In 2002, New York Times Magazine published an article that shattered the way Americans thought about food.  The so called Atkins Diet, developed by Dr. Atkins, blamed carbohydrates for America's weight problem and claimed that people can lose weight and become healthy by simply restricting their intake of carbohydrates.  Never mind the scientific studies or Dr. Atkins' qualifications, the low-carb diet quickly spread across America, as people suddenly began to eat lettuce wrapped hamburgers and omit rice in their barbecue.

Eight years has passed, and nearly every literate man, woman, and child in the United States cry out in unison that carbs are what to blame for our ever growing obesity epidemic.  But as more people in the world begin to suffer from over-nutrition than malnutrition, why is our obesity problem getting worse?  If everyone "knows" the root of the problem, why aren't we seeing a drop in the number of obese & overweight population?  And how could it be that people from two skinniest developed nations in the world, Korea and Japan, happily eat pounds after pounds of carbohydrates (rice) yet stay so skinny?  Why is it that French, who eat loads of pasta with their triple cream cheese, does not have an obesity epidemic the size of United States?