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Old 07-18-2005, 07:11 PM
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Re: Re: the politics of eating, or, how big beef is destroying your health.

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Originally Posted by fredjacksonsan
However the Atkins diet has been in existence since the 70's, so promoting it as something started by the beef industry isn't accurate.
this is true, and reading back over what i wrote, i agree its misleading. perhaps if i had said the recent surge in the popularity of the "low carb" diet, as opposed to speaking as though it was something new. my mistake. but i still maintain that the beef industry funded and helped push that diet on the people. and its an awful diet.

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Have you read, "Fast Food Nation"? If not, you should. It's chilling.
its in the ever growing "to read" list. right there with "the mcdonaldization of society" and "harry potter and the half blood prince" w00t

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Originally Posted by fredjacksonsan
I'd blame it as much on refined sugar as on the fatted meat industry.
ugh, refined sugar is awful too. and refined grains (like white bread) no wonder americans eat all the time, all the food they eat has such a terrible glycemic load that we never get full.
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