--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > When are people going to learn that we all have different metabolic > rates and require different diets. One shoe size will not fit all nor > will one diet. But then we have the First Lady promoting a new diet > standard. One plate fits all? Ayurveda and Chinese medicine has > recognized the different metabolic rates for centuries. Reading the > story as reported on the NY Times earlier this morning on my cancer > inducing smart phone I trundled through the comments (16 pages of them) > and not one mentioned metabolic rates. The most cogent comment was from > a Canadian mentioning caution on the fruits as they are carbs too and > can through the metabolism off. In fact some doctors have at least > taken to saying "vegetables and some fruits" as opposed to the gleeful > "fruits and vegetables." > > And vegetables? Root or green leafy? They different effects on the > body. Basically vegetables as well as fruits address a problem of > mineral intake and a meat and carbs diet and be deficient in them > (unless you are way too alkaline). > > And of course another culprit in all of this: capitalism. Gotta sell > those products even if they are unhealthy for the populace. "It's good > for the economy." > > http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/02/us-usa-food-usda-idUSTRE7514AC20110602 > > and many other news sources on the Internet. >
The food plate's Mommy State companion, the RFID refrigerator: http://cs.nyu.edu/~jml414/ui/assign3/smart_refrig.html Michelle must have gotten her food police inspiration from Woody Allen's Sleeper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfrShu_Lp2A
