-----Original Message----- >That being said - the science is clear - ALL fats are unhealthy. <
De:I believe this is incorrect. < Know anyone with a heart bypass yet?> De: Yes, but it was oddly for a genetic abnormality and he is a Vegan. <The science is not perfectly clear and never will be. We know that the more vegetarian the diet the healthier the people are. We know that WHOLE foods provide phytochemicals, fiber and a host of other things that help fight cancer, obesity etc. We know that active people eating such diets are never overweight (go to rural China some time); yet when they adopt our diet they adopt our diseases.>> De: I have a hard time believing that the Chinese do not have problems with weigh except if they eat the "Western" diet. You are also broad brushing with your statements. <<Science is barking up the wrong tree by testing things in isolation. We now know that, chemically created vitamins increase cancer, heart disease and a host of other problems.>> De: chemically treated? please clarify and please cite your sources for the alleged increase in cancer and heart disease etc because of the "chemically" treated vitamins. <<That's why I like Dr. John McDougalls take. Eat what our bodies are adapted to - a whole food, no added fat, mostly vegetarian diet. Eat foods that have generations of safe consumption behind them.>> De: "Eat what our bodies are adapted to" If you were to research old and ancient societies you would find that several were not "mostly vegetarian diet" And presently our bodies have adapted to modern diets ranging from carnivore to Vegan. By the way, I'm not allergic but whole wheat stuff doesn't agree with my stomach so I guess I am not adapted to whole wheat. <<< Don't believe that soy>>> De: Again, there is a chemical in soy that interferes with iodine absorption. Iodine is needed for http://www.vitamincfoundation.org/iodine.htm All cells in the body need iodine for proper functioning. All glands (thyroid, adrenal, etc.) especially need iodine for the production of hormones. Dr. Brownstein believes that iodine deficiency is a major cause of breast cancer and other diseases of the reproductive organs such as ovarian, uterus and prostrate cysts and cancers. Iodine levels in US soil have fallen 50 per cent over the past 50 years and soil in the US is deficient in iodine. The Great Lakes region has some of lowest soil iodine levels in the world and this results in high levels of cancers related to iodine deficiency. Dr. Brownstein has been quite successful in treating fibrocystic breast disease (cysts in the breast) with iodine/iodine supplementation. In one case a 37 year-old woman with severe fibrocystic breast disease was completely cured after supplementing with 50 mgs of iodine a day for two months. Women with larger breasts need more iodine than women with smaller breasts. Other medical authorities agree that iodine deficiency can lead to fibrocystic breast disease and/or ovarian cysts. <& brassica > De: Has been found to help in cancer prevention, it also has a chemical that inhibits iodine absorption. <(sea weed) have anything to do with it - there is no science behind that;> De: Kelp contains iodine and iron. There are studies that prove that Kelp can be beneficial in helping the body to maintain good health. There has been one European study, kelp was found to help with the effectiveness of hormone meds for hypothyroid and lessen the dosage in several cases. Not a cure but something to help. <not unless you are deficient in iodine and with the amount of (iodized) salt we get in our diet that ain't a possible.>> De: Again a broad brushing assumption. My intake of iodinized salt (salt in general) was lessened 15 yrs ago (voluntarily and not for medical reasons). 5 yrs ago I had to go back to it. 18 yrs ago I was getting sea salt before it became nutritionally fashionable. By the way there are several types of hypothyroid. One is Hashimoto's thyroiditis. I do not has this but my friend does and it was caused by medication that she took when a child. I will check out this Dr. McDougall but so far he does not impress me and causes my "something not quite kosher" radar to blink. I will check out Ms Shomon as well. De _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
