"Peppermint Patootie" > wrote in message
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> 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.

I think the population as a whole hasn't a clue about nutrition. I remember
the big push for chicken back in the 80's. I can't tell you how many people
were bragging about being good and eating chicken while they were munching
on something fried from McDonalds's or KFC or some such place.