Originally Posted by Calianna

I can't recall where I read it (may have been something Taubes wrote?), but sticking to the official HC/LF diet seems to affect many people one of two ways - they either are very thin, or gain excessive amounts of weight, both because of an inability to metabolize all that carb content "normally". (then again, who is to say what exactly is the normal way to metabolize a carb heavy diet, if so few are able to maintain a normal weight by eating that way?)