Andy wrote: >> And if one reads Lutz and Allan's "Life Without Bread" one will learn about >> the health problems from any high carb diet, irrespective of where the >> carbs come from. His clinical experience, the book is full of examples from >> his clinical practice, is 72 carbs a day is right. Any more and health >> problems ensure. > >I think it would be safer to give a figure such as 1 gram per kg of >bodyweight, in order to allow for a range of sizes, otherwise people >who are eating more, are forced to get a disproportionate amount of their >energy from fat. But he doesn't. After thousands of patients, if this made a difference I think he would have written so. For one, those over weight should be getting less carbs proportionally in order to lose weight. For another this isn't a precise number. His method of counting using bread units makes for a very crude counting. And he recommends unlimited fats. Don.