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Eric - 2004-03-09 21:19:34 Just a little tongue-in-cheek raillery.* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2004-03-09 23:22:22 I must be shallow, because I didn't realize that there was anything deeper and more disturbing than homemade organic s'mores and low-carb veggie sludge. * * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-03-09 23:41:24 I'm a refugee from my ex's fascist vegetarian regime, so I'm biased. Good food is such a rich sensual pleasure...I just get itchy to see it whittled down to some emaciated PC low-carb pleasure-free subsidence product.* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2004-03-10 07:43:21 I'm with you on that one -- especially when the vegetarian fascists are kidding themselves about the healthfulness of said PC food product.* * * * * * * * * * * * Larry Kestenbaum - 2004-03-10 08:49:45 Hmmm, Atkins dieters are usually slammed for being self-indulgently unwilling to give up those rich sensual pleasures of dead-animal fatty foods. I have a foot in both camps myself: I lived for years with a vegetarian woman, and I hate to handle or cook meat. On the other hand, I have lost quite a bit of weight on a moderate low-carb diet. And it is less self-denying than traditional low-calorie/low-fat diets.* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-03-10 20:11:13 Anna you are right...anyone with an hour to kill who wants to penetrate under the veggie hype can find plenty of evidence online about the nutritional deficiency of a veg diet. Larry, that's true...especially for meatatarians, a low-carb diet is less punishing than a low-cal one. On the other hand there was a story on NPR the other day about the French reaction to Atkins--people were aghast to think of giving up eating comparatively large quantities of bread, and France is not known as the world's obesity capital, so I suppose the jury's still out to some extent.* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2004-03-10 21:03:16 I'm sort of with you, Laura, except that I'm a vegetarian. Vegetarian food can be healthful if people work at it and eat balanced meals, just like any set of food choices. But just using organic pasta and expensive cheese doesn't make it healthy.* * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |