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f1jim wrote:I agree. But these days you take what you can get from the media.
My guess is the author of this article wouldn't know a whole grain if they saw it.
f1jim
Taggart wrote: Anything to help keep the hunger drive and the fat instinct at bay.
JeffN wrote:Taggart wrote: Anything to help keep the hunger drive and the fat instinct at bay.
I don't often hear the term, "The Fat Instinct." It is/was a term we used (and wrote a book on) while I was at Pritikin.
In Health
Jeff
Taggart wrote: Yes, I know Jeff. I certainly don't want to imply that I invented the term,
Taggart wrote:but it's in my thoughts all the time, whenever choices are called for along the lines of food.
A few years ago, I bought a book from a thrift store with the title "The Pritikin Weight Loss Breakthrough", by Robert Pritikin. It's still probably my favourite nutrition book that I never get tired off and go back to it time and time again. That's where I saw the term "The Fat Instinct" and that will probably go back to the time you were there since it was published in 1998. In fact it says right on the front cover, "5 Easy Steps to Outsmart Your Fat Instinct".
My favourite section in the book was the Better, Better Still and Best categories in food selection. Of course I always personally try for the best, but that may not always be possible in all situations and so I may have to step down to better still or else better even when I comes to grains.
JeffN wrote:
Sorry. I didn't mean to imply that and if it sounded like I did, I apologize.
I was just curious where you heard it as I don't hear it used much, unless you are a Pritikin Old-Timer. Some of the material in Doug's lectures cover similar territory (extinction burst, pleasure trap, etc).
JeffN wrote:
God to hear and I am glad you have benefited from it.
My time as Director of Nutrition there was an incredible experience, especially getting to work with a full medical team who had been doing this for over 2 decades.
Jeff
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