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To: najida

Absolutely not. I'm saying that the gov't recommended food pyramid is based largely on lobbyists. You even admit that most successful diets are veggie and fruit based. The problem is that the USDA says it should be based on grain - and includes pasta and refined flour based products in that category - which have very little nutritional value. And the reason they include those products is $$$.

Diets like SB and atkins steer towards "good" carbs - those with high fiber counts, as opposed to the crap that the USDA includes.


29 posted on 03/07/2007 9:34:10 AM PST by Hoodlum91 (I support global warming.)
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To: Hoodlum91; najida

I'd agree, but I'll be the first to admit that I do love high-carb and starchy foods of both the "good" and "bad" variety.


31 posted on 03/07/2007 9:36:14 AM PST by RockinRight (My wish for Islam - The Glass Parking Lot Formerly Known As The Middle East.)
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To: Hoodlum91

It's not about "Diets" it's about nutritional needs.

It's like saying humans don't need air. The FP wasn't about weight loss, it was about an easy referrence for getting the nutrients you need on a daily basis. DIET isn't weight loss.

We are talking human nutritional needs.


33 posted on 03/07/2007 9:37:28 AM PST by najida (One day, a door opens, and you get a chance to start over. But the phone rings......)
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To: Hoodlum91

I don't know why they don't just do away with the US Food and Drug Admin and fire the thousands of nutritionists that support the FP. They don't know what the heck they are talking about.

The handfull of diet salesman and Beef Board lobbyists really know what we need.


/sarc


38 posted on 03/07/2007 9:41:20 AM PST by HOTTIEBOY (HUNTER: "I don't have to hire a consultant to develop a conservative image, I am a conservative.")
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