Posted on 11/09/2013 6:15:06 AM PST by NYer
Nutrition is full of all kinds of nonsense. The worst examples are listed here, but unfortunately this is just the tip of the iceberg. Here are the top 13 nutrition lies that have made the world both sick and fat.
Eggs are so incredibly nutritious that they’re often called “nature’s multivitamin.”
The nutrients in them are enough to turn a single cell into an entire baby chicken.
However, eggs have been demonized in the past because they contain a large amount of cholesterol, which was believed to increase the risk of heart disease.
But the truth is that despite being high in cholesterol, eggs don’t really raise the bad cholesterol in the blood. In fact, eggs primarily raise the “good” cholesterol (1, 2, 3, 4).
Despite all the warnings about eggs in the past few decades, studies show that they are NOT associated with heart disease (5, 6, 7).
If anything, eggs are pretty much a perfect food for humans. They’re loaded with protein, healthy fats, vitamins, minerals and unique antioxidants that protect the eyes (8, 9).
They are also an excellent source of Choline, a nutrient that is very important for the health of the brain and about 90% of people aren’t getting enough of (10, 11).
Despite being a “high fat” food, eating eggs for breakfast is proven to cause significant weight loss compared to a breakfast of bagels (12, 13).
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Food allergies are no fun, for those of us who actually have them. (And I love peanuts! unlike a friend who developed a near-fatal allergy to them at 35 - and never knew it.)
You call it a fad - I call it reality.
Who wouldn’t relish the thought of Spam sliced straight out of the can, yellow Jello with slaw and cute carved radishes? It even looks sort of artsy in a Star Trek kind of way. Convenience food for the new frontier, haute cuisine for fallout shelters.
I have personally saved countless Chinese children....I cherish my place in posterity!!!
Prepare yourself for the carb crash, lol. Low carb dieting does work, spectacularly for some, but around six months into it you’ll get very powerful cravings for the foods you’ve been avoiding. Me, my hands started shaking almost like DT’s or something, ended up going through a KFC drivethrough and getting a large order of mashed potatoes with gravy. Dang they were good, too. Allow yourself just a little starch now and then to avoid this, imho.
My internist has assured me those are appropriate caloric intake levels.
And my percentage nutritional targets are being met.
Good post.
I’m also reading a book, “The Blood Sugar Solution”, by Mark Hyman, MD, Little Brown press.
I disagree with many of his political statements and finger pointing at Big Food, Big Farming, and Big Pharma, but his book is very well documented with 245 references to medical papers, studies, and resources. They nicely summarize the justification used for many of the healthcare industry’s policies regarding “DIABESITY”.
I’m still looking for something in depth on endocrinology, as I believe that is 50% of the puzzle.
Good to hear you have an Internist. Too many people go on diets they don’t understand and hurt themselves.
Lol.
Obviously they weren’t aware of it!
A study was recently published, and somebody posted it on FR, that the calories in- calories out concept is greatly flawed. It wad a Big Gov study originally. Since my oldest two are trying to find new and exciting ways to end up in the ER with broken bones, I will have to find and post a link later.
I removed process foods and lunch meats. I try to eat at least 4 eggs a week, as cholesterol is needed to manufacture hormones.
It's amazing how moronic someone when he doesn't know WTF he's talking about - most especially when it comes to health issues.
Gluten intolerance is a REAL, clinical medical condition - that's not disputed by any reputable source. Internet s***house philosophy, as displayed on this thread, doesn't count as reputable.
GI is not a "fad" or a "placebo effect." It's not like buying a battery powered car. Some people actually do suffer real-world afflictions because of the way their body reacts to the protein in certain grains. Some get extremely ill.
Try Googling Celiac disease, then go from there before broadcasting such utter stupidity in public.
Yes, she was tested for Celiac. They said she didn’t have it.
See your own tagline.
The point about salt intake needing to be heavily restricted is interesting to me.
When I was about 20 I found that whenever my blood pressure was taken it would go up. I lost my opportunity to go through Air Force pilot training as a result. They thought I would die of a heart attack. I tried greatly restricting my sodium intake to get the blood pressure down, but it only made me feel awful. That was over 40 years ago.
At the same time I have always sweated a great deal. Shirts and tee shirts often get white bands from the salt left from sweating. Years ago I came to the conclusion that I need to keep my salt intake reasonably consistent with how much I sweat. When I took the medical experts’ advice and limited my salt intake I was probably not getting anywhere near enough sodium.
My experience with the misinformation about sodium was just the start. Many of the points in the article have been among my thinking for several years now (eat more meat and plenty of animal fat). Recently there have been more and more articles getting into the news confirming what I have long suspected about the “eat healthy” nonsense.
But wait the IT person giving medical advice said Celiac is "THE ONE diagnosis whereby a person should avoid gluten."
What a crock. What a load of illogical thinking. You seem to be saying "all this stuff didn't use to happen, so it can't be happening now."
There's a lot of crap going on with our food that also didn't used to happen and is happening now, like injecting cattle and chicken with hormones, adding bacterial genetic material to corn DNA, adding aspartame to milk, dangerous chemicals leaching into food from plastic packaging, and other additives used for chemically preserving processed foods.
Go ahead and pretend it ain't so because some people you don't like said it, but it still doesn't make the problem go away.
Just going to highlight that for the world to see. I didn't know there were people who don't believe that lactose intolerance exists. Statements like that don't require rebuttal.
Oh and some people have lost children to peanut allergies. Just thought I'd throw that in there.
You might as well have posted "Suddenly everyone thinks the world is round."
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