"Tea" > wrote in message
...


> > > But Tibet actually proves what I'm saying!
> > > Starches and lots of meat will make people fat.
> >
> >
> > But that's what most Tibetans eat! Butter-rich tsampa and yak meat.
Even
> > the Dalai Lama.
>
> Neither of which are processed with sugar and starch. I suspect from
having
> read people's past posts and email addresses that most of us on this list
> live in the US, Canada, or Britain- countries that are known for processed
> foods. While everyone in those countries doesn't eat processed foods,
most
> of us have at some point.


Ok, hold on a sec! I didn't know the topic was: Why are Americans getting
so fat these last couple of decades? I thought the question was: If a human
being doesn't eat veggies, he/she will get fat. I do think America's
obesity problem to be very interesting, and I agree with most all of what
you wrote below (which I've clipped for aesthetic reasons).

Peter