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On Feb 20, 2008, at 3:23 pm, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Think about this for a minute. If everyone in the world consumes a
> nonpaleo diet (except for the tiny majority of true hunter gatherers
> living on the fringe), then you can pick out the healthiest
> populations and use them to support eating anything nonpaleo you
> wish. Simple logic.
I've had the same argument used in other contexts. I knew someone who
ate wholemeal bread because it's "low GI". Low GI compared to what -
glucose syrup? My carefully drawn GI chart including white bread,
wholemeal bread and bananas was completely useless to overcome the
prejudice though. I didn't get near explaining glycemic load.
Many people struggle with the idea that they have only ever seen a
subset of the possible situations the world could be in. The best way
I heard this phrased (or a take on the same idea) was a tennis coach
that wrote something like "People come to me and ask me to help
improve their game, so I correct their stance and grip. They complain
it feels unnatural, at which point I tell them: of course it feels
unnatural, you've been doing it wrong all your life."
Ashley
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