Thirsty Boy
ICB - tight shorts and poor attitude. **** yeah!
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Who says its a myth anyway.. The csiro certainly managed to lend low carb diets a bit of general public cred with their book.
It so happens that i do believe that a weight reduction diet targeted at reduced proportion carbohydrate vs other kilojoules, is more effective than simply a "balanced" diet with an equivalent number of total kilojoules. Does that mean i think you can drink beer and lose weight... Shit no. But if i was on a low carb diet and had decided that i was indeed going to drink a full strength beer - then choosing a "low carb" beer would actually be, the more sensible thing to do. They do have less carbohydrates in them than other beer. And they would be less damaging to your low carb weight loss regimen than other beer.
I utterly fail to see how a product that is what it says it is, does what it says it does and even actually manages to perform some of the function that people choose without prompting to ascribe to it, can possibly be described as exploitative.
But i suspect that thats because i think people should have some responsibility for themselves, if they are so stupid that they lie to themselves in order to save the marketing people the trouble... I dont see that there is any actual way to avoid exploiting them.
I asked bum earlier what it is he actually expects the breweries to do about it... He responded that they should stop being so sneaky. But i want to know how? How can you be less sneaky than providing a product that is exactly what you say it is. What actual thing could be done to make it OK for someone to sell this product, which is clearly in demand, and not be accused of being sneaky or exploitative?
It so happens that i do believe that a weight reduction diet targeted at reduced proportion carbohydrate vs other kilojoules, is more effective than simply a "balanced" diet with an equivalent number of total kilojoules. Does that mean i think you can drink beer and lose weight... Shit no. But if i was on a low carb diet and had decided that i was indeed going to drink a full strength beer - then choosing a "low carb" beer would actually be, the more sensible thing to do. They do have less carbohydrates in them than other beer. And they would be less damaging to your low carb weight loss regimen than other beer.
I utterly fail to see how a product that is what it says it is, does what it says it does and even actually manages to perform some of the function that people choose without prompting to ascribe to it, can possibly be described as exploitative.
But i suspect that thats because i think people should have some responsibility for themselves, if they are so stupid that they lie to themselves in order to save the marketing people the trouble... I dont see that there is any actual way to avoid exploiting them.
I asked bum earlier what it is he actually expects the breweries to do about it... He responded that they should stop being so sneaky. But i want to know how? How can you be less sneaky than providing a product that is exactly what you say it is. What actual thing could be done to make it OK for someone to sell this product, which is clearly in demand, and not be accused of being sneaky or exploitative?
