Foods are all genoharominc ---  many times singling out one food and the whys of it will not work.

The diet needs to be looked at as a whole not at a set of individual parts.

If I have learned anything from this thread, it's that the complexity of good nutrition is well beyond the simple conventions of eating whole grains, watching calories and fat, limiting salt and so forth.  Obvious to us, perhaps, but given what I see people putting in their shopping carts would suggest that the food industry has won out over even the most basic advice from the health care industry. Did anyone see the 60 Minutes piece on food addiction 2 weeks ago? According to one food scientist, food addiction is not only good, but the stated objective of their work!

Quoted from Averno

Actually, I think we've all been through this initially, and to a lesser degree it's an ongoing paradox.

But...

It may only seem that we're mosly complacent due to the fact that we've experienced enough success to accept the lists. Quirky as they are. You're in good company feeling as you do and asking these questions.

I've been sending the ER4YT book to friends with instructions to pore over the concept, but advance to the Genotype approach for implementation. I think you'll have a better understanding once you've read ER4YT.

Thank you so much for your reply. You are right, that blog explains most of it. I will get on to ER4YT.