Dr. Chung re 2 lb diet

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 22:05:56 GMT, "James E."
wrote:

What the 2-lb Diet really means is: Eat a reasonably well balanced diet:
Lots of Veggies, Fruit, and about 4 oz of protein/day.

The 2PD restricts no foods nor advises for certain foods.

The key is to reduce
caloric input by eating less.

Yes, reducing it relative to what you are now eating.

This is accomplished by limiting total caloric
input by limiting the weight of food consumed.

Correct but there is much more happening in the 2PD than just that.

The 2PD takes a direct shot at the psychological underpinnings of
overconsumption. We (Americans for the most part) have been so
inundated and misled as to what constitutes a healthy amount of food
to eat, we have lost our entire perspective.

Eating has turned into a "pleasure" first rather than a physiological
necessity. We have been taught subtly and obtrusively to overconsume.
Hunger is "bad", to be avoided. Overconsumption will "protect" us from
the "evils" of underconsumption. The middle ground has been lost.

It's back to the basics with the 2PD. Eat only that much, or even
less, and gasp nothing deleterious happens. It's not starvation
though most people will immediately comment that it sure sounds like
it. Or that they "could not possibly live a healthy life" on such a
"small" quantity of food.

Don't believe me? Google the alt.diet groups, you will see these kinds
of comments frequently.

Sounds reasonable and not dangerous. I'll give it a try. Nothing to lose but
some weight.

No, there is more to lose than that.

You will lose your present views on consumption almost entirely.
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