Muriel Hykes wrote:

> I always tell people not to let their bodies know that they are dieting.
> If your body senses a fast coming, it will reduce metabolic rate and
> increase efficiency.

An interesting observation from one who perhaps overindulges in this
literary cuisine (please excuse the very strained attempt at humor).

Calorie counting or the use of caloric measures is a convenient way for
researchers to collect data and crunch numbers for statistical
purposes.  In fact, it is a model for dietary reality of which it is far
from approximating.  The problem as I see it is when we ALL mistake the
model for the reality and thus dispense with any limitations of the
approximations (almosts sounds poetic).  In order to model such a thing
as diet and/or metabolism we must, as needs be, ignore a portion of
reality.  Unfortunately, those of us who simply "comsume" these models
without understanding how these or any models are formulated fall into a
serious myopic trap.  Know that ALL models have inherent limitations in
their description of reality.  As such, models are gross "sign posts"
that, at best, vaguely point in the direction of what might be real.

I know, kind of vague, but I'm modeling with words and my words corrupt
my vision of what's real <TIC>.

Andrew  =8-)
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