Posted on 05/04/2011 11:02:47 AM PDT by decimon
“That bacon cheeseburger is incomplete. It needs a fried egg on it.”
Blasphemer!
Blasphemy, you say? Fine, in addition to the fried egg, extra mayo.
My great-great Aunt Agnes used to say, “Everything in moderation. Including moderation!”
(She died just days before her 105th birthday this year.)
I have struggled with my weight my entire life, but primarily because I followed conventional wisdom and ate according to the government’s food pyramid - - lots of carbs and relatively low fat. Each year I continued to add pounds despite eating the “correct” way. Now I am following a ketogenic diet - - not just an Adkins-like diet of high protein - - but one in which fats are the primary source of calories. I have forced my body to burn fats because I eat very little carbs and only moderate amounts of protein. It is working for me to injest lots of fats so I am not surprised by this article.
Ditch that bun with the awful high fructose corn syrup!
For an individual, it’s like every specie of bird, each has its own specific diet. To have government collectively assign diets is murder in the know and punishment and a psychology of accepting government threat, day in day out, on a daily basis, with lawyers sueing you for eating wrong in their views.
I have G6PD (similar to sickle cell) and low metabolism, and my diet is very specific, but, guess what, the government is like the military, until you get the “profile” you must eat and die like everyone else... and, oh, with universal health care, do not expect to get a “referal” any time soon if they do not like your face.
The bureaucratization of our daily lives is murder and concentration camp mentality.
It is only in recent medical history that a low fat diet has been deemed, “healthy.” How that happened is narrated in Gary Taubes, GOOD CALORIES, BAD CALORIES: FATS, CARBS, AND THE CONTROVERSIAL SCIENCE OF DIET AND HEALTH. He has just written a condensed version, WHY WE GET FAT. You won’t think the same way after reading these books. They’ve been really life changing for our family.
For starters, read:
The Soft Science of Dietary Fat by Gary Taubes
http://www.nutritionandhealth.info/downloads/softsciencefat.pdf
“Fine, in addition to the fried egg, extra mayo.”
Ok, mayo is just a condiment, I can deal with that, but fried eggs belong on the breakfast table, not on a burger :)
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