Mmm. Carbs. Must... feeeed...

[uberreiniger]

I seem to be in a ranting mood tonight.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/7430619.htm

America's sadomasochistic relationship with food never ceases to amaze me. I have said it before, I will say it again: In the end, Mr. Atkins of Atkins diet fame had zero control over the way he died. All those years never touching a slice of bread couldn't save him from slipping on a patch of ice. Cease your pathetic struggling for immortallity and enjoy what you have.

Don't misunderstand, I'm all in favor of eating healthily. I really need to do it more myself. Nobody wants to to be five hundred pounds with a breathing tube and needing the fire department to come knock down the wall of their house whenever they want to leave. HOWEVER, this whole Atkins diet thing is just goofy. I read this article and have an overwhelming urge to cross-reference against my Bible. I'm pretty sure super models chowing down on bags of pork rinds is one of the signs of the Apocalypse.

At least if this article is true, then I guess I can stop feeling guilty about those packs of beef jerky I treat myself to on the Thursday and Friday overnight shifts. I may be adding to my risk of stroke, but I'm decreasing my risk of diabetes! Huzzah!

Comments

[reverend-betty.livejournal.com]

the american sense of entitlement has really screwed us. Everything has to be super-sized & super greasy in order for you to feel satisfied... even if you don't like it.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it's a sense of entitlement. More like America is in love with its sense of guilt. People in other countries eat as they do and don't feel bad because their lifestyle overall is healthier. We eat as we do, do nothing to keep our overall quallity of life healthy - not just because we're "lazy" but for other things like our obsession with working 80 hours a week and whatnot -then feel the need to invent all these elaborate guilt-driven health plans to compensate for what we're not getting in our emotional and physical health. It's sadomasochistic and it's sick and we have enough problems without it.