*me mysteriously appears in a puff of smoke*
Just reached school.
I read the Mind Your Body section in the morning rags today....
there was one article about some Singaporeans who were turning to a
diet of raw fruits and vegetables only. Nothing else. No carbs, no
protein, no fats.
My stomach was seriously churning in disgust when I read about
the attitude of some of those fellas on the diet..... they claimed
that they felt 'cleaner', and pointed out to their high weight loss
as positive results.
Please lah..... their feeling of being 'clean' is just the
placebo effect, and the high weight loss is because they're forcing
their bodies into quasi-starvation mode!
The doctors and nutritionists who were consulted by the reporter
all poured scorn on such a diet, saying that it was lacking in
protein, iron, vitamin B12, folic acid, and lots of other important
things.
One woman's comments about the medical concerns behind such a
diet was really hurtful... she said something like 'Doctors and
nutritionists are not the kings of dieting'.
I was, like, what the.....
Wait till they suffer from all the health problems and start
crying
