James Silverton wrote:
>
> I would say the hell with moderation; it's all or nothing! Any hope for
> success is rather like giving up smoking, which I did long ago.

In dieting the result of efforts towards moderation is completely clear.
Go to the mall and see how many fat people there are. Does anyone
seriously believe that few of them have tried moderation many times and
are still fat because of those efforts? If even 1-in-10 of the fat
people at the mall have not tried moderation I'd be shocked. It's far
closer to 100% than to 90%.

In some arenas moderation works. In other arenas moderation utterly and
completely fails. Moderation is for those it works for but it is
absolutely no panacea. Equally in some arenas all or nothing works. In
other arenas all or nothing fails. All or nothing is for those it works
for.

What James does works and that's that. It matters for naught that it's
not for me and would not work for me - When I tried low fat for 20 years
my result was 50 pounds gained and two decades of unending hunger. No
matter, James is not me and I am not James.