The fight over low-carb dieting isn't about health, it's about healthy profits

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There's a whole lot of bickering going on over the effectiveness and potential dangers of low-carb diets, but the participants in this fight aren't concerned about your health: they're concerned about their profits. Ever since the popularity of the Atkins Diet and South Beach Diet, Americans are avoiding orange juice, soft drinks, breads and other refined carbohydrates in record numbers. And while that's a smart choice in terms of protecting public health, the manufacturers of soft drinks, orange juice, pasta, breads and other foods made with refined carbohydrates aren't too happy about it.

So they're attacking the Atkins Diet in an effort to get this "fad" out of the picture and, hopefully, get people to return to their old disease-promoting eating habits that include white bread, soft drinks, added sugars, lots of pasta, and so on. See, it's really a war over profits, not over your health.

The funny thing is that foes of the Atkins Diet have a few good points: eating unlimited quantities of saturated fat in products like bacon and cheese is terrible nutritional advice. But the Atkins Food Guide Pyramid doesn't really recommend that in the first place. The Atkins Food Guide Pyramid, in fact, is the healthiest food guide I've seen yet: it's far healthier than the USDA Food Guide Pyramid, which seems to serve as little more than a marketing brochure for grain farmers.

But I agree that the Atkins Diet can be extremely unhealthy when abused by people who are just looking for a magic bullet solution rather than making the more responsible decision to choose healthful foods for the rest of their lives. That's why I literally wrote the book on the dangers of the Atkins Diet: Low-Carb Diet Warning, which you can read free of charge.

The answer to all this, by the way, is that both groups are right: Atkins is right about avoiding processed carbohydrates and refined sugars. Opponents are right about avoiding unlimited quantities of saturated animal fat. So what's the final answer? Eat unrefined foods only. Avoid all processed foods, and you'll be healthy. I call it the Unrefined Foods Diet, and it's the only diet that really keeps you healthy. Food manufacturers, of course, hate it, since the Unrefined Foods Diet demands that you purchase and consume absolutely no manufactured or processed foods whatsoever, and that's exactly where the profits are generated by food manufacturers.
About the author: Mike Adams is a consumer health advocate with a mission to teach personal and planetary health to the public He has authored and published thousands of articles, interviews, consumers guides, and books on topics like health and the environment, impacting the lives of millions of readers around the world who are experiencing phenomenal health benefits from reading his articles. Adams is a trusted, independent journalist who receives no money or promotional fees whatsoever to write about other companies' products. In 2007, Adams launched EcoLEDs, a maker of super bright LED light bulbs that are 1000% more energy efficient than incandescent lights. He also founded an environmentally-friendly online retailer called BetterLifeGoods.com that uses retail profits to help support consumer advocacy programs. He's also the founder of a well known HTML email software company whose 'Email Marketing Director' software currently runs the NaturalNews subscription database. Adams also serves as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a non-profit consumer protection group, and enjoys outdoor activities, nature photography, Pilates and adult gymnastics. He's also author of numerous health books published by Truth Publishing and is the creator of several consumer-oriented grassroots campaigns, including the Spam. Don't Buy It! campaign, and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. He also created the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the ending of corporate control over medicines, genes and seeds. Known as the 'Health Ranger,' Adams' personal health statistics and mission statements are located at www.HealthRanger.org

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