Tom:
>A number of list members have commented, both publicly and
>privately, that the tone of the recent discussion re: calories
>was negative.  After re-reviewing some of those posts, I
>am inclined to agree with them, and wish to apologize to the
>list for that.

This is very gallant of you but I do not think that you have
any reason to apologize.  You did not cross the line and engage
in insulting and contentless name-calling but merely spoke up
and called a spade a spade and backed up your opinions with
well-backed
arguments.

>As mentioned in my last post, there is scientific evidence such
>that claims to thrive on diets below starvation level in calorie terms,
>are very dubious. If the subject comes up again I will try to
>present that in a more amenable style.

To test your good nature I think that I will start posting on the
list posing as a breatharian preaching the wonders of an all air diet.
And you be nice to me now because as anybody knows who has been in the
world of raw for any length of time, frauds are very thin-skinned
and sensitive to criticism and especially vulnerable to any harshness
of
tone if asked for any evidence for their claims. ;-) For what it is
worth
somebody recently reported on another list that after a health
conference
where a couple of breatharians had given a presentation, somebody had
checked with the hotel where they been staying and it turned out that
they
all the while had been ordering food from the hotel restaurant and had
it
brought to their room.  But I am sure they meant well and that they
merely
gave in to a moment of weakness breaking down in the insensitive
environment
of non-believers. ;-)

Best, Peter