Cut Carbs, Lose Weight: DIRECT Study Results

the latest data is compelling. i have to say that by cutting carbs (including elminating even whole grains at night), i feel an order of magnitude better. the key blocker for me in the past has always be rice - it's integral to asian cuisine - and even brown rice had sluggish side-effects and added pounds despite my best efforts to burn it through regular excercise.

removing that last tripwire (rice in my case) is always trickiest. but simply by replacing rice with peas, i've been able to get over my weight loss plateau. it provides the right [reduced] calorie density, satisfies the low-level of carbs that i need/want, and i feel like a different man.

my mind is clear as ever, i excercise twice as long and am energized throughout the day. and my body's metabolism has also accelerated. so it boils down to basics and understanding a bit of history as well as basic physiology - whole grains are ok once in a long while but carbs in general are really a recent [marketing] phenom that is incompatible with what the body needs.

on the other hand, omega-3s and multivitamins don't have nearly as robust marketing engine behind it but most of us are in desperate need of supplementing along with a balanced diet. at the end of the day, the key to one's health is to be open-minded, the willingness to try and see what works, and end up making your own decision instead of dogmatically listening and following the lowest common demoninator 'wisdom of crowds' that leads you nowhere fast.