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Article: What's for dinner?: Low-carb diets miss big picture, dietitian says
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- April 5, 2004
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johnheys@wvgazette.com
During a recent Saturday visit to Kroger, Linda St. Clair came
across a woman offering free apple samples to shoppers in the store's
produce section.
When asked if she wanted one, St. Clair, a registered dietitian,
replied, "Yes, I eat apples. I'm not on the Atkins diet."
A man shopping nearby overhead St. Clair and started talking about
all the eggs he had eaten while trying Atkins, a diet that shuns
foods with carbohydrates, including fruits, and espouses protein rich
selections.
Then the man patted his large belly.
"See how much good it did me?" The man said he lost some weight
but ended up gaining it back.
The low-carbohydrate fad taking book stores and fast food ...