Originally published February 28 2005
The 'death' of the low-carb craze may be exaggerated; columnist points out the 'fad' has been around since 1916
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A national newspaper columnist says she wonders about recent reports that the low-carb diet "fad" is in a state of demise. A low-carb dieter herself for at least 10 years, she notes that high-carb diets were the rage of the 1980's and 1990's, and now they hardly ever get a mention. All the while, experts have been talking up the low-carb lifestyle since at least 1916, she says.
By now we've all read about the demise of the low-carb diet.
Yet I have been eating low-carb for almost a decade now, and because my medical tests indicate that I am quite healthy, I'm unlikely to give up on a nutritional program that has had such a positive effect.
The millions who have discovered weight loss without hunger, improved health and abundant energy aren't going to suddenly say, "Oh, gosh, low-carb isn't trendy anymore.
What has worn off is the apparent newness, the shock value, of discovering that a diet that is unafraid of fat can cause weight loss.
But was low-carb really a fad diet to begin with?
In my youth, it was common wisdom that if you wanted to lose weight you gave up potatoes, spaghetti, bread and sweets.
It was preceded by Dr. Herman Taller's Calories Don't Count in 1961 and Dr. Richard MacKarness' Eat Fat and Grow Slim in 1958.
I went low-carb because I read a nutrition book from 1951 that stated, "Obesity has nothing to do with how much you eat, it is, instead, a carbohydrate intolerance disease."
I have Eat and Grow Thin, by Vance Thompson, published in 1916, outlining a low carbohydrate diet.
For that matter, which of these items sound more like fad foods to you: a soy smoothie or a cheese omelet?
I do think the low-carb hype is dying down.
The folks who look at a diet as something they go on for a few weeks before their high school reunion, and then abandon, are moving on.
This Tex-Mex casserole recipe, contributed by reader Gwen Meehan, isn't a fad - it's good home cooking your family will love.
Dana Carpender is the author of 500 Low-Carb Recipes.
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