From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu May 01 2003 - 10:57:41 MDT
Harvey, Brian pointed out that only one author on that website is worth
reading, and I agree.
It is clear that the site itself has a dubious agenda, and that the
webmaster did not select his or her articles very intelligently, but there
are many authors published there. Don't make the mistake of throwing the
baby out with the bathwater.
The author of the article cited by Brian is right, imo, to question what she
terms "Politically Correct Nutrition." It was "Politically Correct
Nutrition" which ultimately brought us the high-carb grain-based USDA food
pyramid, which in turn has led to a number of health problems.
We are right now in middle of a national health crisis in type II diabetes
and obesity, certainly due in part to our poor national diet so rich in
carbohydrate. The pro-carb movement in the middle of the last century was a
reaction to the lipid hypothesis, an hypothesis which the author rightly
criticizes.
-gts
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org] On Behalf Of Harvey Newstrom
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 12:16 PM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: RE: Experiences with Atkins diet
>
>
> Brian Atkins wrote,
> > I absolutely knew you were going to do that when I posted
> the message.
> > That's why I specifically asked for comments on that
> particular page
> > instead of your opinion on the other pages (which I note
> are written
> > by many other authors).
>
> It is a waste of my time to refute every crackpot webpage
> that gets posted for review. When a site obviously is full
> of misinformation and pseudoscience, it is inefficient to go
> through and "prove" each item is wrong. More than
> inefficient, it is dangerous. If I fail to prove something
> wrong, I end up believing some of the pseudoscience.
>
> > Please only respond further to this sub-thread if
> > you are willing to actually discuss the page in
> > question and its references.
>
> Who deanimated and made you boss?
>
> Why should I stand by quietly while people get duped into
> going to a pseudoscience website? Why shouldn't I point out
> that this site is full of misinformation and people should be
> careful before they start trusting this site as a source of
> nutritional advice? Nutrition is dangerous enough without
> people taking their information from sites like these.
>
> --
> Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC, IBMCP
> <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> <www.Newstaff.com>
>
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