An Apology

kshama2001 wrote: »

BartBVanBockstaele wrote: »

PAV8888 wrote: »

guidelines tend to bury some of the reasons for their recommendation.

I am a big advocate of clearly laid out reasoning. In my opinion, the reasoning is at least as important as, and arguably more important than, the actual guidelines. Unfortunately, that seems to be a minority standpoint. Yet, reality out there shows that people are being misled by "atributed reasoning" instead of the actual reasoning underlying the guidelines. I see the myth of "CICO is wrong" as one of the saddest consequences of that.

Along these lines, when people started posting about "Bright Line Eating" I got the book from the library. I had no quibbles with any of the science the Susan Peirce Thompson quoted, but I sure disagreed with her conclusions. It's been a while, but I think she was being absolutist and saying the only way to lose weight was to follow her Bright Lines, which are:

1. no eating sugar (including all sweeteners besides fruit)
2. no eating flour (including alternative flours or processed grains)
3. only eat during mealtimes without anything in between
4. weigh and measure quantities of food according to a very specific food plan