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hiddenmuseOkay - so maybe those weren't the exact words of the substitute Weight Watchers (WW) leader the other night, but it sure felt like it.
The meeting was a Back to Basics sort of thing, and when she (thePod Person leader) got to the "Healthy Habits", boy howdy ... she was on a tear. Oh the fear-mongering and mis-information that left her mouth ... I kind of wonder if some of her weight loss involved brain cells.
Anyways, when the discussion came to getting the dairy, she suggested that people who have trouble digesting dairy (i.e.: lactose intolerant freaks, like me) should have an acidic environment in their stomach (from coffee or citrus fruit) before drinking milk. Meh?!? What about those of us that get to deal with reflux and need more acid like a hole in the head? Yeah ... I'll stick with LactAid.
Then, she moved onto calcium, and near the end of that spiel, she reminded us that if we didn't get enough calcium in our diets, we'd die. (This seemed to be the general theme from there on out.)
When it came to protein, she held up meat as The Best Way to get protein, and said that plant sources were one of the worst. Again ... Meh?!? And oh yeah, without protein, your teeth and hair will fall out ... and you'll die.
I left after that one. Now, I may be in the business of fear-mongering (or so Kellie likes to remind me) as an Insurance Geek, but I'd never go as far as the substitute did.
*whines* I want my leader, Jonathan, back! Enough of the scary Pod Person!
The meeting was a Back to Basics sort of thing, and when she (the
Anyways, when the discussion came to getting the dairy, she suggested that people who have trouble digesting dairy (i.e.: lactose intolerant freaks, like me) should have an acidic environment in their stomach (from coffee or citrus fruit) before drinking milk. Meh?!? What about those of us that get to deal with reflux and need more acid like a hole in the head? Yeah ... I'll stick with LactAid.
Then, she moved onto calcium, and near the end of that spiel, she reminded us that if we didn't get enough calcium in our diets, we'd die. (This seemed to be the general theme from there on out.)
When it came to protein, she held up meat as The Best Way to get protein, and said that plant sources were one of the worst. Again ... Meh?!? And oh yeah, without protein, your teeth and hair will fall out ... and you'll die.
I left after that one. Now, I may be in the business of fear-mongering (or so Kellie likes to remind me) as an Insurance Geek, but I'd never go as far as the substitute did.
*whines* I want my leader, Jonathan, back! Enough of the scary Pod Person!
