Ignorance. Hm. Then why did my cholesterol go way up after being on the diet? Is reading the book and trying the diet for two years enough? How does one become properly schooled, then? Why do my nurse friends tell me that many of their patients with renal failure are on the low carb diet? Anyway, to each his own, but name calling is pretty pathetic when someone has an opinion that differs from your own. I was attacked so vigorously for posting here my experiences on the diet that I felt I had to delete the post. In other forums people are free to have an opinion or exprerience that doesn't support the forum, and it's called DISCUSSION.