One of my favorite low carb blogs is PaleoNu. It's basically the perfect approach to diet. Go check it out. The problem I have is the strange attitude the author has toward zero carb. He complains that zero carbers are too dogmatic in their beliefs that "carbs are bad"; that a toleration to plant matter means it's ok to eat it but he also points out that there is no reason to eat it. Basically, zero carbers are considered too dogmatic because we see no value in eating plants even though by his own admission there is no value in eating plants, except, presumably, that he likes them? WTF?
All dietary source carbs do have negative side effects in the body -- from the glucose and fructose to the fiber. These are unavoidable. One can tolerate a little poison but that doesn't mean he should eat it, even if it is really tasty. It is perfectly reasonable therefore to shun plant matter on principle, saying that is it bad; it is in fact bad. This is hardly dogma but objectivity.
Just wanted to get that off my chest.
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