Addendum: McDougall Article and Fat Bias

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Yeah, I wanted to close da thread, but I should have re-read the first paragraph

before responding to a listmember's accusation that McDougall was claiming " fat

people " unattractive and that it's a " cultural bias. "

 

Here's the first paragraph of said article:

 

" Begin by telling them, " The fat you eat is the fat you wear, " and remind them

that there is nothing attractive about wearing olive, flaxseed, or corn fat.*

For this reason alone, most of your friends and family should steer clear of

so-called " healthy oils " derived from plant-foods. Gaining weight can be

expected from consuming high-fat whole foods, such as nuts, seeds, avocados and

olives, as well as " free oils, " which are usually purchased in bottles. However,

the shared propensity for weight gain is where the similarity between

unprocessed plant foods and free oils ends. "

 

I think I'd agree with the statement: " there is nothing attractive about

wearing olive, flaxseed, or corn fat. " All that dripping... ewwwww....

 

Seriously, I don't see what he wrote as a generic indictment of the physical

attractiveness of " fat people " (however that is defined) at all.

 

Enough! Mark