Oh, this is fun! I can jump into an "argument" without bothering to look at the source. I mean, Dr. Oz?? Come on!

I've just come home from a short visit to New York (city). Millions of people milling around, and behold! Not all of them are obese! And that's a wonder, because one noticeable feature of New York to us visitors from the stix is the presence of a pastry opportunity every fifty feet. Somebody in that city is consuming mega-tonnage of pastry every day. It doesn't keep well!

And of course, that's aside from regular baguettes, sandwiches, tacos, pastas, and pizzas. Why isn't everybody in New York City dead already?? There is no War on Bread.

Personally I've come to regard bread etc. as a waste of appetite. There are things more delicious to fill me up. But I've cultivated that attitude very carefully.

I think we're right to regard Dr. Oz, Oprah, and many weight loss celebrities as entertainment rather than science.