Please keep posting! I'm sure a lot of people are interested, they're just reading and not commenting.

When I tried a reduced carb way of eating, I found that by day three or four I was just so overwhelmed by carb cravings that I obsessed about wanting bread and other high GI carbs. I recall making a ceasar salad and then realizing that I was practically drooling over the package of croutons! Each crouton tasted so incredibly, unbelievably awesome. Hated the rest of the salad.

Are you having any uncontrollable carb cravings?

Oh, and...way to go!

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Aikobear....

what you have heard isnt what South Beach is about. Appreciate your counsel but its not needed. We dont focus on animal fat (protein). If you wanted to liken it to something you could say it is closely related to the glycemic diet as most of the foods you eat are designed to NOT trigger insulin reactions. South beach is about good carbs....complex carbs with whole grains and lots of veggies and fruits, just no fruits in the initial phase. And....they tell you all along the way to make what ever modifications you need. It really isnt a diet as much as it is a way of eating like going vegan. It isnt for you but it is for alot of other ppl.

Just wanted to make sure you understood from someone who has used it successfully what it "isnt".

Tracy

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Want to read up on it? I highly recomend you pick up a copy of The China Study by T. Colin Campbell and take a good hard look at the data. If you still think loading up on Protien and animal protien in particular, be my guest, you can't say you were not informed.
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From a review of "The China Study" (Note: this review was written for the Weston Price foundation, so it carries its own bias. But then T. Colin is biased as well, and I think it's best to get divergent views and form your own conclusions. Link: http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/China-Study.html[/URL" target="_blank"> )

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Figure 1
Associations of Selected Variables with Mortality for All Cancers in the China Study Total Protein +12%
Animal Protein +3%
Fish Protein +7%
Plant Protein +12%
Total Lipids -6%

Carbohydrates +23%
Total Calories +16%
Fat % Calories -17%
Fiber +21%
Fat (questionnaire) -29%*
* statistically significant ** highly significant *** very highly significant
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(Data taken from the original monograph of the China Study.)

But the actual data from the original publication paints a different picture. Figure 1 shows selected correlations between macronutrients and cancer mortality. Most of them are not statistically significant, which means that the probability the correlation is due to chance is greater than five percent.

It is interesting to see, however, the general picture that emerges. Sugar, soluble carbohydrates, and fiber all have correlations with cancer mortality about seven times the magnitude of that with animal protein, and total fat and fat as a percentage of calories were both negatively correlated with cancer mortality.

The only statistically significant association between intake of a macronutrient and cancer mortality was a large protective effect of total oil and fat intake as measured on the questionnaire. As an interesting aside, there was a highly significant negative correlation between cancer mortality and home-made cigarettes!28

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