http://www.carbcommando.com/carb/carb-counter/carb-counts/ Carb counts should be kept low. Otherwise you get fat! en-us Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:49:57 EST Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:49:57 EST Weblog Editor 2.0 With all the carb counts out there, make yours lowest Look at it as a competition with all of the other dieters out there. This is your chance to show them whose carb counts are the lowest time after time. As Cyndi Lauper turns in her grave, remember that you have an obligation to live happily and healthily here. While it is a free country and you can do whatever you want, you might as well live a long life. Don't you think? If carb counting can do that for you or at least make it a little easier, why not jump aboard this train right away? Seems like it makes sense to us. Well, a little. In truth, it's not as simple as keeping the overall carb intake down. Managing carbohydrates and your other dietary ingestion is important, but not the end all and be all of your life. What you have to realize is that there are good carbs and bad ones. You need to manage both and make it happen as best you can. Np fancy carb counter is going to make you healthier on its own. You are going to have to moderate your life. That's the deal. It is not all about the carb counts. Although they sure are helpful some of the time. Don't underestimate the good things they can do, in eliminating your empty carbohydrates and making sure you get the ones you need from good sources, such as brown rice and whole grain pasta and fruit and vegetables. But if you think that eliminating carbs altogether is the answer you'd best think again. No offense, but it's not a cut and dried world, so you are just kidding yourself if you treat dieting as such. Keep track of your carb counts. But get some exercise. That's how to get healthy too, you know. Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:49:57 EST