-> This is NOT a flame, certainly, but high-carbohydrate, -> low-protein, low-fat diets do not work and are unhealthful. x Depends on the person; this isn't meant as a flame either, but I think you have greatly overgeneralized here. x -> * Eat wild leafy greens such as purslane, dandelion, -> and lambs quarters. x Good idea IF you're careful where you get them from. Pollution and pesticides are serious factors in wildcrafting. x -> * Eat grains only in moderation, if at all. If you must, -> choose whole grains. x Overgeneralized, surely. All those white-rice-eating Asians and Indians can't be wrong, and many people *do* get and stay healthy on a grain-based diet. x -> * Do not eat dairy products except small amounts of -> cultured products such as yogurt and cheese. x Greatly overgeneralized. Not everyone needs to spend h/er time worrying about cholesterol; vegetarians and people with the low-cholesterol gene can get away with quite a lot of dairy without a rise. I'm a vegetarian, for instance; I drink milk, cook with milk, and eat cheese, yogurt and ice cream, and my cholesterol runs right around 160. Nor do I have the other dire problems predicted by some anti-dairy literature. I probably do have some elevated pesticide levels, but they are rather more likely to have come from the lean meat and poultry I used to eat (and that you recommend as healthy) than from milk. x -> * Do not add salt to your foods. If you must, use a -> lite salt which is a mixture of sodium and -> potassium salts. x Somewhat behind the research. Recent studies says that avoiding salt isn't important for the majority of people; the only group that must do so has the *specifically sodium-dependent form* of hypertension. x Different strokes for different folks; one set of nutritional rules just does not fit all. x Keep on rockin', Rain @@@@ \\\\\