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Old September 9th, 2012, 11:29 PM posted to alt.support.diet.low-carb
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On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 14:01:56 -0700 (PDT), "
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No, you have it backwards. It was PUSHED on the public for purely
political reasons.


You just can't read. *I specifically said:


"But as Doug and I pointed out, the companies are just
responding to what the mainstream opinion was which
created demand for a product.


You said the public was demanding it. It wasn't. It was PUSHED on the
public, totally because of political, not scientific, considerations.


One more time, this is what I said:

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You can repeat yourself until the cows come home, but you'll be just
as wrong each and every time you do.

No, that's in your jaundiced conspiracy world view, where the
scientists decades ago knew that margarine was bad for you.


The scientists knew that there was nothing wrong with butter
(saturated fat, etc.), and that the long-term affects of eating
trans-fat were unknown (until around the '90s).


BS. Back 30 years ago, most scientists and doctors believed
eating margarine was healthier than eating butter. Most still
believe it today, except that now they say to eat only margarine
that is not made from transfats.


No, only the "scientists" who think the Scientific Method is a way to
avoid getting your girlfriend pregnant.

Do you think New Yorkers are clamoring for restrictions on salt, drink
and meal size, etc? Or do you think that Nanny Bloomberg is just an
ignorant fascist douchebag, like I do?


What Bloomberg is doing isn't the issue.


Yes it is. You make it sound like the people are creating this
so-called "demand." *They are not. *It's the politicians. It's always
the politicians (and their Big Food cronies).


Obviously you are as ignorant of economics as you are of
science.. Consumer demand simple means that people want
to buy that product. If they did not want to buy it, then it would
not sell. Very simple.


They buy it for the same reasons that people play Three Card Monte,
think that Al Gore is a scientist and that we're all gonna die!, etc.

The issue is that
the mainstream scientific and medical belief at this point in
time is that excessive salt and super-sized sugary drinks
are bad for people.


Define: "excessive salt."

If you have normal blood pressure, you can pretty much eat all the
salt you want. Of course, morons like you don't like to test things
like BP, cholesterol, BC, etc., so...


I don't have to define anything.


No, you don't. Because you can't.

In the absence of hypertension, there is essentially no scientific
reason that you shouldn't enjoy as much salt as you like. Especially
if you're eating REAL foods, getting enough potassium, etc.

But since morons like you don't see any reason to test or measure for
things like that, go ahead. Restrict your salt. Fly blind!

The simple facts are that most
of the scientific and medical world says that almost all of us are
eating too much salt.


What? Did you take a poll?

But the FACT remains, there is no credible scientific evidence that
salt is bad for our health. Quite the contrary, in fact.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...he-war-on-salt

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/op...salt.html?_r=1

What exactly would be the point to getting people
to eat less salt, if it's not because most medical authorities believe
it's unhealthy?


IGNORANCE, the same disease you suffer from. And the fascist tendency
to try to control the behaviors of others. Also like you. It's no
wonder that you and Nanny Bloomberg are birds of a feather.

Fact: ALL sugary drinks are bad for you. Why ban just super-sized
ones?


The theory is that whatever size one you have, you are likely
going to consume the whole thing.


Oh, really? A person can't just buy *two* drinks instead?

Perhaps Nanny Bloomberg could mandate that you can only order one
donut? How about limiting the size of cakes to just one small slice?

Really, you're about the dumbest person I've ever encountered
anywhere.

So, Bloomberg is REACTING to what
is considered sound, mainstream science today.


No he's not, because there is no consensus regarding salt! For the
vast majority of us, salt is just fine, even desirable! Even
necessary!


Again, that is simply not true.


It's 100% true, and just a little googling can prove it.

You brought up Bloomberg and he's a good example of the
silliness of your argument.
Because if Bloomberg is not trying to reduce the amount of
salt people consume and the amount of sugary drinks because
of the science and medicine behind it, then why on earth would
he be doing it? Just for the hell of it? Geez....


Because he's just as ignorant as you are, and because he probably
thinks it will reduce health care costs. And becsuae he's a freakin'
Nanny.

And when Bloomberg was proposing his bans on salt and
large sodas, what went along with it in the media? Reporting
on the obesity epidemic, how health authorities agree we drink
too much sugar laden soda, eat too much salt, etc.


First, we don't eat too much salt. Period.

Second, we don't need government telling us how much soda pop we can
drink.

Yes, we have an obesity epidemic. No, there's no one-size fits all
solution to it.

Third, health authorities have never agreed on anything, and that's a
"good thing."

There you go again. *Forced? * Who said anything about
forcing anyone to do anything? *You were speaking out against
being a little bit low carb.


That's exactly right. That's exactly my opinion. And I provided the
reasons why I felt that way. *You don't have to agree with them, I
really don't care what you think about anything, anyway.


Spoken like the extremist you are.


Extremism in defense of ignorance is almost a moral obligation.

But others might appreciate a different way of looking at the topic.
They might want to improve their odds of success.


The point was you were arguing that LC has to be all or
nothing.


Do you take straw men to bed with you at night?

What I said was, there are things you can do, and shouldn't do, that
will affect your odds of success. Yes, whether you define success as
losing a few pounds, losing a lot of pounds, eliminating the need to
take drugs (your favorite love potion!), avoiding metabolic syndrome
and diabetes, becoming more fit, etc.

And again, what odds of success? I gave you
an example of someone who is not overweight, is not diabetic,
is healthy, but chooses to reduce carbs by just eliminating some
refined carbs like bread, pasta, etc.


Look, this newsgroup isn't all the Little Trader Boy. The information
that I provide may help others.

See above.

Wheat (even small
amounts) stimulates appetite, and who wants that?
If you have some studies that show that wheat as
opposed to other similar foods has that effect, I'm
sure we'd all like to see them.


Read the book.
In other words, as usual, you have no studies to support
the assertions.


As usual, crickets.


I showed you (and others) where you can find the studies (since
apparently you aren't capable of googling anything that doesn't have
something to do with AIDS). And that's all I'm going to do.

And if that's not enough?

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