[kfisherx]

Thanks Lisa and Aoife! I sort of get the breakdown at the levels you are talking about Lisa, but the question beyond that (as you said) is does it really matter? Alan will say that it does not because we have already had this conversation in email about my own diet. He says I can eat whatever, but I cannot help but wonder why does it not matter? I mean the breakdown is clearly different so the effect must also be clearly different at least at some micro level.

I am struggling tremendously lately with the "science" of nutrition. This is one of the least "scientific" fields I can imagine given the impossibility of controling the variables. There is so misinformation even in the published studies. One of the things I really like about the AARR is that it is increasing my "critical thinking" skills so much. It never fails that I pick up an article and dive into it. I start to draw all these conclusions as the story unfolds. And I feel pretty damn good about my conclusions given that I am reading a study and all. Then Alan will come along at the end of the article and explain why the study fails and how the conclusion that I have just drawn is not really all the founded. Now whenever I read anything to do with nutrition I am so much more critically aware. It is driving me insane and that requires me to have to dig deeper and deeper. LOL!