http://www.lowcarbeating.com/article...ach.php?id=363

Yay Andrea!
Let our voices be heard!
I took the survey; very interesting site.
Thanks for being on top of the issues, as always.

Shelley

sg
*LC WOLF*

Andrea
Thanks for the heads-up on the survey, consider it done. Give 'em heck in DC!


"Do, or do not. There is no 'try'."
- Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
Start Atkins 9.1.03
225/198/130ish
Valentine's Day Goal: 180

Took the survey, it would be nice to know when foods are considered 'low carb’ Right now I think Atkins is the only one who gives a seal of approval i am not sure of the checks and balances there.


Starting 2004 25lbs lighter!
193(1.03)/167.4(1.4.04)/150 LC since August 2003.

Thanks for the info! I went to the site and took the survey. It's good to know there is an organization watching out for us!

"Normal is in the eye of the beholder."
Atkins since 8/27/03
240/207(140-160)

Andrea,
WELCOME to DC. I hope the conference goes well. I, too, took the survey--great questions. Let us know how the conference goes! I hope you brought your coat and gloves--its freezing this week! Here's a little sunshine to warm you :-)

~Ashley
10/12/03
188/172/137

"If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got" ~unknown

Andrea~

I'm particularly glad to hear you say that one of your goals for the CarbAware Summit is to help ensure that the low-carb movement doesn't fall down the same dark hole the low-fat industry did. In my opinion, the creation of all these highly-processed, polyol-laden, "low-carb" fake foods only works to shoot "real" low-carbing in the foot. People will substitute the junky fat-making foods they are eating now with junky fat-making foods that claim to be lower in carbs. They won't get the results they are hoping for, so they'll declare that they tried low-carbing and it doesn't work.

I don't mean to sound so negative - I think it's great that low-carbing is becoming more mainstream, but I really fear that the advent of the "low-carb industry" will cause many people to miss the boat entirely when it comes to what this way of eating is REALLY all about.

Sky
Atkins since 8/03
186/144/under 150

and I agree sky.

as for the cold, ashley, I live in upstate ny, so DC will feel toasty to me

Go get them Andrea!!

I took the survey too.

Good luck and have fun .

Susan ( AKA Northwest)
207/170/160/
size 16/12/8
LC since 4/03

I took the survey a long time ago.

Personally, I don't expect good results from any of this. Atkins Nutritionals would have too much to lose if some group condemned sugar alcohols. What will probably happen is that they will make some weak and nearly meaningless comment that sugar alcohols are a YMMV thing.

None of this would have been a big debate years ago. The older Atkins books clearly condemn the use of sugar alcohols. But there is just too much gold in them thar candy bars for a leaderless corporation to resist.

This CarbAware ought to be careful about endorsing sugar alcohols. I would be keenly eager to participate in a class action suit against polyol-pushers if and when one gets started. There's fraud involved in this. That's a serious matter.

As the emperor Caligula once said, "But that the world had just one neck, that I could strangle it." But that all the polyol-pushers had just one wallet that we could vaccuum clean.

I realize, some people have eaten low-carb bars and have lost weight anyway. That's good for them. But that doesn't go to the issue of whether or not polyols can sabotage ketosis, which is the basis of most low-carb diets.

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"Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights, even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person is you're talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door."

I took the survey...Lets hope it gets us more awareness and better LC choices out there! Let Our Voices Be Heard!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks A.

Hugs,Lisa

LC WOL since 8-8-03
298/252
want to be 175/165
"Where every you go There you are"

Hi Andrea,
Hope you will bring back some news about Ciclamates, used extensively in Europe and in Canada, ciclamates { I hope I am not starting some big contrversy here} are supposedly going to be re-approved by the FDA.
I have brought back some, from Canada and Germany I have used ciclamates in baking with excellent results.
Have fun in Washington
Rainbow