"Ignoramus14140" wrote in message
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In article , carla wrote:

marengo wrote in message
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"Ignoramus18248" wrote in message
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| Never eat junk food period. I find it disgusting that Atkins got into
| junk food peddling. What a shame.
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Please add IMHO (In My Humble Opinion) to statements that are just your
opinion and not n, thanks. It's proper netiquette.

It's also redundant. One's default assumption should always be that
anything posted is opinion. Any alternative is just too disturbing to
contemplate. (Who would treat something as absolute truth merely
because
it lacks a goofy "IMHO" tag?)

On the topic, there's been a great deal of discussion here (some of
which I
am sure you've seen) about the extent to which sugar alcohols spike
blood
sugar. While I don't share Ignoramus's draconian (and authoritarian and
downright nosy) attitudes about what other people should eat, I have
been
afraid to try any products with sugar alcohols. Having read repeatedly
that

Carla, while I respect your opinion, how is not eating junk food
draconian? I eat (and approve of) the entire universe of foods, sans
junk food and sugar. That's hardly draconian, it is simply
common sense.

some snippage

I don't know you well enough to know whether you are being deliberately
disingenuous. I have to assume that you know full well that your issuing
absolute edicts frequently irritates people on this newsgroup. *You* never
touch a piece of "junk food" (by some unspecified definition) - how nice for
you. For most people though, I don't think a scoop of Atkins ice cream here
or there - or even a piece of *gasp* real chocolate - is going to cause
problems.

Anyway, that's the part that I think is draconian; it's unnecessary to be so
absolute, about diet or anything else. Oh yes, In My Opinion of course.

It's not even clear to me, what qualilfies as "junk" to you? Clearly
products sold in stores like candy bars, ice cream, etc. fall into that
category. What about the ice cream I make at home with cream, berries, and
splenda? is that "junk"? How about my low-carb pancakes made with protein
powder? You don't have to answer these questions, though I am curious. I
can tell you right now that even if you deem them "junk" I am not going to
stop eating them. There are limits to how many restrictions I can put on my
diet if I want a sustainable plan. This is probably true for most people.

carla