Carbs have generated a mentality that is not very smart. All kinds of business interests are taking advantage of the carb hype to make more money, and people are following them. Not everything about the reduced carbohydrate diets is stupid, but they way people approach them often reflects a lack of intelligence. A lot of people who are trying to reduce their carbs don’t even know why they are doing it.

It seems as though people are just following the hype and are being led astray. I want to help you take an intelligent approach to carbs by giving you a few pointers.

1. Trying to save carbs by selecting alcoholic beverage brands that are low in carbohydrates is stupid.
The intelligent approach to carbohydrates for someone trying to lose fat is to abstain from alcohol.

If you’re trying to maintain a healthy weight, keep your drinking moderate…

2. Stupidity is revealed by people who think that the only way to lose fat is by carbohydrate reduction. The intelligent thing to do is recognize that your diet should be set by your goals and your personal situation, not by diet marketers.

3. Subscribing to any low carb diet without knowing why you’re doing it is not intelligent.

Intelligence would require a person to explore all the advantages and disadvantages of a diet before using it.

4. The belief that eliminating carbs on a long term basis is possible is not intelligent.

The best choice is to realize that lowering carbohydrates is a good temporary way to eliminate fat, but for long term health, a well rounded diet is best.

5. It’s stupid to think that calories don’t matter if you keep carb intake low.

Intelligent people will recognize that calories are always important and should be tracked in any fat loss effort.

6. It’s plain stupid to stay on a diet that has never been effective (or has stopped being effective).

Carb intelligence requires that a diet be adjusted whenever it stops working.

By thinking about your diet and making careful choices you can avoid the unintelligent carb decisions that have wasted many people’s time and money.