[Jackie07]

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/b/2011...ary-taubes.htm

The article in the February, 2011 issue of Reader's Digest details why most diets don't work. Be surprised at why they don't work and read what Gary Taubes recommends.

The first sentence of the article: "If obesity researchers are so smart, why are we so large?"

On page 115, it listed '5 Ways to get started':

1. Don't try to limit fat [because] "Eating high-fat foods keeps you from feeling deprived."
2. Say goodbye to pasta, bread, and rice. To lose weight, most people have to stay
under 20 grams of 'net' carbs per day.
3. Be picky about vegetables. Starchy (carb-heavy) vegetables
- most of the ones that grow underground, as well as corn - are off-limits.
4. Say no to hidden sugars. Fruit...is packed with sugar, aka carbohydrates. So are fruit juices...
5. Eat as much as you want. When it comes to protein and fat. "You don't have to use portion control...Your hunger will go down aotumatically when you start eating this way - all you have to do is stop eating when you're full."

My Mother had lost 20+ lbs from 65 to 75 with a vegetarian diet combined with eggs and milk (vege + protein + no portion control). She's 87-year-old right now and a 12-year Non-Hodgekins Lymphoma survivor. She has been back to a regular diet since her NHL diagnosis.