I have given up chocolate which was the hardest thing ever for me to do. Now I no longer crave it. I am almost off of coffee now too. I am to a ratio of 5:1; 5 parts pine needle tea and 1 part coffee. In my opinion, junk food is a habit, not a need. Trish On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:40:43 -0700 Arthur McConnachie <[log in to unmask]> writes: > 98% of Americans don't have the discipline to give up the goodies of > civilization, so whether the government or media supported the paleo > way of > eating is irrelevant. > > Arthur > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Raymond, Charles E. x1280" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 10:10 AM > Subject: [P-F] My two cents > > > > If the U.S. went Paleo, IMO, I don't think it would be without a > fight > from > > the big dairy companies, the agricultural companies, etc. I > believe you > > would begin to see the political action groups in D.C. threatening > to pull > > donations and lobbyists scurrying around trying to fix the > "problem". I > > think you would also see lots of news reports about the dangers of > such a > > diet, whether real dangers existed or not, people who half > followed such a > > diet and then became severely ill, etc. Unfortunately it seems > that he who > > has the most money, sets the governments' policies here in the > states. > > Since discovering the Paleo diet, I now laugh when I watch the > news > reports > > that lament the declining physical state of the U.S. population. > The > > reporters will make statements like, "Despite following low-fat > diets and > an > > increase in exercise, Americans are still getting fatter." All we > need to > do > > is get away from the low-fat diets, kick processed foods to the > curb, and > we > > would be well on our way to improved health. Again, IMO, the > government > > don't want you to know that, they would loose too much money if > they > > offended the big business men. I do see a positive light in all of > this. > > With the availability of the Internet, and the rate at which > information > is > > becoming available via the net, people will begin to question all > of these > > things. In the past, we kind of had to take their (government) > word for > it, > > those days are gone thanks to technology. > > As far as mainstream media is concerned, I doubt you will see many > of the > > popular magazines, touting the benefits of a paleo diet any time > soon. The > > fad is still low-fat, high carb diets, almost every bodybuilding > publication > > emphasizes the need for carbs (the bad kind) for muscular growth, > and > > maximum training performance. They fail to mention the need for > steroids > in > > order to gain the freaky size the muscle magazines display. The > media will > > continue to be the lap-dogs for the government, the Internet is > currently > > the only source I'm aware of, at least in the States, where you > can find > > both sides of a story. Having been a weightlifter for over half of > my > life, > > I've read the gamut of diet and health books available. They all > tend to > > repeat one another and most often the advice or routines are > completely > > absurd for normal, non-drug using athletes. That's a different > topic for a > > different list, however I do own a copy of Lyle McDonald's book - > The > > Ketogenic Diet - an excellent book, one of the best I've read. > Lyle and I > > communicate every now and then, he even signed my copy of his > book. The > next > > book that I am going to purchase is the NeanderThin book, is it > available > in > > bookstores or over the net only? It's actually Lyle's book that > started to > > make me think about current diet trends, I had really never > thought much > > about diet until then. I lifted and I ate, as long as I didn't get > fat, I > > wasn't concerned about my diet too much. Then Lyle's book made me > think, > > then a Dr. Dave Lewandowski, has pointed me in the Paleo-diet > direction. > > I've read some of the information at the paleo-diet website and > look > forward > > to receiving the future Paleofood Digests. This diet, along with > proper > > exercise makes perfectly logical sense. Sorry for the > long-windedness, I > > tend to ramble at times. > > > > Chuck > > ___________________________________________________________________ Why pay more to get Web access? Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.