I agree it's disturbing. Especially after reading all this health-stuff and working at a Rehabilitation Hospital, I look around and see sickness everywhere. The people whose metabolisms (or whatever) keeps them thin although they eat heaps of junk seem to inevitably have horrible skin, as if that is what is compensating. I hear co-workers mention their high blood pressure/back pain/etc. or another one who takes his protein drinks since he works out and wants to be buff and I want to tell them there are other answers and you can choose and control your own blood pressure/back pain, etc. Not that I've gotten so far. I'm not sure if I would've looked "fit and trim" or not but I did lower my own cholesterol, blood pressure and liver function and I look fairly fit which is probably an accurate reflection of the reality. I've made more progress in health by changing eating then by conventional methods they use. It bugs me that they feel powerless to fix these things and that they rely on others (doctors) to fix them.

But what can we do? If anyone is opened minded I'll talk to them but most just act surprised that I no longer binge on the office cookies and call my meals "rabbit food". I'll throw out little things but don't go further unless someone "bites". That's how I handle it currently. Not many people bite. But a few do.