I think diet/nutrition trends are pretty cyclical. The whole "carbs are bad for you" is nothing new. I just saw an article talking about some diet advice from ancient times that said as much.
The reality is, though - that many cultures live quite happily and healthily on a higher carb diet. Think of some of the Asian cultures and the use of white rice. The difference is in portion control, the stuff eaten with the carbs, and activitie levels. Americans are slothful when it comes to exercise. We don't _need_ a high energy food source like carbs. We need a slow energy food source to match our slow energy lifestyle. That being said, carbs really affect some people more than others. I eat a pretty high carb diet - but it's also high fiber. I don't eat any red meat - so the whole Atkins thing would never fly with me. But, I do eat a lot of beans and veggies and nuts and whole grains. I also walk, swim, or bike pretty much every day. The last pair of jeans I bought were a 7/8 - smaller than before I had a kid. My BMI is 21.9 - on the lower middle side of normal. So, it's working for me. That's not to say I couldn't lose a few pounds. But, I'd say that I'm at a healthy weight. On Apr 4, 2005 5:12 PM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 4, 2005 2:33 PM, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I saw an interesting PBS, Nova I believe, on food manufacturing and > > marketing > > in America. One of the factoids that stuck in my head, was that if all us > > Americans started eating the recommended 5-6 servings of fruit and > > vegetables > > a day, then 300-500% of the current acreage devoted to these items would be > > needed. > > > > Another was the food pyramid redrawn based on percentages of acreage > > devoted to producing the food. Grains dominated (corn used to manufacture > > just about everything) by far, followed closely by meat and sugar > > (especially > > corn syrup). > > It's interesting to think about how healthy eating will be looked at > in the next 50 years or so. There is so much information available > about how good/bad carbs (and other foods) are for us, but people > still eat tons of them (myself included). I really wonder if in 50 > years we are all going to look back at carbs in a manner more similar > to the way we look at cigarettes today. > > For years and years we've known cigs are bad for us, and it took quite > some time to overcome the misinformation campaign that the tobacco > lobby has waged for decades. Now everyone pretty much agrees that > they are very bad for you, but there are still some people who smoke > because they like it or have become adicted to nicotine. > > I wonder if in 50 years we'll all be saying the same thing about some > of the foods so commonly enjoyed today. > > -Cameron > > -- > Cameron Childress > Sumo Consulting Inc > http://www.sumoc.com > --- > cell: 678.637.5072 > aim: cameroncf > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=50 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152767 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
