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Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010
Buddha Teaches Marx & Jefferson
The fact that so many Americans are obese is strongly connected to the fact they are so unhappy. Listen to what fat people say.
"Do no harm" is not the first principle of medicine (it can't be done); instead, it is "listen to the patients". That isn't done enough. You cannot make unhappy people stop overeating, but you can make some people happy. I'll tell you how in a moment.
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Monday, Feb 01, 2010
Keeping It Simple
A good way to help people deal with a problem that appears, to them, complicated and intractable is to give them a simple way to think about the problem. Besides telling fat people to cut back on starch and sugar, the other helpful approach, I find, is to remind them that in a country like the U.S. where everything is so flaming big, you are not dieting or losing weight unless one of the following is true, really truly and for real: Read more... | Email This Article
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