A couple of paleo/primal dieters mention that they're eating potatoes and it's the g*****mn carbocalypse. Why is it so upsetting to these people that some people feel better when they eat a bit of starch?
Let's presume that is not a rhetorical question and answer it. This behavior is explained by the fact that somehow carbohydrate restriction has become a religious cult, with all the trappings thereof. All the lost suffering souls who found solace and redemption after reading Good Calories, Bad Calories in the Church of Taubes. It makes me very glad that in 2007 when I decided to try one last time to shed the weight I did it on my own, telling nobody but my immediate family that I was even doing it, and just going from memory doing a pretty clean Atkins induction. The Church of Taubes sucks you in. For all their knocking of Weight Watchers, the Church is a virtual group where your voice is heard, you are accepted unconditionally and you find all the love and support you've been missing from your conventional-wisdom-steeped doctors, friends and family. In 2009, after losing the weight, I found LLVLC forum. There are a lot of very nice people there supporting one another in their weight loss efforts, extolling the virtues of low carbing, assuring one another that carbs are like rat poison, insulin is the devil hormone and Taubes is a genius. When you leave the cult, you lose a lot of support and friendship you've come to lean on and it's hard to find that on the outside. Cults are famous for targeting the disenfranchised.
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