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The great diet myth
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,8737533%255E23289,00.html
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GARY Wittert is forever telling people it's simple to stay slim and fit. All you have to do is to
eat less, exercise more and stick to mostly healthy fresh food and fruits.
"It's really very simple - so simple that people often don't believe me," Professor Wittert, an
obesity expert who is Department of Medicine head at Royal Adelaide Hospital, says. "A radio
reporter once interviewed me on whether diets work.
"I told her it's very simple to stay slim - just eat fresh food and fruits in moderation and
exercise more. She called me back the next day and told me that her editor decided not to use the
story because my message was too simple."
Perhaps this explains why so many fad diets have mushroomed in the last few years and why women --
and increasingly more men -- are obsessed with diets, because they believe diets are the only way to
fight off flab.
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This guy says that it is so easy it is boring. He seems to forget that 98% of those who try this
"easy" way to lose weight, fail at it. The implication is that obese people can't even follow simple
direstions. At the same time he refers to low-carb diets as a fad.
The kicker? Look who this guy is:
Gary A. Wittert, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide; Senior
Consultant Endocrinologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital; and President of the Australasian Society for
the Study of Obesity, Adelaide, Australia. Research on the interaction of insulin, glucagon-like
peptide 1, gastric inhibitory polypeptide, and appetite in response to intraduodenal carbohydrate
supported by the Sugar Bureau. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1998;68:591-8) Member of the McDonald's
Corporation Global Advisory Council on Healthy Lifestyles; formed to "help guide the company on
activities that address the need for balanced, healthy lifestyles."
(http://www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/press/corporate/2003/05212003/; accessed 6/23/03)
Another industry shill. He works for the sugar bureau and McDonalds!!!!
Big surprise...
TC
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,8737533%255E23289,00.html
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GARY Wittert is forever telling people it's simple to stay slim and fit. All you have to do is to
eat less, exercise more and stick to mostly healthy fresh food and fruits.
"It's really very simple - so simple that people often don't believe me," Professor Wittert, an
obesity expert who is Department of Medicine head at Royal Adelaide Hospital, says. "A radio
reporter once interviewed me on whether diets work.
"I told her it's very simple to stay slim - just eat fresh food and fruits in moderation and
exercise more. She called me back the next day and told me that her editor decided not to use the
story because my message was too simple."
Perhaps this explains why so many fad diets have mushroomed in the last few years and why women --
and increasingly more men -- are obsessed with diets, because they believe diets are the only way to
fight off flab.
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This guy says that it is so easy it is boring. He seems to forget that 98% of those who try this
"easy" way to lose weight, fail at it. The implication is that obese people can't even follow simple
direstions. At the same time he refers to low-carb diets as a fad.
The kicker? Look who this guy is:
Gary A. Wittert, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide; Senior
Consultant Endocrinologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital; and President of the Australasian Society for
the Study of Obesity, Adelaide, Australia. Research on the interaction of insulin, glucagon-like
peptide 1, gastric inhibitory polypeptide, and appetite in response to intraduodenal carbohydrate
supported by the Sugar Bureau. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1998;68:591-8) Member of the McDonald's
Corporation Global Advisory Council on Healthy Lifestyles; formed to "help guide the company on
activities that address the need for balanced, healthy lifestyles."
(http://www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/press/corporate/2003/05212003/; accessed 6/23/03)
Another industry shill. He works for the sugar bureau and McDonalds!!!!
Big surprise...
TC