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Old September 5th, 2012, 09:17 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
Doug Freyburger
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Dogman wrote:
" wrote:

I don't see that as something evil, just companies responding
to customer demand. It's like taking the sugar out of say
bread and butter pickles or soda and replacing it with sucralose.
Is that a bad thing too? If company A didn't do it, company
B would because there is a market for it.


"Evil" is your word, not mine.


A number of folks have posted over the years calling it evil. I'm not
the only one who has bserved tha tall it takes is business practices -
Make more of what sells more. Vary the product line around what sells
best. Eventually the process evolves towards a diet that humans are
evolved to crave. it doesn't take evil it just takes counting sales.

And while I wouldn't want government
stepping in and telling manufacturers what they should make (God
forbid!), companies that are aware of (or should have been aware of)
the dangers of replacing various FOOD ingredients with processed
chemicals, knowingly making false claims, taking advantage of gullible
consumers like you, etc., should be roundly criticised, even sued out
of existence (See: Big Tobacco).


Consider the problem of margarine. It was sincerely believed to be
better when it first came out. It wasn't known that tobacco causes
problems until much of the world was addicted.

And that includes the government
itself, which is where a lot of these health problems originate, such
as pushing the low-fat, high-carb paradigm, at the expense of people's
health. Throw in (mostly drug pushing) organizations like the ADA,
AHA, etc., and there should be enough malfeasance found to keep an
army of white-shoe law firms busy.


Sure but use the tobacco company experience as a caution.

This is a good example of why so many dieters fail - they fall for
this rubbish, i.e., that you can have your cake and eat it, too (no,
you can't!), and then wonder why they're still fat and/or unhealthy,
or can't keep the weight off, long-term.

Sheesh.


Can we really blame people who eat what is suggested and then it does
not work? Can we really blame people who eat what's on the market and
it ends up addictive? At least we need to stop claiming that moderation
works. No way moderation works in the face of those two forces. And so
here we are doing PR for low carb.

Just like you can't be a little bit pregnant, you can't be a little
bit low-carb and expect to be successful in the long run.


Caveat. If low is good lower is not better. It just doesn't work that
way no matter how many quotes get thrown at it.

Caveat. If low is good then a small move towards low should be
something of an improvement. That strategy tends to trigger cravings.

If a food triggers cravings stop eating it. Ah if it were only really
that easy. It's that simple but simple does not equal easy. Simple:
Here's a pick axe. There's a mountain. Ten meters north place. Start
now.