Karen,

Thank you! As always, an excellent post. I hadn't seen the TimeAsia piece. I have been confronted by my family with the "Why are the Japanese so thin when they eat a lot of rice?" question as a means of showing me how deluded I was by following a LC WOE, and couldn't really respond beyond pointing out that they don't have corn syrup in everything and they eat a lot of fish and fresh vegetables. Now I have more ammunition!

As I read the article, it really brought home to me that I have made a positive choice. I started this WOE because my dad and uncle both have Type II, and my grandfather died from it. I am more convinced than ever that I am doing all I can to keep from following in their footsteps. Why is the medical community so slow to rethink their obviously faulty theories?

Thanks again.