Diet Cults

From ';The Four Hour Body,' to ';Atkins,' there are diet cults to match seemingly any mood and personality type. Everywhere we turn, someone is preaching the ';One True Way' to eat for maximum health. Paleo Diet advocates tell us that all foods less than 12,000 years old are the enemy. Low-carb gurus demonize carbs, then there are the low-fat prophets. But they agree on one thing: there is only one true way to eat for maximum health. The first clue that that is a fallacy is the sheer variety of diets advocated. Indeed, while all of these competing views claim to be backed by ';science,' a good look at actual nutritional science itself suggests that it is impossible to identify a single best way to eat. Fitzgerald advocates an agnostic, rational approach to eating habits, based on one's own habits, life- style, and genetics/body type. Many professional athletes already practice this ';Good Enough' diet, and now we can too and ditch the brainwashing of these diet cults for good.