)
regurgitated. The glycemic index rates foods on their ability to spike blood
sugar levels rapidly. If a food has a high index then it is considered bad. A
low index is good because blood sugar levels remain stable. Blah, Blah,
Blah. The Atkins people are running for cover because the low-carb craze
is nearing its end. Once they started to shift their philosophy, they
admitted their original plan was flawed. Thank goodness. Of the 26
percent of the people on diets, only 4 percent are doing low-carb. This is
down from 9 percent as of January, 2004 as reported by The NPD Group,
a New York based marketing firm. We say good riddance.
A good, life-long diet, is one where calorie awareness and a balance of all
the food groups are included. More importantly, your life-long diet should
allow you to indulge yourself occasionally for the sole purpose of enjoying
great tasting food. Regardless of the calorie amounts. That's what The
New Beerbellie Diet has to offer. We will never alter our philosophy for the
sake of making more money through useless supplement products like the
Atkins group is doing. The only thing we have in common with them is the
allowance of certain alcohols in the diet. It's quite obvious what types we
prefer.
One final point. We would like to offer a "here's to you!!" for Pope John
Paul II. Regardless of your religious convictions, you'll have to admit that
the guy was a trooper. He believed in something so strongly that he would
not give up until the very end. An inspiration for all who pursue things in
life and sometimes feel like they aren't quite there yet. Keep going!
That's the Bellierub on… eating crow
Does crow contain a lot of carbohydrates? Maybe in the beak and
feathers. We're not sure. Nor, do we really care. It looks like the Atkins
camp will be roasting plenty of crow over their fire. You remember the
famous, but now, infamous Atkins diet. If you eat all the fatty meat and
cheese that you can, as long as you hold back on the rice, you will lose
weight easily and permanently. Hold the rice? How many overweight
oriental people do you notice?
The Atkins group is shifting it's focus from "net carbs" to the glycemic
(pronounced gly-ce-mic) index. Net carbs are carbohydrates that don't
count in the Atkins diet because they don't raise blood sugar levels.
These carbohydrates are from fiber and sugar alcohols. However, dieters
caught wind of the fact that these "net" carbs carry 4 calories per serving
and still have an effect on weight gain. There is no way around it. Just
because a "nutrition" bar from a supplement company claims its product is
"low carb," doesn't mean it is low calorie just because the bulk of the
carbohydrates are from sugar alcohols. And as all Beerbellie dieters have
discovered, it is the calories that contribute to weight gain. Simple physics
has proved it.
The shift that the Atkins group is doing from net carbs to the glycemic
index, is more of the same shenanigans (pronounced she-nan-i-gans)
regurgitated. The glycemic index rates foods on their ability to spike blood
sugar levels rapidly. If a food has a high index then it is considered bad. A
low index is good because blood sugar levels remain stable. Blah, Blah,
Blah. The Atkins people are running for cover because the low-carb craze
is nearing its end. Once they started to shift their philosophy, they
admitted their original plan was flawed. Thank goodness. Of the 26
percent of the people on diets, only 4 percent are doing low-carb. This is
down from 9 percent as of January, 2004 as reported by The NPD Group,
a New York based marketing firm. We say good riddance.
A good, life-long diet, is one where calorie awareness and a balance of all
the food groups are included. More importantly, your life-long diet should
allow you to indulge yourself occasionally for the sole purpose of enjoying
great tasting food. Regardless of the calorie amounts. That's what The
New Beerbellie Diet has to offer. We will never alter our philosophy for the
sake of making more money through useless supplement products like the
Atkins group is doing. The only thing we have in common with them is the
allowance of certain alcohols in the diet. It's quite obvious what types we
prefer.
One final point. We would like to offer a "here's to you!!" for Pope John
Paul II. Regardless of your religious convictions, you'll have to admit that
the guy was a trooper. He believed in something so strongly that he would
not give up until the very end. An inspiration for all who pursue things in
life and sometimes feel like they aren't quite there yet. Keep going!
That's the Bellierub on… eating crow
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