Originally Posted by
Fat Boy
Probably me, but it misses the point.
Here's an example of what I mean. He extolls the virtues of the French diet and the 'French Paradox' of a high fat diet, high carb diet with relatively little heart disease. What he fails to mention is that the French are increasingly finding it difficult to eat a 'French diet'. Now if the people who live in that country and with that culture are finding it a difficult thing to do, then what chance do I have of pulling it off. None. So you end up with "Cool Story, Bro".
It's been a couple years since I read the book, but I remember thinking, "I don't really disagree with this information, but there's absolutely no chance of me using any of it in a daily application to improve the diets of me and my family". The best sentence of the entire book comes right away, and it's the one that HMF quoted.
I was sort of the opposite. Taken as a whole his books, those by a few other authors, and a couple I'm reading now have informed how I eat and importantly where my food comes from. I'm just trying to look at what specific things I eat, and in what quantities that support the going fast thing. Healthy would be a nice thing to be as well.
