Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00098)

stevestubbs wrote:
> Yes, there was a book, which I have, called ZEN MACROBIOTICS which 
> has nothing to do with Zen and which is based on a (some say) 
> questionable theory of nutrition. It is healthier than the Atkins 
> diet, however. I question whether an escape artist is competent to 
> lecture us on biochemistry.
People have died of starvation on the Zen Macrobiotic Diet. As far as 
Randi goes, he is not an authority on biochemistry; he IS an authority 
of methods of faking results. If he research is clean, he has nothing to 
say. But if the research is faked, then he is an authority.

Bart