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Clodfobble, no I realize some folks to go carb free or close to it and can keep it going and you and your family are to be commended but from most of what I have read, statistically most people who go on a close to zero carb high protein diet for weight loss do loose weight but gain it back because the eventually revert back to bad food choices. I know that my wife and I did Adkins back when he was still alive and making all the talk show circuits and we lost weight but eventually gained it back either because we ate too many of the wrong things or didn't get enough exercise.
I've followed your food blog off an on and agree that for some people wheat and dairy can be the route of a lot of problems. I was asthmatic as a child and had a doctor tell my mother to limit wheat and dairy to decrease congestion and it did help me. So I think for medical reasons a variety of dietary changes will help.
So to clairfy I'm just not a big believer in the long term benefits of low carb/high protein diets for the average person trying to drop a few pounds. I think that in general eating less and eating better foods coupled with increased activity is probably the healthier way to go and will have a lasting effect it it is kept up to some degree after the goals are reached.
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