On our Empower Personal Fitness bulletin board hung a quote summing up the public’s confusion about nutrition. Known more for looks than brains, fashion model Tyra Banks told a magazine reporter that to trim down she was “Cutting back on carbs and eating more fruits and veggies.”
Hmmm… that’s kind of like cutting back on alcohol and drinking more beer, or cutting back on fat and eating more butter. The scary thing is, is that the magazine didn’t even realize how stupid the statement was and used it as a pull-out quote (which in publishing is usually reserved for witty, poignant, or quotes that sum up what the story is about.)
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