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...says. "Prepare, show up on time, and be professional." Of course, True Romance required only that he sit on a couch and pretend to be high. For Troy, Pitt spent months training with a dialect coach to lose his "Missouri mush mouth," worked out three hours and ate five low-fat meals a day (he cheated with the occasional McFlurry) and slept as much as possible to soothe his endlessly aching muscles. "It sounds like a lot, but it's what the job required. It's no different than a haircut." Then: "You think people are gonna focus...
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...
Most bakers, a proud, artisanal group, lambaste the anticarb crusade as a much hyped fad akin to the low-fat craze of the '90s. But they're still racing to de-carb themselves faster than the doughboy next door. Hedging their bets may be a smart move, since Americans eat 7% less wheat flour today (137 lbs. annually) than in 1997, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The bread industry's research found that 40% of consumers cut down on bread last year compared with 2002. Not to mention pasta, potatoes and pizza...
Even the most health-conscious eaters may have missed out on the smorgasbord of low-fat and low-cholesterol options that Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) cooked up last night in its ongoing effort to promote healthful eating during National Nutrition Month...
...politics, but if you want to get a real fight going, talk about your diet. The low-fat vs. low-carb battle got ugly last week, with both sides arguing over how hefty a corpse Dr. Robert Atkins left behind. Not since the death of Ayatullah Khomeini have people fought so much over a dead body. From the moment Atkins died from head injuries after slipping on a patch of ice in Manhattan last April at age 72, the low-fat fanatics have been trying to prove the low-carb guru had been on a diet to disaster. Atkins...