Thank you for the 3-part series on carbs and sugars!

S B · **Posted:** Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:05 am

I have to admit that even after being a McDer for awhile and even after having read/listen to some McD books/video, I was still a little confused over some points in the “good carb - bad carb” thing, about the glycemic index, and even in over what exactly causes the “refined sugar high and low”.

I knew I needed a much better understanding of these things in order to “stand my ground” when my McDing is challenged by someone who blames obesity and diseases on carbs. So, I was very happy to see this series come out!

Unfortunately, I only glanced over the first two parts of the carb series when they came out because I did not have time to carefully read them. Because they are packed with so much information and because of my slight dyslexia, I KNEW I needed to CAREFULLY read them so as not to confuse anything. So, I printed them out and put them together. Recently, when the third part came out, I printed that, too, and put it with the other two.

Yesterday, I found time to sit down and slowly and carefully read all of them in one sitting -- in order. I had read/listened to parts of this information from my McD books/video before, but having all of this information in ONE PLACE and having it worded in a way that the average person can understand FINALLY made it all “click” in my brain -- you know, one of those “AH-HAAA!” moments!

Of course, I still need to (and WILL) read these articles again so I can remember more of the finer details and will keep them for reference for when I get into “debates” with “low carbers”.

Dr. McDougall, thank you for putting these articles in your newsletter! I am sure they have helped many people better understand this very important topic!

Mrs. Doodlepunk · **Joined:** Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:10 pm **Posts:** 3557

These articles were helpful to me, too. Just a month ago, my own doctor (who I've known and worked with for YEARS and really trusted....) told me that I would NEVER lose weight until I stopped eating carbs. He said an apple was as bad as a candy bar, in fact. :shock:

When I hear stuff like this, from someone I've always trusted and thought was really smart, it makes me think and then I just go look up the articles Dr. McDougall has written, or get out my books and read to get straightened out. I always learn something new! For instance, I never saw before that on MWL I should be having less than 5 percent of my calories from fat!!! :oops:

I don't know how that slipped by me before.

Sunny · **Posted:** Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:25 pm

I think all the articles are a great help, I can better explain things to others who question (interigate) me. :evil:

Not that they ever follow through with what I tell them !!!

I do enjoy the newsletters. :-D

S B · **Posted:** Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:33 pm

Yes Sunny, interrogate is the right way to describe it!

Because I have lost so much weight (for my height) and have exercised regularly and have become "fairly well" physically fit (for a 51-year-old menopausal woman), like you, I am often interrogated by people whom I know will never McDougall.

It seems that they are looking for something WRONG in McDougall’s plans! When they CAN’T with simply light and polite conversation, they sometimes turn into scary interrogators trying to catch me at every word! Then, with the more McDougall “truths” with which I defend myself, the more desperate and ruthless these interrogators become! During my DEFENSE, I often tell them they need to read certain McDougall Newsletter articles (which I sometimes even offer to print out for them) and to check out Dr. McDougall’s sources for these articles.

When they can’t take any more defeat, they often resort to calling me “Miss Smarty Pants” because I always have an answer for everything -- when THEY are the ones who began the whole McDougall dialogue to start with!

I guess we just can’t win for losing, sometimes! --- BUT I would NEVER trade McDougalling for ANY OTHER plan!

TiKuanYin · **Joined:** Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:39 pm **Posts:** 10

This series of articles was extraordinarily helpful to me as well. It's all so much clearer now! My pre-diabetes tingles have been minimal for the past couple of weeks and I'm sure that, following the guidelines given, I can get rid of them.

DianeR · **Joined:** Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:29 am **Posts:** 1279

SB, you have summarized my experience very precisely. It is so hard to hold my tongue when I saw my relatives with their butter, cream cheese, gravy, eggs, cheese, meat, milk, pastries, etc. claim they simply can't lose weight unless they starve themselves. They ask how I lost weight (I'm a 53 year old menopausal woman with a BMI of 18) and either don't process the answer (did I do it on purpose or am I sick? -- or I'm so lucky to have the genes I do -- or why did I lose weight, I didn't really need to) or start challenging the answer. They seem to think that McD must be unsafe somehow (perhaps they prefer to believe that) -- yet we McD'ers are healthy and they aren't. They want to believe that McD'ing wouldn't work for them, but are unwilling to give it a try.

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