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...panic by fall. Sure, his bank account was evaporating. But equally upsetting, he says, was that he was seeking too much comfort in the kitchen and was busting out of his belt. Physically and fiscally, Saltzman, 36, was a mess. Then he hit upon a cure-all: low carbs. Saltzman went on the Atkins diet at about the same time he helped launch Pure Foods, a specialty retailer based in Beverly Hills, Calif., that sells only products with comparatively few carbohydrates. Today Saltzman is 25 lbs. lighter, and his wallet is weighty. He has 24 employees, up from just four...
Critics of the carb counters' revolution may scoff at Saltz-man's enthusiasm, believing that Atkins, South Beach, Zone and other protein-packed eating regimens are part of a fad that will soon run its course, like low-fat diets in the 1980s. But they can't deny his weight loss or that of countless others who have dropped 20 or 50 or 100 lbs. after cutting carbs from their meals. Exactly why all those pounds melt away when we give up potatoes and bread remains something of a mystery to the dieting public. Is it mostly the temporary loss...
...rise of male-targeted articles such as these only reinforces the fact—already seen in the gender unspecific proliferation of diet coke and low-carb lifestyles—that weight-maintenance is no longer female-only territory. Men, previously considered immune from society’s diet culture, are becoming increasingly (and dangerously) preoccupied with body image issues...
...rise of male-targeted articles such as these only reinforces the fact—already seen in the gender unspecific proliferation of diet coke and low-carb lifestyles—that weight-maintenance is no longer female-only territory. Men, previously considered immune from society’s diet culture, are becoming increasingly (and dangerously) preoccupied with body image issues...
...that elementary schools in Dover, N.H. have cut buns from lunch menus-,as part of the low-carb craze, educators everywhere will embrace fad dieting. Sadly, preschoolers will have to settle for SlimFast, instead of juice boxes before naptime...