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I didn't get a smug vibe coming from Kitchengirl, and I happen to agree with her about feeling vastly better or worse depending on what I've eaten, but her attempt at a solution--"don't gain [excess weight] in the first place"--does absolutely nothing to help people who are already overweight.
Well, that wasn't really the point I was speaking to, so you're right it wasn't helpful at all for that purpose. I'm not a nutritionist or a dietician, and in fact I'm a lot more interested in the political- and social-science aspect of it (i.e. economic factors, factory farming and subsidies, food distribution systems, lobbying, city versus suburban infrastructure, etc.) so I don't have anything approaching an immediate solution for people who are already severely overweight. The only practical advice I can offer is from personal anecdotal experience: eat better, exercise more. Sorry, that's the best I can do.
See--it's easy to make the facile remarks, not that easy to come up with a real, applicable solution, is it? I realize I probably wouldn't be that great at it either (which is why I didn't become a nutritionist), but geez.
Well I guess you got me there, but again that's not what I was (attempting, badly apparently) to address.
