Oh no one - you know what the media are like - just love to claim 'feet of clay' for anyone appearing to be doing something good.

My personal metabolism means I have to refrain from eating what Dr A put at the top end of the carbohydrate ladder - not because I can't eat so many carbs, but because I don't do well on them. I stick to salad, cheese, seeds, nuts and berries. They are the first four rungs of the 'Carbohydrate ladder' and I eat them fresh and frozen.

Beans out of a tin don't really seem to be all that attractive to me, I'm afraid. Just think - plate of fresh salad, chopped eggs with fragrant herbs and a dressing plus a bowl of strawberries and cream - or some mashed beans - which would you chose?

Same as me I bet. Pass the mayonnaise, please.

Way back there was a 'Letter on Corpulence' published by a Mr Banting which details his use of low carbing and the derision with which his discovery was met. You can find it on line if you are interested.
Look at the date.

It has always been the same, and I have been told quite frequently that eating a low carb diet has been medically disproven.

I wonder if the medics up in the far North treating the native populations sagely shake their heads and tell them that eating their diet of seal, caribou, fish, whale and the like is not healthy and they should be eating pizza and fried chicken.