A friend of mine is constantly commenting on how "dangerous" my diet is (when we have lunch, I just eat meat and a salad or green veggies). She pointed me to a Q& A on Barry Sears' Zone Diet website that makes a ludicrous comment about ketosis. Does anyone have any references I can use to dispute this?? Of course the fact that I am trying to lose some pounds I regained over the holidays doesn't help any arguments I've tried to make to her about how carbs are not necessary, etc. etc. I realize that certain carbs are perfectly appropriate on a paleo type regime, but I thought they were not necessary and in my experience, too many fruit carbs will halt any weight loss and/or cause blood sugar issues in many. Thoughts? No-carbohydrate diet?" Dr Sears, I was recently diagnosed with insulin resistance and high cholesterol. My doctor asked me to eliminate all carbohydrates from my diet and to see a nutritionist. I was having a very hard time with a no-carbohydrate diet, so my mom suggested that I read your book. I read "A Week in the Zone" and have never felt so confident in a diet or lifestyle change. I am following this religiously. Is this going to be an OK diet to help with my insulin resistance, and how do I explain to the doctors and nutritionists that I do not want to go on a no-carbohydrate diet? Thank you, Misty Dear Misty, It has been shown clinically that the Zone Diet reverses insulin resistance within a short period of time. A low-carbohydrate diet will induce ketosis that if maintained for a long period of time, will actually cause the fat cells to adapt to become fat magnets. .