December 2008 Archives
Eat As If Your Life Depends On It
Bent on world destruction? Simply encourage us to keep on eating the way we have been eating in recent decades, writes Sy Safransky, editor of The Sun magazine, one of my favorite periodicals (other than Experience Life, of course!).
It's harsh imagery, but its powerful -- and powerfully motivating.
"Everyone knows that diets don't work -- everyone except the tens of millions of Americans like me who are always dieting. I was eight when I went on my first diet. I lost twenty pounds, then gained it back. More than half a century later, I'm still dieting, still gaining and losing that twenty pounds. Now researchers at Johns Hopkins predict that within ten years 75 percent of adult Americans will be overweight and more than 40 percent will be obese -- with obesity becoming the leading preventable cause of death surpassing alcohol consumption and smoking. If the terrorists were smart, they'd just encourage us to keep eating. Why strap on a suicide vest and blow yourself up when your enemies are already blowing themselves up with artery-clogging pizza and greasy French fries?"
-Sy Safransky, The Sun (September, 2008)
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