... or rather a collection of fad diets.
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I remember back in 2009 when I found the LC online community and one of my wishes at the time. Quite simply, I wanted to be able to tell my doc I was eating a very low carb diet most of the time and not have him/her gasp and presume I was eating caricaturistic Atkins. You know -- pounds of bacon, steaks and butter on a stick (or by the stick). Despite the prevalence of TWICHOO, there was (and is) a goodly sized body of scientific literature in support of low carb diets. The problem with this body of work is that it doesn't answer the burning questions regarding whether the diet is healthy in maintenance over the long term. I think the longest study on VLC was done by Dr. Eric Westman's group at Duke. It involved diabetics following a VLC weight loss diet for 6 months.
