> Wally Day wrote:
> 
> A couple weeks ago I read an article in US News & World Report about the
> concept of "volumeterics" (dopey word) and dieting/weight loss.
> Apparently,
> there is quite a bit of research evidence indicating people tend to eat
> just about the same _volume_ of food over and over again - regardless of
> it's content. Your strategy of filling up on green veggies has quite a bit
> of merit, according to them.

I remember reading about a Hawaiian diet that was similar. The concept
apparently was to fill up on high volume low carb items. It may cut down on
the number of calories consumed in a day and limit cravings, but what does
it do to the gut flora. We aren't grazers or mainly vegetation eaters like
the orangutan.

-Tad