Thursday, May 22, 2014

"orthorexia" is a joke

According to the omni-gluttons, when we who have physical ailments eat and supplement to ameliorate our health problems, we are orthorectic.  My interpretation of their attitude is, "you don't eat like i do, so YOU are wrong."

Their attitude reminds me of Freudianism.  That guy did a shitload of harm during a majority of the twentieth century, because ignorant people applied bad science ... worse.  Freud had a small, very sick patient base, from whom he extrapolated inappropriately into the general population.  And he personally had sex issues.  If your only tool is a hammer....

Communism can only work if everyone is a communist.  Fundamental religion can only work if everybody believes the same thing.  The carb-gluttons can only feel good about their addictions if everybody is in the starch-camp.

Since i have better things to do (when i'm not just sitting drinking coffee as i am now) while our boat is docked in Sint Maarten, i encourage Eddie and anyone else who enjoys the debate to tell the trolls "how the cow chewed the cabbage*."
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*  i suspect this is a southern expression, considering from whom i heard it first.  she also spoke of "sending a person to the corn-field."  ... aren't colloquialisms intesting?

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  1. I think it really takes some serious mental gymnastics to go from "calories is all that counts! I eat junk food and I am thin/healthy!" to accepting that weight control is innately a product of our biochemistry. When someone tries to argue with me on the subject of nutrition, I will kindly suggest for them to read Gary Taubes' GCBC. There is no changing someone's mind unless they are actually interested in seeing an alternative viewpoint. Unfortunately, people rarely want to find out things for themselves...

    How the cow chewed the cabbage - how quirky! I have never heard of that expression. When I hear "sending a person to the corn-field", I've always imagined Stephen King's lovely story of Children of the Corn...

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    1. three thousand years ago they knew that food was medicine, but most people in the US get their nutrition "education" from advertisers -- even dieticians do. :-(

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  2. Pete likes hammers - at age 94.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl-yszPdRTk -

    And if your only tool is a bodkin ?

    "that (s)he might his/her quietus make with his/her bare bodkin"

    Hamlet(te) by ShakeSpear.

    Léon

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    1. Hello, ghosty! Enjoying the time of the year with long shiny days? Careful, or you will be blamed of having a seasonal maniac state.

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    2. i thought a hamlette was something to eat for breakfast??? ;-)

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  3. "Communism can only work if everyone is a communist"
    I know, it is not about the theme of the post, but I feel like adding that communism worked the best when the society was controlled with a big amount of fear.When people were facing a very real possibility to go to jail or to be killed or tortured for minor flaws, they worked their best.

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    1. how very true! in the middle ages there was the same sort of fear-basis in how the Church managed to dominate all of Europe.... the people that defy power structures like those are amazingly brave!

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    2. True communism is not a society run by fear, but altruism. I think you mean totalitarianism....

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    3. i confess i'm not well-studied on the subject! when i think of idealistic altruistic societies, i think of 19th-century utopian notions and Wilde's "Soul of Man Under Socialism"....

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    4. It is possible to have any fantasies and believe in utopias, but the practice is the criteria of the truth. According to the practical applications in ALL participating countries communistic leaders turned into dictators, economies went downhill, and all worked the best when when population was terrorized. True communism means the denial of normal human desires and economic laws which regulate material relationship between members of the society. They wanted to micromanage a complex system of the economy and obviously failed.

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  4. I always puzzled when the diagnosis "ortorexia" is too widely suggested. If it is a decease , how it should be treated? Given Prozac or Zanax, going to a shrink? I guess, there are always people who are terrified that there are germs around or who are concerned too much about a contamination of everything they touch, eat, use. I am sure the part of such crowd are individuals who are anxious of different food imperfections together with our world being not perfect and politicians are not shining beacons of perfection.

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    1. the amusing part is, those who love to throw the word at others are thoroughly convinced that THEY are eating the only right way....

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    2. It is possible a ketosis could be a reasonable treatment for a general anxiety, but there is no ways to suggest it,

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  5. Orthorexic and luvvin it! I have ceased listening in on stupid conversations!

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    1. Orthorexic and, according to my dentist today, no tooth decay. I just need some fillings replaced that I got on my old high-carb diet.

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    2. but wanting to feel good all the time is ortho- ... uh ... well it must be orthoSOMETHING! ;-)

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    1. A balanced diet, you say? You'll be pleased to know that I'm donating money to Heifer International whenever I see a troll comment on the blogs I read. The recipients of the livestock get to eat more fat and protein and they can eat their nutrient-poor grains in moderation.

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    2. I actually tried the diet Christopher suggested, and the result was pretty bad. Never again would I listen anyone who suggests exchanging most of animal protein with plants derived one.

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    3. If plant-based, whole-grain, subsistence diets were so healthy, you'd think that the poor in developing countries would be some of the healthiest people in the world instead of suffering from malnutrition.

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    1. So Jimmy is suffering from a disfunction but, according to your other comments, he should be held up to ridicule? And speaking of religion, have you ever considered joining the Jehovah's Witnesses?

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    2. We are asked basically to trust others more than to our experiences, people like anty-LC trolls devote a lot of their free time in order to scare us back into some "balance" how they see it. I wonder why.

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  8. Much of discussions on LC blogs I am reading is about sharing experiences how changing a diet on a LC one changed health of an individual for the better, not discussing Jimmy through and through. We all have things to brag about - improved health, delayed aging, better skin and hair. I personally experiences worsening of my health and appearance on the diet recommended by Dr.A.Wails. There is no way I could be convince by the world "balance" or by super aggravating videos of that nut case Plant Positive that my personal experience worth nothing. That would be irrational.

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    1. I wish Jimmy all the best--he's a heck of a nice guy and it's unfortunate that he has significant metabolic problems. But he's not my guru. I don't have one and don't believe gurus are a good thing. If he went on a vegan diet tomorrow, I'd still carry on as I have because I've seen such good results: GERD gone, joint pain gone, tooth decay gone, 20 pounds gone, no more acne, HDL improved, mood better, and more energy.

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  9. To Christopher AKA Carbsane, here's a link that may help you, have some fun, don't forget the batteries.

    You know it makes sense, why fight it !

    http://www.annsummers.com/c/sex-toys/vibrators

    Eddie

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