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3D in the Media
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THE 3D PLAN
Outside, January, 2006
Excerpted from ... and the buff shall inherit the earth
By Jake Halpern
Perhaps more than anything, [Ben] Lerner's timing has been right. Carol Showalter, 68, a book publicist based in Orleans, Massachusetts, who founded the popular 3D Christian diet movement (Diet, Discipline, Discipleship) in the seventies, thinks he's tapped into an emerging trend to connect fitness and spirituality.
There's a tiredness with secular forms of self-improvement; that's why yoga and meditation movements are taking off, Showalter says. People are reaching outside of themselves for help. For Christians, that means reaching for God. But Showalter is also skeptical. I don't think there's anything magical about including God in a diet program, she says. After 30 years, I've seen a lot of people on Christian diets who have failed. Food issues very often stem from other problems that have to be resolved. And if God's plan doesn't work for someone, they may end up feeling that he loves them even less. |
