Percentages

Okay so we talked about the percentage of fat so now carbs, how many carbs. Atkins says 20 grams, No more Belly says 120, the FDA guidelines say 40 percent, if you follow the pyrimid you will eat more than you expect. If you don't know serving sizes you will eat several hundred calories.

Confusing? That's the plan, confuse the public. Get them to eat, if they eat they will buy, if they overeat they will be unhealthy, then they will need medicines, hospital stays, special foods that cost more.

Try cutting all of your carb snacks out, unless they are from fruit or vegetables.
Eat one serving of carb or starch per meal.

You will be in line then.

About 25 to 30 percent of your calories should come from carbs. The confusion comes in when most fruits have carbs and most vegetables, but they also have lots of good fiber so the carbs don't turn into starch quite so fast.

If you must eat grains buy them whole, grind them yourselves and make the flour into a treat. You won't do this often, takes too much time and effort, so your results will be a treat.