In article >,
"Ozgirl" > wrote:

> When Quentin spoke of opinions he was speaking of his opinion of the
> studies he had researched over many years. He never had un-researched
> opinions. Everyone forms their own opinions about a subject. He was no
> different in that respect. He also mentioned a number of times that he
> was trying to fill a gap. The gap left from all the talks in the groups
> about medication, exercise and diet. Diet as in high carb, low carb etc.
> Quentin and Annette both studied the individual foods as opposed to the
> food groups themselves. They did indeed fill that gap. This has led to a
> lot of people developing WOE's that weren't just "eat a lot of protein
> and fat" and avoid the starches". That can be nutritional suicide if we
> don't evaluate what goes into our mouths.

I find it difficult to believe that people had to be told by someone
else that 'just "eat a lot of protein and fat" and avoid the starches"'
was not sufficient nutritional consideration to give to their eating.

While one might primarily mention the carb/protein/fat ratios when
discussing treatment of diabetes, most of the people in these groups are
not idiots.

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