On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Alison Ashwell wrote:

> Philip Thrift wrote:
> >
> > Sounds more like Atkins than NeanderThin though:
>
> It isn't at all like Atkins - far too many allowable carbs as well as
> the big NO Nos like sugar, honey, potato flour , fruit juices etc.
>
> Maybe more like Somersizing, Fred Pescatore's diet for kids, Montignac ,
> Slimming world "red" diet etc.

The "Life without Bread" program is very simple.  The main rule
is: restrict carbs to no more than 72 utilizable grams per day.
There is no restriction on the form in which these carbs may be
consumed.  As Alison points out, this is more than three times
the amount of carbs that Atkins allows in the "induction" phase.
It is also more than the Protein Power diet allows during its
primary weight loss phase.  Note that LWB is not primarily a
weight loss diet, although they believe that most people will
lose weight on it.  They do *not* claim that most people will
achieve an "ideal" body composition on their diet, and they
concede that carb restriction doesn't work at all for some.

LWB is not, and does not claim to be, a paleo diet.  They do use
arguments from paleolithic diet to justify the carb restriction,
but that's not the same as claiming that their diet is actually
modeled on a reconstruction of actual paleo diet.  They do not
deny that there may be benefits to further restrictions, but they
do not have them as part of their plan for two reasons.  First,
they don't have data to *show* that a more restrictive lowcarb
diet is better than theirs.  Second, they feel that more people
will be willing to try a less restrictive program.  That is,
their reasoning is similar to the reasoning that the Eades
present for their "dilettante" and "hedonist" programs.

Todd Moody
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