Carbs…

I am so tired of fad diets that I could barf! The latest–the low-carb diet–is yet another in an endless stream of supposed solutions to weight control, taken in lieu of a reasonable, varied diet with appropriate portions.

Innocent victims of this craze include restaurants, bakeries and food producers whose product line includes a lot of carbs. I feel for the fortune of Krispy-Kreme, whose tremendous expansion and IPO took a hit from this Atkins nonsense.

In a word (or three…), get a life! Restaurants: don’t join this madness! When I go out to eat it is not an adventure in dietary control. The way I eat the other 90% of the time is where I take reasonable care.

There have been some fine, intelligent responses to this insanity, and we link some of these here, reproduced blatantly without permission but with citation and links where we could find them. Enjoy the reading!

“You Are How You Eat” by Giuliano Hazan

“Staff of Life, Food for the Soul” by Kathleen Clary Miller

Foxtrot 7/18/04, below …

Coffee…

Coffee continues to be good for you! Consumed in moderate quantities, there are still no health problems and perhaps there are even benefits! Click here to read more in an interesting article.