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It's been probably 20 years or so since this happened, but I assure you, it IS a true story. I've often wondered if I could find a copy of the program for my viewing pleasure........

So it's a weekday evening, I'm laying on the couch channel surfing the TV. Come across a documentary prepared by The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) airing on the local PBS channel. A documentary about "Diabetes in Mississippi". So I figure this should at least be interesting.

And as the story goes, the fine Doctors at UMMC decided to find a typical family unit from the vast cross section of families in our State. Their "typical family unit" was a single African American woman in her 30's with a daughter that was probably about 10 years old and weighing in at 150 pounds, they lived in a small brick home in a very rural area of the MS Delta region. The interview with the local physician went as follows:

"So, tell me about your diet, what do you eat?"
"Well, we eat KFC, McDonalds, ribs, burgers, steak...."

"Ok, here is what I want you to do. For the next 30 day, I want you to cut back on how much red meat you eat. Got that? Come back in 30 days and we will run some tests."

30 days later........

"So, how are things? Did you change your diet? What have you been eating?
"Well, we eat KFC, McDonalds, ribs, burgers, steak....."
"I told you to cut back on how much red meat you've been eating, and you are still eating the same thing?"

(This is the point where I honestly rolled over and fell off my couch....)

"It's not red if you cook it long enough."

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It was at that point that I realized the problem isn't with diet, it's with stupidity.