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QuikSand · 07-23-2014, 02:18 PM

I don't claim enough expertise to have a firm opinion, really.

Mrs Q is fiddling with a high carb vegan diet right now, with the overwhelming share of her calories coming from fruit, veg, and starch; very little grain but some rice. Many people seem breathlessly excited about the 80-10-10 fruitarian approach, but I don't vest much faith in that meaning anything. They seem to be gorgeous people, though, if that matters.

McDougall seems pretty plain that his approach is geared primary toward weight loss (that's where the real money is, as we know), and from what I have read it seems a little bit thin with regard to it being a more comprehensive good health strategy. I consider that a weakness in a number of diet approaches.

Among my many complicated views on the topic, I am leaning toward "sugar-is-the-enemy" enough that a starchy, bready, carby diet seems like it can't make sense. So I think I have a bias against it, and that has kept me from digging too deeply.

07-23-2014, 02:18 PM	#316
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	I don't claim enough expertise to have a firm opinion, really. Mrs Q is fiddling with a high carb vegan diet right now, with the overwhelming share of her calories coming from fruit, veg, and starch; very little grain but some rice. Many people seem breathlessly excited about the 80-10-10 fruitarian approach, but I don't vest much faith in that meaning anything. They seem to be gorgeous people, though, if that matters. McDougall seems pretty plain that his approach is geared primary toward weight loss (that's where the real money is, as we know), and from what I have read it seems a little bit thin with regard to it being a more comprehensive good health strategy. I consider that a weakness in a number of diet approaches. Among my many complicated views on the topic, I am leaning toward "sugar-is-the-enemy" enough that a starchy, bready, carby diet seems like it can't make sense. So I think I have a bias against it, and that has kept me from digging too deeply.