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                                                       July 21, 2010

Okay, here's three quick points:
                                                     From a version
  1.  The main health problem among                  posted to slashdot,
      Americans is lack of exercise.                 on May 28th, 2010.
      Everyone essentially knows this,
      but we keep slinking away from the
      point and looking for magic diet
      foods. The odds are good you don't
      have a beer gut or a McDonald's
      gut, what you have is a gasoline gut.

  2.  While diet is important, it's far
      more complicated than most of us are
      willing to admit.

      Is a low-fat diet important? But
      then, how do you explain the French?
      Is a low-calorie diet important? But
      then how do you explain the Japanese?

      The suckers continue to snap up
      novelty low-calorie diet products,
      but there are reasons the official
      recommendations haven't budged much
      over the years: eat a varied diet,
      and try to cover all the bases.

  3.  High tech modified foods: it's worth
      watching out for problems, it may         Though I suspect what
      even be worth beefing up government       we really need is just
      watchdog agencies...                      to get the existing
                                                agencies to do their
      But overall, I think the                  jobs, which means not
      paranoia about food                       appointing people who
      experimentation is going                  won't do their jobs,
      to turn out be misplaced.                 which means not
                                                electing Republicans,
                                                or the equivalent.
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