Back in the early 70′s when I was originally diagnosed with hypoglycemia, I was put on a “high protein” diet. The only significant difference between that diet and what we now know as low carb was that it allowed either one slice of bread of 1/2 of a baked potato per meal. I didn’t feel good on that much starch, so I didn’t eat it. What did that give me? A low carb diet/restricted carb diet/controlled carb diet… take your pick, even though it was called high protein back then, it was still low carb.

Then came the low-fat craze of the 80′s and 90′s, and I was afraid to eat like that any more, because as we all “knew”, all that fat and cholesterol would kill you… which is why I ended up more than doubling my weight during that time, as I tried to fill up mostly on pasta, potatoes, bread and sugar (in it’s many guises).

Enough is enough though, and because I felt so awful, I knew I had to do something… I finally decided that I had no choice but to return to the way I ate during the only time in my life when I was not overweight, not constantly hungry, and had energy – that high protein/low carb way of eating.

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From what I’ve read (although this may not be true in every situation – if so, anyone who knows should feel free to post the correct information), authors are not really allowed to decide on the published title of books they write; that’s something that the publisher decides, because they’re the one putting up the money to publish it, not the author, so they choose a title that they believe will sell the most books. If you want national distribution of your book, you agree to use the title the publisher chooses, whether you like it or not, unless you happen to be wealthy enough to self publish as well as have enough clout to effectively promote your book.

Don’t forget the other term, probably more despised than Low Carb is: The Atkins Diet!

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