Toni, thank you for adressing the issue from this angle. It p****s me off to see
Sheryl eo displaying uneducated theories that confirm the nonsense there is
about dieting in general. As a 4 or 5 year member of this list I have seen a lot
passing by and ofcourse those that begin to explore this field can have
information from areas that others have looked into a long time ago. Yet I find
it stigmatising, insulting and showing little insight in human psyche to talk
this way about the way we should diet and look at what makes me sad when I eat.
I like to think it is meant well with help as a motivator but we are all adults
on this list and do not need to be talked at like children.
Wally made a good point when he advised members to look up on Gluceogenesis when
making statements about the need of carbs. We have a good database at the list,
use it!  Being in the process of learning is a wonderful thing, just try to
refrain from judging others on the halfdeveloped theories that you may at this
point. When all the data is gathered and considered still respect for opinions
and lifestyles is a must.
Now I'll sit back and wait for the attacks to come my way for speaking my mind.

Christy

toni mettler schreef:

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> I am sorry that you think this way and feel this way.  Maybe you need to
> spend some time on the eating disorders unit of a psychiatric hospital...or
> maybe on the web looking up sites encouraging women to starve
> themselves...or maybe looking up sites that teach young women to binge and
> purge...or sit with someone who has been sexually abused and they eat and
> eat and eat so that they become fat and ugly in order to ward off potential
> perpetrators...go spend some time at an OA meeting listening to those people
> who can not make it one day without overeating sugar foods as you suggested
> they so for several weeks.  That IS the point...people who are addicted can
> not make it the several weeks you are talking about in order to break the
> addictive, metabolic cycle.  Addictive behaviors are cyclical in nature.
>