Actually we have satiation hormones that tell us when we are full. You simply cannot eat volumes of meat or fruits and vegetables...BUT...the intake of sugar actually tickles your pleasure centers, so it is far too easy to fall into "there is ALWAYS room for desert"..ie something sweet. That is not to say you are wrong in the over eating hypothesis...because that IS spot on. But over eating vegetables and fruits is far less damaging than filling up on processed foods (most contain sugar to enhance the taste), potato chips, snack foods and all the other stuff that is full of sugar....mainly because of the sugar highs and crashes that cause food cravings

So if you say the problem is over eating "bad food", that to me is exactly right...but because it is driven by hormones, and because the hormones say "FEED ME NOW", it is very hard to resist. This is why reading Fung was liberating because he says that failures in dieting it is not your fault because it is not fats or calories but sugar. You are simply listening to your body and giving it what it needs and craves. That is why eliminating sugar is so useful. It eliminantes the sugar cravings and the body's messages that drive the desire to eat.

And that gun debate is definitely tricky..your solution to it...to screen all users of vulnerable public places...is costly, time consuming and frankly just confirms someone with the right to carry a gun is actually carrying one. Not saying its not workable...just that it is easy to resist its imposition.




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