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>Re: CAD----Please discuss this diet with your gastroenterologist before
>going on it (as you would any diet). You don't want to go looking for more
>problems.

Rosalie,

Why would somebody need to discuss the CAD diet with their GI before going
on it? It is a diet which cuts out starches and substitutes them with other
foods, especially vegetables. Are you perhaps confusing the Heller's diet
with the Atkin's diet? The Heller's diet can be low fat and is based on a
"theory" of Hyperinsulinism (excerpted from the Nancy Milligan FAQ) that
says: When you eat carbohydrates your body produces insulin which carries
the sugar (carbs) out of your blood stream into your cells. A person who has
a hyper response produces too much insulin has this action to the extreme.
They will be left with too little sugar in the blood stream and too much
stored in cells (i.e. fat). This leaves you with two problems: weight gain
and hypoglycemia.

To be more specific, the diet consists of two "complementary" meals, which
are gluten-free (low carbohydrate) meals. Most people choose breakfast and
lunch for these and don't change them. The third meal, usually dinner, is a
"reward" meal where you can eat anything you want, but the meal may only
last one hour! This meal should be a healthy meal with plenty of
carbohydrates, including potatoes, pasta, bread, all the starchy foods. Many
find that they can't eat a whole lot when it comes to dinner, but find they
can only consume a portion of what most normal-weight people eat. The
"satiety switch" seems to start functioning like it does in other people.

Besides, the purpose of the post was to show that there are overweight
people out there successfully loosing weight on a low-gluten (or really
part-time gluten-free) diet.

Don Wiss.