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Originally Posted by Barefoot
Village PL, I know you really care about people and want to try to help us have a healthier life. I know you have the best of intentions and that you worry a lot about the obesity rate in adults.
But I think you need to remember that most members of this website are highly intelligent people, and most are over the age of fifty. We've worked hard all our lives to enjoy our Golden Years. And yes, we'd all like to be healthy of course. But we'd also like to enjoy our final lap of the race.
At this stage of life, most of us have probably made our lifestyle choices. We've decided how physically active we want to be, the sports or exercise classes with which we want to be involved. We know what weight we want to maintain. And some of us have decided to just enjoy fresh food every day while socializing with friends, eating in moderation of course. Lots of us enjoy a drink, or an occasional glass of wine.
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I agree that most members of this website are highly intelligent people. No doubt about it. But intelligent people don't always eat healthy diets. Why is that? Maybe there's more to it than just being intelligent. Someone might be an intelligent lawyer, doctor, teacher, accountant etc., but not knowledgeable about healthy eating.
I'm sure I could come up with a list of highly intelligent people who are obese. I know I could. So I'm not sure I get your point.
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I applaud your efforts to educate and inform us. But I think most of us have already decided what type of lifestyle we want to pursue.
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Then why is there so much interest in this thread? Why are people telling me about all the gravy they consume. Is that intelligent? Why do some say that nothing about health can be proved? That everything is just a theory? What about those who call for moderation? What is moderation? One pizza per week or one pizza per month? Moderation is whatever each individual says it is and therefore it's meaningless. Where's the intelligence?