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-) -- Andrew S. Bonci, BA, DC, DAAPM Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnosis Cleveland Chiropractic College 6401 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri 64131 (816) 333-7436 ex39