There is no magic pill. Moderation is key, just like in everything else in life.
There is a correlation between what comes in (eating) and what goes out (exercise). If they are out of balance you get too fat or too skinny. Metabolism and a few other factors may play a role also, but it's still the same equation. It's really a very basic concept. -Cameron On 3/6/06, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kinda what I thought... I mean... I'd always been under the impression > that sugar by itself didn't really contribute to obeisity all that > terribly much... As compared to grams of fat or possibly complex > carbohydrates (I'm still on the fence re: low-carb diets, I'd like to > think that there's just something fundamentally wrong with > "conventional wisdom" largely because I'm not generally impressed with > "conventional wisdom" because it's too convenient (see the book > Freakonomics) but at the same time I'm just ... Atkins zealots (like > most zealots) make me want to vomit all over them, which makes it > difficult for me to give serious consideration to possibility of their > rhetoric being more than propaganda.) > > Am I the only person here who just gets sick when I see people all > glombing on to the latest hot new fad like low-carb diets or <shudder> > the web without doing the homework and really understanding (at least > fundamentally) the garbage they're spouting? Problem is that seems to > be mostly what mainstream culture(s) produce -- people spouting > garbage not because they've researched it but because it's popular and > therefore "conventional wisdom" (and apparently for most people > conventional widsom == ABSOLUTE TRUTH HANDED DOWN BY GOD). > > Sorry for the rant... but that really I think is what pisses me off > most -- people clinging to these BS ideas as though they're sacred > writ that's gonna save their immortal soul from eternal damnation when > in reality it's just some stupid, inane babble that some > under-educated lemming happened to phrase in a catchy > sound-byte-worthy way that made it popular. <sigh>... > > Forgive me, I'm having a moment. :) > > Zealots really piss me off. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199065 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
