Just a Silly Observation

So after reading a bunch of different books on nutrition and listening to UCBerkley's online lectures on nutrition, etc. And, since I'm dieting to actively lose weight, I've settled on a strategy of restricting sugar and flour - aka highly refined carbs. In truth, it sort of boils down to restricting carbs, because in the end that's basically what I'm doing, as I'm aiming for less than 80g carbs on most days (and theoretically consistently less than 100g {we're ignoring what I did Easter Sunday, okay ;) } ) in an appx. <1600 calorie diet.

Meanwhile, a male co-worker is on his bi-annual low carb diet.

Silly, random observation?


My "low-carb" lunch:
* Homemade chicken salad (made with: grilled chicken, celery, shredded broccoli & cabbage slaw, chopped red and yellow bell peppers, vinegar, curry powder, and sour cream)
* 2% cottage cheese with canteloupe and blueberries
* Ice water


His "low carb" lunch:
* A cheeseburger from Hardee's (aka Carl's Jr.) sans hamburger bun (but extra ketchup)
* And diet Dr. Pepper


So, you know, virtually the same thing... lol.

The US of A is substantially crazy

From Public Policy Polling:
( http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_National_ConspiracyTheories_040213.pdf )

Polling the percentage of Americans who believe B.S. (That isn't the official title, of course).

* 28% of voters believe that a secretive power elite with a globalist agenda is
conspiring to eventually rule the world through an authoritarian world government, or
New World Order.

* 5% of respondents believe that Paul McCartney died and was secretly replaced in the
Beatles in 1966

* 7% believe that the moon landing was faked

* 13% believe that President Obama is the antichrist {22% of the Republicans polled}
An additional 13% are 'not sure'

* 8% of Democrats and 8% of Republicans polled believe that fluoride is added to the drinking water for 'sinister' reasons.

* 21% believe a UFO crashed in Roswell and the government covered it up.

* 28% believe Sadam Hussein was in on the attacks on 9/11

* 14% believe the CIA distributed crack cocaine in the inner cities in the 1980s

* 20% believe that vaccines cause autism

* 11% believe the U.S. government was behind 9/11

* 14% believe in Bigfoot

* 15% believe the media and/or government adds secret mind-controlling technology to television broadcast signals.



ANNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDD....

* 4% believe that shape-shifting reptiles have taken human form to minipulate & control our world!!!