Agreed. I was on the Zone Diet for about four years, and I recall doing a ton of reading in 99-2003 on the topic. The whole idea of limiting your dietary intake to being no more than 40% carbohydrates was seen as being "fringe" dietary advice - and it only got play in the "alternative" arena of dietary advice. Atkins was seen as an outright kook. Basically, Fats and Cholesterol were the only components that seemed to get mainstream attention - there was almost no establishment focus on carbohydrates as being problematic at the time - to say otherwise is revisionist.