| Sounds like the outcome of some rival baseball teams. | | | | Then comes the carbohydrate craze. Research has |
| The sport I would like to talk about today isn't baseball | | | | discovered that by limiting the numbers of |
| or football but rather the weight loss game. | | | | carbohydrates you eat you will lose weight. This form |
| People have been concerned about their weight for | | | | of dieting also encourages the ingestion of fats. This |
| centuries. In the process there has been countless diet | | | | diet created a huge market for books and low carb |
| plans devised to solve the problem. Take William the | | | | food products. Even the fast food chains jumped on |
| Conqueror who decided to confine himself to his room | | | | the band wagon by offering low carb alternatives to |
| and drink only booze to rid himself of unwanted | | | | their menus. |
| pounds. He did not lose the weight and eventually lost | | | | The problem with the tried and true and even the new |
| his life by falling from his horse. | | | | is that most dieters fail. The reason is that they are |
| Centuries later we still seek to win the battle of the | | | | forced to follow rules that are either complicated or |
| bulge. Medical science claims that all one needs to do | | | | just too hard. Being forced to eat salads every day or |
| is decrease their caloric input of food and increase | | | | drink protein shakes gets boring. Only by the right |
| their burning of calories by exercising more. Others | | | | combination of strategic eating and exercise can you |
| claim that this process should be altered to allow low | | | | be successful in losing weight. It is eating what you |
| calories some days and more calories on other days | | | | want but at the right times combined with the right |
| to successfully lose weight. | | | | exercise. |