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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...
...would think that any development--fad or not--that takes an inch or two off our collective girth would be well received. "Other countries are laughing at us," says Harry Balzer, vice president at NPD Group, a market-research firm that studies eating patterns in the U.S. Those slim, wine-drinking, chain-smoking Europeans chuckle at our diet and health obsessiveness, since we continue to overeat. Yet there are signs that carb counting may be working. In its latest annual report, NPD found that after six consecutive years of weight gain, the number of overweight adult Americans fell 1 percentage...
...jumping on the bandwagon too. Low Carb Energy will join LowCarb Living on newsstands nationwide next month. "No one could have forecast that this cyclone was coming," says Jim Capparell, publisher of LowCarb Living. He sat on his idea for nearly a year before acting. "If this is a fad," he adds, "I hope it's as long-lived as low fat, which took 22 years to come...
...week at the MAC. Men are increasingly emphasizing the importance of their diets in the pursuit of a perfect body. “I think a lot of guys watch what they eat more these days,” says Herbert. He also notes that dieting, a historically female fad, is now very mainstream for males...
...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...