Good Points Craig,
Technically, your right, these Diet Guru's wouldn't advocate their methods, unless they made money. That Post I made the other day from Kat's thread was actually from an Email my Dad sent me, I didn't necessarily agree with all of it, but thought it was interesting. As you stated from your Post and I agree, Balance is the Key. That's why I don't personally advocate an overly vegetarian Diet. Our Bodies are made up of primarily of Water, Minerals and Amino Acids. Complete Proteins found in Meat, Fish, Chicken, Cheese, etc have all the of the Ten essential Amino Acids and probably all 22 Amino Acids. All I know is that, when I eat primarily Protein Foods and a regular intake of mostly green vegetables with a small amount of starches, I do very well. However, your right, all of this Diet business can become or already is, AN IDOL OF THE HEART. I will take your counsel and use it, because it displays much wisdom. I copied and pasted in blue a paragraph from your first Post that especially stood out for me, thankyou for this Post Craig, I sincerely appreciated it.
Craigs Point in Blue from his first Post on this thread found below.
As far as the people who push a special diet or food, etc. Follow the money, most would not hawk their wares or publish their beliefs if they did not make money. Same with religious characters, if they didn't make money they would try something else. I never saw a diet peddled that someone was not making money off it. Either, by books or selling the foods or supplements. And why do people who may have a new dietary approach such as the one Samson posted the other day, have to lie and claim another source provided their information? (not you Samson, the original author) People follow some of these charlatan's the same as they do a religious leader, with the same fervor and the truth be damned
Thanks, Samson.