Quote Originally Posted by Clear View Post
Sure, whenever something says low-carb it is totally misleading. These low-carb diets limit your grain intake mostly (majority of an average americans carb intake comes from grains) but what most people forget, veggies are also carb dense. (Not as dense as grains by far) I have never read a diet that said to limit your veggie intake

Aside from Potatoes, corn, yams, carrots and beans - most veggies do not have a HUGE amount of carbohydrates in them. Yes there are carbs in vegitables but not enough to be considered an appropriate source. Limiting your carbs and cutting carbs out completely are two different things.. there are diets that do cut out carbs completely, they are called Ketegenic diets (such as the Atkins diet), and are unhealthy. The reason people cut breads and starches from their diets is because those foods are very dense in carbohydrates.

This small rant isnt all about that one article, its a general rant. When people speak of low-carb they generally mean low grain intake and wished that this label would change.

I disagree. When i diet i take into consideration the nutritional content of everything i put into my body. This includes vegetables and their carbohydrate makeup. In my experience people who follow actual diet plans usually follow the same logic. People who are focused and committed to a diet tend to do their research. I don't know anyone who eats enough vegetables to make themselves fat off of the carb content. I also don't know anyone who eats nothing but beans and potatoes thinking they are eating healthy vegetables..

Has anyone else noticed that if you follow the food pyramid that over the years it has focused more and more on dairy and grains yet the general population keeps getting larger? Or the fact that dairy and grain farmers recieve huge subsidaries and the government pushes more people to consum them?

Nobody follows the food pyramid.. that's why there is an issue with national obesity. Your not going to get fat because you eat healthy carbs, dairy and veggies.. People get fat because there is a McDonalds on every street corner - and people have no self control.