Comments on: The Alluring Pull Of ‘Groupthink’ In The Relentless Opposition To Healthy Low-Carb Living http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/the-alluring-pull-of-groupthink-in-the-relentless-opposition-to-healthy-low-carb-living/6591 To educate, encourage, and inspire the world to start low-carb living Thu, 24 May 2012 21:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: ethyl dhttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/the-alluring-pull-of-groupthink-in-the-relentless-opposition-to-healthy-low-carb-living/6591#comment-21086 ethyl d Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:36 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=6591#comment-21086 The way the whole low-fat diet trend got started was due to groupthink back in the 70's, wasn't it? It wasn't based on irrefutable evidence, but a lot of "experts" saying we've got to do something about the health of Americans, so how about what a lot of us together think may be causing heart disease? And even more frightening is that groupthink is spreading like poison throughout our government and beyond. You think the climate summit taking place in Copenhagen is going to be anything more than a glaring example of groupthink at its worst? <i>I wasn't gonna bring up global warming, but that's a perfect example of this Ethyl! --Jimmy</i> The way the whole low-fat diet trend got started was due to groupthink back in the 70′s, wasn’t it? It wasn’t based on irrefutable evidence, but a lot of “experts” saying we’ve got to do something about the health of Americans, so how about what a lot of us together think may be causing heart disease?

And even more frightening is that groupthink is spreading like poison throughout our government and beyond. You think the climate summit taking place in Copenhagen is going to be anything more than a glaring example of groupthink at its worst?

I wasn’t gonna bring up global warming, but that’s a perfect example of this Ethyl!

–Jimmy

]]> By: Steve Parker, M.D.http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/the-alluring-pull-of-groupthink-in-the-relentless-opposition-to-healthy-low-carb-living/6591#comment-21084 Steve Parker, M.D. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:14:45 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=6591#comment-21084 Hey, Jimmy. About the only common ground I see today between the low-carb and low-fat experts is that they both tend to favor natural, whole foods with minimal processing. It's a start. But I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that grand unification summit. Too many careers and income streams at stake. -Steve <i>This is true, Dr. Parker. But I'm an eternal optimist. :) --Jimmy</i> Hey, Jimmy.

About the only common ground I see today between the low-carb and low-fat experts is that they both tend to favor natural, whole foods with minimal processing.

It’s a start. But I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for that grand unification summit. Too many careers and income streams at stake.

-Steve

This is true, Dr. Parker. But I’m an eternal optimist. :)

–Jimmy

]]> By: Birgitta Höglund's Foodhttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/the-alluring-pull-of-groupthink-in-the-relentless-opposition-to-healthy-low-carb-living/6591#comment-21081 Birgitta Höglund's Food Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:28:57 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/?p=6591#comment-21081 Hi Jimmy. Interesting article. We still have a lot of Low-fat groupthinking here in Sweden. But I think and hope that the Low-carb lifestyle will take more and more place the coming year. A lot of people knows someone, that have become healthier on a low-carb high-fat diet. So maybe, in a couple of years it will be a cange in thoughts among all the population. It's an intersting time we have ahead of us. Meanwhile, I send You some pictures from a big Christmas market I visited this Weekend. So You can see all the great food our local farmers produce. Happy Holidays from Sweden./ Birgitta http://birgittahoglundsmat.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/julmarknad-pa-jamtli/ You can use Googles Translation Tool so that my Swedish will become more understandable ;) <i>THANKS Birgitta! --Jimmy</i> Hi Jimmy. Interesting article. We still have a lot of Low-fat groupthinking here in Sweden. But I think and hope that the Low-carb lifestyle will take more and more place the coming year.

A lot of people knows someone, that have become healthier on a low-carb high-fat diet. So maybe, in a couple of years it will be a cange in thoughts among all the population.
It’s an intersting time we have ahead of us.

Meanwhile, I send You some pictures from a big Christmas market I visited this Weekend. So You can see all the great food our local farmers produce.

Happy Holidays from Sweden./ Birgitta
http://birgittahoglundsmat.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/julmarknad-pa-jamtli/
You can use Googles Translation Tool so that my Swedish will become more understandable ;)

THANKS Birgitta!

–Jimmy

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