Gregg,

        Your post made my day. :)  Not only did I get to spend all of Labor Day
bugging my wife with, "Say, Honey, did you know that I'm an
anti-intellectual?" -- I also got a great essay on carbohydrates for my
"PaleoSave" file.  Thanks!

Robert

Gregg Carter wrote:
>
> Robert, anti-intellectualism has a long history in U.S. culture and
> society.  It often comes with a dollop of humor.
>   Anyway, the ASNS has no position on the food pyramid.  Mary Locniskar's
> essay on carbs is typical of the ASNS's nutritional statements-- I find it
> well-grounded, informative, and very apolitical.  If you wanted to "read"
> something into it from the biases of our listserv, it says humans can do
> well on relatively small amounts of carbohydrates.
>