"I started reading and talking and interviewing nutritionists and a thread was starting to form for me which is - a protein digests in a different rate of speed than a carbohydrate"
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Suzanne Somers is doing a very celebrity-American move here: converting personal reinvention into explanatory authority. The sentence isn’t built like science; it’s built like a testimonial that wants to sound like due diligence. “I started reading and talking and interviewing” is a credibility ladder, a rhythmic pileup of verbs that performs research culture rather than citing it. She’s not saying “a study found,” she’s saying “I did the legwork,” which matters in wellness media where trust often rides on vibe, access, and persistence more than peer review.
The thread “starting to form” is doing quiet rhetorical work, too. It frames her conclusion as discovery, not ideology. That language softens the leap from anecdotes and conversations into a rule you’re supposed to live by. The dash-and-colon construction (“which is -”) mimics a reveal, as if the body has a secret code and she’s about to hand you the key.
The content itself - proteins and carbohydrates digest at different speeds - is broadly plausible as a physiological statement, but it’s also a gateway claim. It sounds modest while opening the door to stricter food-combining prescriptions and a whole lifestyle logic: if digestion is timing, then eating becomes scheduling, and “being healthy” becomes managerial competence.
Contextually, Somers arrived as a pop-cultural figure who remade her brand through self-help and diet evangelism. The subtext is empowerment through optimization: you don’t need institutions; you need the right insider rule. That’s how celebrity wellness sells - by translating complex biology into a simple, portable principle that flatters the listener’s desire for control.
The thread “starting to form” is doing quiet rhetorical work, too. It frames her conclusion as discovery, not ideology. That language softens the leap from anecdotes and conversations into a rule you’re supposed to live by. The dash-and-colon construction (“which is -”) mimics a reveal, as if the body has a secret code and she’s about to hand you the key.
The content itself - proteins and carbohydrates digest at different speeds - is broadly plausible as a physiological statement, but it’s also a gateway claim. It sounds modest while opening the door to stricter food-combining prescriptions and a whole lifestyle logic: if digestion is timing, then eating becomes scheduling, and “being healthy” becomes managerial competence.
Contextually, Somers arrived as a pop-cultural figure who remade her brand through self-help and diet evangelism. The subtext is empowerment through optimization: you don’t need institutions; you need the right insider rule. That’s how celebrity wellness sells - by translating complex biology into a simple, portable principle that flatters the listener’s desire for control.
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