<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">I read of a boy of about 9 whose mother was complaining to the doctor about his nutrition. He ate only French fries and peanut butter. The doctor examined him and said he was fine. But I think this could not go on indefinitely, as those foods don't contain all we need. Probably it was just a 'stage', as we used to say that would end with some other peculiar fad of his.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Moderation in all things, as long as it allows for the occasional overdoing of one's favorites. I once ate a 2.5 pound roast and a pound of shrimp at one setting. And why not? They weren't going to be as good later. I was much younger, of course. 50 years ago. bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 1:31 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
...> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat<br>
Subject: Re: [ExI] eating what you need<br>
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On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 16:05, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br>
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> Not reliable - ok. I am sure we begin early learning food preferences<br>
that could override our tendencies to eat what we need... bill w<br>
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By coincidence, this has just been received.... :)<br>
<<a href="https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/food/woman-listening-to-what-her-body-needs-eats-entire-packet-of-hobnobs-20220513221001" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/food/woman-listening-to-what-her-body-n<br>
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Quote:<br>
>...A WOMAN who is trusting her body to tell her what to eat has discovered<br>
it wants an entire sleeve of biscuits to be consumed in one sitting.<br>
etc.....<br>
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BillK :)<br>
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I am sooooo there Bill, both Bills. I always trust my body to tell me what<br>
it needs, knowing that my body is an untrustworthy bastard. I do it anyway<br>
of course, but I know I am pulling a fast one on me. I am trying to trick<br>
me into giving myself donuts and coffee. It works of course. I give me<br>
whatever I ask. My wish is my command.<br>
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Here's the real deal: I am of the school of thought that holds one can eat<br>
pretty much whatever one wants, so long as it isn't too much of it. If one<br>
keeps the total calorie count low, that works for some reason: it seems to<br>
lead to good health. Some yahoo demonstrated it with the twinkie diet, a<br>
professor of human nutrition: <br>
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html</a><br>
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Wouldn't take it that far, but I see his point.<br>
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spike<br>
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