Food Reward Anonymous 10:26 AM

or, Eating Bland Food To Cure Your Gluttony

Stephan Guyenet has published a series of posts hypothesizing a link between good tasting foods and obesity. That's really an oversimplification, but the basic gist.

Read the series of posts following these links:

Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part I
Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part II
Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part III
Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part IV
Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part V
Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part VI
Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part VII
Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part VIII
Simple Food: Thoughts on Practicality

Yes, there is a lot there, and if you're brave enough to take a gander (or at least skim through) do not miss the comments to these posts.

Of all the commenters I find myself agreeing with ItsTheWooo2 more times than not. I remember her from many years back in a low carb forum I frequented. She's very outspoken, sometimes brash, but usually accurate in her assessments. She takes a lot of crap from her detractors, but remains undeterred in her quest to educate others on what she has found to be true. More power to her, I say. I wish she blogged, but a quick Google of her online persona gives plenty of reading material and a good take on her stance where low carb eating is concerned. Here is a link to her story.

I have found a lot of valuable information on Stephan's blog in the past. I just happen to think he's barking up the wrong tree on this one.

And yeah, I am thinking of starting an ItsTheWooo2 fan club.

I am not thinking of starting any fan clubs any time soon for CarbSane. She has a blog I refuse to link to, but if you're that curious you can find it. A more pseudo-intellectual person one will never find. She's just so off base with her assertions, it's not funny. It's not funny, either, that Stephan Guyenet seems to be in agreement with her about certain things. It certainly gives one pause. I try to keep an open mind when I am reading and researching, but I am beginning to have problems doing that when I read either one of them anymore.

Another Trip Down The Primrose Path Anonymous 7:07 AM

 

I was perusing my local TV station website this morning and came upon an interesting headline,  Can Aspirin Blur Line Between Fat, Healthy?  Seems the NIH is testing a "cousin" of aspirin to see if it can reduce inflammation in obese and Type II diabetics, thereby creating healthier, non-inflamed fat people.

Typical of modern science these days - - find some drug to treat some symptoms while ignoring the cause completely.

You, too, can be as fat as you want and still be healthy! Here, just take these...Ha.

Carbohydrates (especially the processed crap in every packaged food on the shelves) cause inflammation, folks...as does the overabundance of Omega-6 fatty acids in our government suggested (and subsidized) "healthy" diet.

This is my favorite part of the article (emphasis mine):

"If fat cells functioned perfectly, you could be as obese as you want and not have heart disease," says Dr. Carey Lumeng of the University of Michigan. "It's something we don't understand, why some people are more susceptible and others are not so susceptible."

Solving that mystery could point to more targeted treatments for obesity's threats than today's effective but hard-to-follow advice to lose weight.

Effective? I'm laughing out loud! Hard to follow? You betcha!

The story was a complete roll of the eyes for me, but it is frightening to think that a lot of people are going to follow the suggestions born of this study. More prescriptions to be written, more money for Big Pharma, more health care costs for the average fat Joe...I see it in my crystal ball. Yes, I do.