A new must-read article has just been published at slate.com. It brings to light new and significant research that seriously calls into question the anti-fat orthodoxy of recent years. The idea that fat is “bad” is not settled science; in fact it’s just plain wrong.
Earlier we told you about a published article called Fat Is Where It’s At! detailing how the tide of opinion, both popular and scientific, has turned dramatically in favor of dietary fat. Now, a brand new article “End the War On Fat” is taking the next step and implicates excess carbohydrates in all the health crimes popularly blamed on fat!
It begins:“Thirty years ago, America declared war against fat. The inaugural edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans, published in 1980 and subsequently updated every five years, advised people to steer clear of ‘too much fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol,’ because of purported ties between fat intake and heart disease.”
Well, what of those purported ties?They don’t exist. Indeed, we learn details of the latest findings suggesting that saturated fat is “heart neutral.” The article then asks: “If saturated fat doesn’t adversely affect cardiovascular health, what does? Sorry, Nabisco: We should be giving a closer look to foods with a high glycemic index—a measure that reflects a food’s influence on blood sugar levels, based on how quickly it is digested and absorbed. Typically, that means carbohydrates like cereal, bread, chips, and cookies.” Read more...
I still like Whole Foods Market; I really do. But it is getting harder to say that and mean it. The recent decision by WFM to ban raw milk from its shelves has left a bad taste in my mouth and I literally think twice now before going. Oh they talk a great green story. Even their website is colored green. On that site is even a page called Green Action. On that page are found these telling words: “Wise moms everywhere remind us that actions speak louder than words. We can all talk about saving our planet but making those smart and sometimes challenging choices every day is what’s going to get the job done. We’ve been trying to make green choices since we opened our first store. We understand that companies can have a large impact on our environment.” Wow. I agree 100%. But do they really mean it? Does WFM know what they are saying and how starkly their ACTION of banning raw milk flatly contradicts their WORDS? Go back and read the words again. We’ve made them green so you can’t miss them. Now, think about those words and what they mean while you watch the following video made by a man and a company actually living those words, not just saying them.
Last summer I wrote here about WFM CEO John Mackey’s quickly famous words “we sell a lot of junk.” Since then, we have been waiting for the high-end natural foods store to clean up its act. We are still waiting. To this date, NOT GONE are the huge displays of candy when entering our local store (continues below…)
Also NOT GONE is their sugar filled dessert bar, or the white flour pizza counter, or the prepared comfort foods many of which are made with canola oil (if YOU would like to know about the dangers of Canola oil, please read The Great Con-ola by Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enic, PhD). And, very sadly, NOT GONE is the enormous offering of alcoholic drinks. I could go on and on.
However, last week I noticed their display of organic grass fed sourced raw milk from the wonderful people at Organic Pastureswas gone. This seemed strange. Then came this bit of news that WFM was pulling raw milk in four states. WFM talked of the need to develop raw milk “standards” with hints of bringing it back to the shelves in the near future.. Read more...
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The NTT program is unique because it’s based on a foundational approach to nutrition. We offer specific tools for assessing the body’s nutritional deficiencies and will teach you how to address those weaknesses through diet, supplements and lifestyle changes. In addition to our foundational approach, the NTT program emphasizes three additional perspectives: Read more...
Mark McAfee, who runs Organic Pastures Raw Milk Dairy, perhaps the cleanest and safest food source in the United States, draws some intriguing distinctions between what the FAA does for air safey and what he FDA fails to do in food and medication safety. From a recent speech posted at and with thanks to Hartke Is Online.
Mark says: “The FAA does not believe in covering up the sounds of grinding and breaking noises with better sound attenuating headsets or simply ignoring the danger and its foretelling sounds and ominous signs… the FAA mandates that the origin of the problems be discovered and fixed prior to flying into the wild blue yonder….avoiding all accidents however small. The FAA dissects every incident to learn from it and immediately publishes the information and changes policy to avoid and prevent any further incidents or accidents.”
That’s the FAA and air safety. Then there’s the FDA and food/medication safety. Mark goes on: “Most FDA approved medications cover up the sounds of our bodies painfully grinding and breakingand are mostly patented sign and symptom relievers not preventative healing cures.Celebrex and Fosomax killed thousands as have many other FDA approved drugs and additives. FDA approved pediatric cold remedies now carry a black box warning because they have been shown to cause death and brain bleeds in kids. When all the child needed to do was drink raw milk to avoid most flues and colds by building a very strong immune system. “ Read more...
Lack of sleep, lack of real food, excess alcohol, drugs, and sugar, cigarettes — they all take their toll.
40 is the new 23 for the fast living
The story of what this is doing to a certain celebrity is one of the Top 10 blog posts for 2009 in a blog from Orange County Register. The adjacent photo is of a 23 year old fast-living, hard-partying celebrity who, according to a plastic surgeon quoted in the story, “…is basically killing her skin on all fronts.”
Most people do not abuse themselves quite this severely; but most people DO abuse themselves in a more subtle and socially acceptable manner over a long period of time when they live on the Standard American Diet of processed, nutrient-depleted calories. This causes them to age at what we might call Standard American Aging Rate which everybody accepts as “normal.” It need not be so; we CAN stay younger, longer. Our bodies require real nutrients to stay young. Want to know more about how to find unprocessed tasty foods with real nutrients? Start with How To Choose Real Foods.
While our mystery celebrity presumably stays far away from real food she has not neglected her lips having had had injections to plump them which, according to the OC Register, when combined with the sunglasses, “makes her look like an aging Faye Dunaway.” Read more...
The Raw Milk Diet Cure
The pharmaceutical industry gets rich making drugs that “manage” rather than “heal” disease. But a licensed M.D. had astounding success with real healing using a simple food substance from nature: Grass-fed Raw Milk. Click Here to Continue Reading
How To Choose Real Foods
In a recent post, "Want Real Health? Real Food Is the Key", we defined “real health” and made the connection between real health and real food. Today we offer you some specific guidelines on how to choose real foods, not fake foods. Click Here to Continue Reading
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Earlier we told you about a published article called Fat Is Where It’s At! detailing how the tide of opinion, both popular and scientific, has turned dramatically in favor of dietary fat. Now, a brand new article “End the War On Fat” is taking the next step and implicates excess carbohydrates in all the health crimes popularly blamed on fat!
