However since overeating would actually be someone's fault, many overeaters choose to buy into the concept of food addiction. If they're addicted, then they're merely a victim, and it's not their fault. Dr. Dundee finds the topic of carbohydrate addiction especially vexing. If you cut down on the amount of fuel you take in prior to a work out, you're going to burn fat deposits, not recently digested fuel. Of course if you're addicted to carbohydrates, you think you can just quit eating carbohydrates and get skinny.
Idiots stop eating carbohydrates, then they get sick.
Then they think that they don't have to exercise, either, because they're not addicted to carbohydrates anymore. Pop psychology's influence isn't just limited to the psychology of overeating. Anybody paying good money for that is just asking for trouble. We all know what planets men and women come from. This guy spouts off a lot of rhetoric about sex-roles that flies in the face of scientifically conducted studies, contradicts successful clinic practices, and to top it all off, he's got an unaccredited degree in Psychology.