Amy Sterling Casil
2 min readMar 14, 2022

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Listen Ruby - I see you want to make a go of this writing. So, I changed this to Oprah Winfrey. Your criticism allowed me to see that what I'm trying to say isn't just information about obesity, it's information about the whole ecosystem - As I commented above, it's the monetization of personal issues without resolution or insight that bothered me about Shannon, and "everyone" did not or does not know - my readership does not overlap with the same group. That said, part of being a writer is rewriting, not just "writing" and I had a wrongful approach, you are correct. The perfect example is Oprah, who can afford everything and who even owns part of Weight Watchers. But who still has the same problems as everyone else - because she hasn't yet come across Dr. Bailony or others similar that understand it's way more complicated and individual than a single diet or exercise plan, and it does include toxic chemicals, pollution, prescription drugs, and even infections plus a permanent lifestyle change. I get that Shannon has a disease that CAUSES obesity and I never said anything was her fault. She attacked me the same way she and others attack anyone who says anything about them or questions a word they say - and I was trying to encourage her to look into a different doctor or holistic medicine. But it was against my better judgment because I sense dishonesty in her writing. That's why I do not follow her and see little point in responding ("everyone" is like 100 people). So, when you make a change in writing, that is an important part of it. This change does get my point across well and fits what I wanted to say. 99% of what is going on with this right now not only doesn't work, for most people, it ends up making them worse-off healthwise. It's because all the parts of the system not only are not working together, they make more money by doing what they're doing, not helping people to be healthier or fitter.

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Amy Sterling Casil
Amy Sterling Casil

Written by Amy Sterling Casil

Over 500 million views and 5 million published words, top writer in health and social media. Author of 50 books, former exec, Nebula nominee.

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