Hi, Everyone,
I'm new to the list and thought I'd introduce myself.  My name is Mike, I
live in Kentucky, I'm thirty-six, married and have two daughters, 4 & 6
(ages not names).  A year or so ago, I was looking for low carb info on the
net, found the Softdesign site, and ordered "Neanderthin."  Since that day I
have never been sick.  Not once.  I had always had at least two or three
colds and a bout with strep throat every year but the mere elimination of
grain, starch, dairy and sugar from my diet has brought those days to an
end.  My family doesn't follow the diet and they seem to get every bug that
goes through day care.  I don't hesitate to hug and kiss them when they are
ill because I simply no longer get sick.  In case you ain't figured it out
yet, I'M SOLD!  I used to have occasional arthritic joint pain (only some
joints like shoulders, fingers, hips, knees, feet) but all that has
disappeared as well.  I told my Dad about it and he jumped into it (OK, his
arthritis was too bad at the time to do any jumping) and he has since
stopped taking all his arthritis medicine.  I was always a fat, out-of-shape
guy and now, well, I'm still fat.  But I can run five miles in 55 minutes
and squat over 300 lbs (barbell, that is, not BM).  I have a fairly long
diet/weightloss history I can write if anyone's interested but this, my
first post anywhere, is starting to seem a bit lengthy.  Here's a question
I'd like to toss out:  How do you guys explain in as few words as possible
why bread is bad for you?  People are really shocked when I make that
statement.