| Article: | Well-balanced diet makes common sense Well-balanced diet makes good common sense For the past few years, people throughout America have been touting the benefits of low-carb diets as if consuming as few carbohydrates as possible is the magic answer to controlling their weight. I have watched many relatives and friends “suffer” through week after week of low-carb dieting. And, sure enough, they lose a good bit of weight initially. Eventually, they quit losing weight and have to “shock” their metabolisms by eating carbs for a few weeks, only to resume the monotonous diet again. |