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[timdog44]

118. I have the Food Matters documentary.

You are doing well and I am happy for you. If you have done all the research about your eating then I hope you have read about the pitfalls of eating vegan. From the way it sounds, you probably have. There are some essential amino acids and fats that vegans miss if they don't eat correctly. I don't think I am strong enough to eat as a vegan, but I am definitely working on doing better eating more raw and from our own garden. It is a life time process.

I may have phrased it incorrectly or it was interpreted incorrectly. I did not mean to say a person chooses to be obese. I thought I said and did mean to say that people choose to eat the way they do and thus become obese as a result. Big difference. Although there are some psychological problems where people do choose to be obese.

The Food Matters documentary is where the American medical industry is called an "illness industry". My wife and I are both RNs and we both realize that what we do is not health care but sick care. It is a shame the industry has taken that turn. People still need the help and as RNs we realize that our role is that of a teacher. We do a lot of that still, even though we are retired. Good, clean food is the first line defense against illness and we emphasize that with whoever wishes to talk about it.

I certainly did not mean to cause distress in a very sensitive matter. That is never my intent and I may have to think out better what I am saying.