In a message dated 9/16/00 3:16:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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<< You could look at it like that, and addiction, a wanting of carbs,
or
 some would say a need to have them.  Just as caffeine, which in my
book
 is a drug, is highly addicting.  >>

Caffeine IS highly addictive.  The withdrawal symptoms have been
researched
and they are very real.  I do not think that carb restriction produces
any
physical withdrawal symptoms.  Carbohydrates are not drugs.  Caffeine
is.
Anyone who has been addicted to caffeine knows the headaches that
withdrawal
brings.  Most people who have eaten carbohydrates all their lives have
no
withdrawal symptoms when starting low-carb diets, other than those
caused by
mineral loss due to the diuretic nature of low carb, and perhaps
psychological cravings.

Denise

Densie

Denise