I am Shaman Hear me Bore

Sometimes I get the feeling that there are people who view our recent changes in views as some kind of "experience". As if we watched some "magic" show and were so impressed. Or heard the words of a prophet and decided to eat like him. It is as if the difference between random information and science doesn't matter. Generally the interest is lost before I even mention that once you start to eat whole grains you will eat less; and that when your taste buds adjust to less sugar and more flavor, foods will taste better. Which are very important keys to being able to eat this way forever. (Instead of going back to old habits and gaining the weight back. Lots of people seem concerned about that, because of "dieting". No amount of explaining can convince them that I am not "dieting".) This is especially interesting, because I am usually asked "how did you loose the weight?" Yet when I answer I get this look as if I am asking them to join a cult. A cult of wasting money on organic, and reading labels, and lots of cooking. I sometimes decide that it is pointless to give any more information only a few sentences into the conversation, because I can tell that the person thinks I eat like an alien. Often I sense a posture of "you may have time to read ingredients, but I don't", and what a "radical". I can't imagine the reaction vegans and vegetarians face. I generally glaze over the topic anyway, because so often going into detail results in being left to talk to myself. I see now why it took me so long to learn it. I wasn't looking for the knowledge yet. I needed it and knew; I just didn't know how to filter it all, so I didn't. I don't know if that is what is going on with the people I talk to, but I know that most seem to think that my mind has changed about things because of a "religious" type epiphany of something. If only that were true, then there would be the possibility of returning to a state of blissful ignorance with the whimsical change of faith. I could choose a new deity and believe in angels again. Unfortunately that is not why I "changed my mind" about "everything". It's called learning, and it is not reversible.