We've made it to another Friday, so that's good news. Hope everyone's had a great week! I picked up some diet books at the library this past week and the title of this diary is so true, it's scary!
Let's look at it all over again below the orange-scented smoke, shall we?
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Now, I know what I'm getting into when I get books with titles that include the word "detox" in them...quackery. There is no need to "detox" or clean out your colon or end your "leaky gut" (which does not exist). However, I do find it funny that these books are just reiterations of past failed diet projects that take great pains to eliminate all reference to the NAME of the past failed diet.
The detox book is a great example. It's just the Omni diet repackaged. Yes, the diet developed to sell you expensive dietary supplements, which lies and says that beans (BEANS!) are bad for you. All grains are, too, if you buy that kind of malarkey. Oh, and it also tries hard to make you buy everything organic, so it's also a diet that only rich people can afford.
And how about the Atkins diet and its numerous clones, saying all carbohydrates are tremendously bad for you? They're still going strong on the bookshelves, despite the fact that all carbohydrates are NOT bad for you. From claims that wheat is toxic to the claims that all sugars (including from real whole fruits) are bad for you, the charlatans are still out there.
Don't forget the food-combiners! They've gotten it into their heads that eating (x) with (y) is INHERENTLY BAD! To hell with the science of nutrition, which says no such thing. They have their idea, so it must be right!
For myself, I know calorie restriction, portion control, and eating as many whole, natural foods as possible work. But don't tell these guys. Gullible Americans are making them rich.
Spring is here, and I can tell, because nectarines are now available in my local stores! I had my usual breakfast of frozen mango chunks, 1 fresh nectarine, coconut milk, and generic gluten-free corn squares this morning. I'm doing okay after a bad reaction last night...note to those with nut allergies; it's possible Scharffen Berger has nut cross-contamination, but they don't list it anywhere on their products or their Web site. Be careful.
140 on the scale, and my hamstrings have stopped aching, so I'm amping up my walking again. How about you?