Hi Donnie,
If an adult can be convinced that a cola and potato diet is healthy, won't
they quickly learn it's not after adopting the diet?
If dietary advice is the sole province of those licensed to offer it, then
gluten restriction would only be advised to people with positive tests for
celiac disease and ketogenic diets would be eschewed.
And why would such advisors be required to cite research? That threatens to
promote the dominant paradigm from another angle.
The wiring in a house is mostly hidden. It can kill through inappropriate
practices. That being said, most housing is wired by first or second year
apprentices.
Bridge structures have hidden components (usually within the structural
concrete) that, if poor practices are used, can kill.
Even bad dietary advice usually provides many signs that it is incorrect.
The current, dominant, anti-fat paradigm has, for instance, resulted in an
epidemic of obesity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, increased cancer
rates, and a host of other dietary diseases and health problems. There is a
pervasive sense that excessive carbs are quite benign. If electricians and
civil engineers did as poor a job as dietetic researchers have done over the
past 60+ years, I think that most of us would be questioning the licensing
process by which they received their credentials. As a culture, we would be
looking for alternatives.
That's how I see it.
Love,
Dad
-----Original Message-----
From: Paleolithic Eating Support List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Donovan Hoggan
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 9:20 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Paleo blogger in NC threatened for offering free advise
I struggle with this one. We're all offended because we all agree with him.
But, what about the person with no formal qualifications who convincingly
advocates a Coca-Cola & potato diet? Should he be allowed to offer this
advice? Should he have to produce research supporting what he's saying?
Who evaluates that research?
There are good reasons for restrict who can run electricity through your
house or design bridges. How is this different?
I don't know what the solution is, but I do think he's crossing a line when
he starts making recommendations to other people rather than limiting
himself to "This is what works for me."
Donovan
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 10:56 PM, June Kamerling
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Thank you for this Larry T. I saw it last week on Facebook. Really
> interesting and maddening. I'm interested to know the outcome.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Lawrence Tagrin <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
>
> > I usually don't agree with George Will, but occasionally he offers
> > something of value. His Washington Post column from the other day
> > struck me as worth reading.
> >
> > http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will092712.php3
> >
> > Larry-T
> >
> > --
> > Keep the books,
> > Burn the censors
> > ---------------------------
> > Ignore Faux News
> >
>
>
>
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