Well see -- what you are saying about sugar was itself conventional wisdom at one point. However, I do agree with you concerning the spouters of conventional wisdom. It's just that well, much as I despise saying it, occasionally concentional wisdom is correct. Apparently ;) Personally, I gave up sodas in a period where I had do avoid all caffeine, and I find I really don't like them now.
On a side note, did anyone see the articles about benzene being found in British soft drinks? It seemed to me that the articles (all in British papers) were saying that the same carcinogen was also in American drinks, but this was not explicitly spelled out. Anyone know for sure? >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. :) > >> Come on Larry, I call bullshit. > >> I'm skinny as hell, and I drink Mountain Dew (highest >> average sugar and >> caffeine content of a normal soda) by the case. Why am I >> not fat and nasty? >> Because I don't eat like crazy and I stay active. > > >> In other words that's the same set of arguments that big >> tobacco has been >> using for years. > >> larry > > > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:199080 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
