On Mar 05, 2006, at 3:34 pm, Alyne wrote:

> Ashley:
>
> Thanks for your advice.  I feel the same way.  Unfortunately,  my  
> husband tends to want the literature to back everything up.

I bet if you said something that agreed with him he wouldn't ask for  
literature to support that ;)  Have you shown him the recent research  
showing that low-fat diets don't reduce heart disease or cancer in  
women?  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4690230.stm  And does he  
know about The Cholesterol Myths (Uffe Ravnskov) - one of the best  
polemics I've ever read, and extremely balanced.


> I still  can't get him off the low fat/high carb bandwagon.  And he  
> is  extremely healthy in all ways -- other than, in his opinion,  
> the  HDL.

People generally don't do anything to reduce their risk of illness -  
they only do something to get rid of illnesses they already have.   
Human nature I think.  You might be interested in Not All in the Mind  
by Richard Mackarness: he explains how eating a food your body can't  
detoxify wears you down until suddenly illnesses appear.  They way he  
describes it and the examples he gives are priceless.


> That's why I was hoping to find something he might be  receptive  
> to.  Although he eats differently than I do, he is very  supportive  
> of my WOE and does not try to get me to change -- so I have  to  
> tread lightly.

I suspect you might have to wait until something goes wrong/gets fat/ 
falls off.  It's not worth starting rows about.  Of course if he gets  
ill and *still* does nothing then you've got a right to be frustrated :)

Ashley