I call this site "Life after Carbs" because, of course, there were carbs in my diet at one time -- bucket-loads of carbs, for years on end -- and I'm sure that's true for everyone reading this.  In our culture, and in the vast majority of cultures around the world, you don't start out eating a low-carb diet.  Even the Inuit have flour and sugar, and diabetes and heart-disease. Like most Americans of my generation, I once believed that carbs were my friend and that saturated fat was my enemy. … [Read more...]