Call me a skeptic, but it does at least point out the idiocy of the low carb diet, mainly that ultimately your metabolism takes a nose dive...
Unless, of course, like me, you can't have a high carb breakfast due to low blood sugar issues. If I ate a breakfast high in carbs first thing in the morning, I'd pass out within 2 hours and then have a migraine the rest of the day.
In my case, high carbs kicks my insulin into overdrive and my blood sugar drops dramatically. I was 26 before a doctor finally figured this out after an 8 hour glucose tolerance test. It also explained why I always passed out in church on Easter and Christmas mornings.
But I do believe a big breakfast in the morning gets the metabolism started. I just can't have maple syrup, high carb fruits (like melons or orange juice) or sweetened cereals. I stick to eggs in some form, toast, half a grapefruit and a couple of slices of bacon.
Dude, that's not the way your body works. Fucking let go of that nonsense. Carbohydrate is not the enemy, it's generally half of what powers your body (the other half being fat). Your brain doesn't work when you don't have adequate carbohydrate (which is perhaps why people keep doing it).
The key is to make sure you're eating complex carbohydrates, not the refined sugar crap that zips through you and leaves you crashing. It's not that complicated. Avoid white bread and sugary crap and eat the good stuff, like whole grain anything. It's processed slower, and doesn't bring you up and down. A whole wheat bagel and bowl of mini-wheats are high in carbohydrate, but it's all complex carbs.