In the Metro this morning Finagle a Bagle was advertising the availability of a new service to make lower carb bagels called “make it skinny”. The offer is to scoop out the inside of your bagel to lose up to 25% of the carbs and calories. The service is the equivalent of throwing out half of your bagel for you. At some point in the future people will look back and laugh at the low carb craze and the silly activities to convince consumers that their beers, donuts, bagels, and candy bars could help stay fit. I am still waiting for the surgeon general, hopefully one that looks like an ancient mariner, to announce that reducing carbs causes strange side effects like incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and heart disease.