Low-Carb Fraud

By now, the low-carb diet's refrain is a familiar one: &quote;Bread is bad for you. Fat doesn't matter. Carbs are the real reason you can't lose weight.&quote;The low-carb universe Dr. Atkins brought into being continues to expand. Low-carb diets, from South Beach to The Zone and beyond, are still the go-to method for weight loss for millions. These diets' marketing may differ, but they all share two crucial components: the condemnation of &quote;carbs&quote; and an emphasis on meat and fat for calories. Even the latest diet trend, the Paleo diet, is-despite its increased focus on some whole foods-just another variation on the same carbohydrate fears.In The Low-Carb Fraud, longtime leader in the nutritional science field T. Colin Campbell outlines where and how the low-carb proponents get it wrong: where the belief came from that carbohydrates are bad and why it persists despite all the evidence to the contrary. The foods we misleadingly refer to as &quote;carbs&quote; aren't all created equal, and treating them that way has major consequences for our nutritional well-being.If you're considering a low-carb diet, read this book first. It will change the way you think about what you eat-and how you should be eating to lose weight and optimize your health, now and for the long term.