On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:56:04 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I have been reading all these diet books lately. And according to them we
>should eat everything organic, mainly non-starchy veggies, fish and chicken.
>And apparently not much else. Brown rice is okay for some. The most recent
>book recommended that we (meaning everyone) have a shake for breakfast that
>involved rice protein, pea protein, or chia protein with some ice, hemp or
>nut milk, a little non-citrus fruit, ground flax, walnut oil and some nuts.
>There was another version that involved tofu. On the one hand this Dr. was
>telling us not to eat anything that is processed or has a label on it. On
>the other hand he is telling us we need to slug this stuff down every
>morning. His recipes also involve canned beans. He said we should feel
>free to eat 2 pounds of asparagus or broccoli if we wanted to. Now I like
>most vegetables but even I couldn't eat 2 pounds of them.
>
>So that is how the regular person is supposed to eat. Now if we have
>diabetes or a weight problem or some sort of other medical problem then our
>diet should be even more limited. I look at what we are supposed to eat,
>according to these experts and I just don't even want to eat! It is easier
>for me to just go hungry than to have to force down something I really
>dislike.
>
>So Angela pointed out to me that we are seeing countless people walking
>around eating Subway, McDonalds, donuts, candy, cookies, ice cream, etc.
>They are skinny and they do not have any medical problems. So that kind of
>makes me angry. Not that I want to eat the crap that I see them eating.
>Because I don't. But part of me gets angry that I can't just eat what I
>want to with no consequences.
>
>Why is it some people can do this and we can't?
>

It's simple, they probably haven't had their hair tested yet so they
don't know they're either allergic or intolerant to almost anything
animal, vegetable or mineral currently known to humankind.

Ross.