this was sent to me by someone who is always arguing with me about my eating choices...what do you think?? Myths & Truths About Nutrition Myth: Heart disease in America is caused by consumption of cholesterol and saturated fat from animal products. Truth: During the period of rapid increase in heart disease (1920-1960), American consumption of animal fats declined but consumption of hydrogenated and industrially processed vegetable fats increased dramatically. (USDA-HNI) Myth: Saturated fat clogs arteries. Truth: The fatty acids found in artery clogs are mostly unsaturated (74%) of which 41% are polyunsaturated. (Lancet 1994 344:1195) Myth: Vegetarianism is healthy. Truth: The annual all-cause death rate of vegetarian men is slightly more than that of non-vegetarian men (.93% vs .89%); the annual death rate of vegetarian women is significantly more than that of non-vegetarian women (.86% vs .54%) (Am J Clin Nutr 1982 36:873) Myth: Vitamin B12 can be obtained from certain plant sources such as blue-green algae and soy products. Truth: Vitamin B12 is not absorbed from plant sources. Modern soy products increase the body's need for B12. (Soybeans: Chemistry & Technology Vol 1 1972) Myth: For good health, serum cholesterol should be less than 180 mg/dl. Truth: The all-cause death rate is higher in individuals with cholesterol levels lower than 180 mg/dl. (Circulation 1992 86:3:1026-1029) Myth: Animal fats cause cancer and heart disease. Truth: Animal fats contain many nutrients that protect against cancer and heart disease; elevated rates of cancer and heart disease are associated with consumption of large amounts of vegetable oils. (Fed Proc July 1978 37:2215) Myth: Children benefit from a low-fat diet. Truth: Children on low-fat diets suffer from growth problems, failure to thrive & learning disabilities. (Food Chem News 10/3/94) Myth: A low-fat diet will make you "feel better . . . and increase your joy of living." Truth: Low-fat diets are associated with increased rates of depression, psychological problems, fatigue, violence and suicide. (Lancet 3/21/92 v339) Myth: To avoid heart disease, we should use margarine instead of butter. Truth: Margarine eaters have twice the rate of heart disease as butter eaters. (Nutrition Week 3/22/91 21:12) Myth: Americans do not consume enough essential fatty acids. Truth: Americans consume far too much of one kind of EFA (omega-6 EFAs found in most polyunsaturated vegetable oils) but not enough of another kind of EFA (omega-3 EFAs found in fish, fish oils, eggs from properly fed chickens, dark green vegetables and herbs, and oils from certain seeds such as flax and chia, nuts such as walnuts and in small amounts in all whole grains.) (Am J Clin Nutr 1991 54:438-63) Myth: A vegetarian diet will protect you against atherosclerosis. Truth: The International Atherosclerosis Project found that vegetarians had just as much atherosclerosis as meat eaters. (Lab Invest 1968 18:498) Myth: Low-fat diets prevent breast cancer. Truth: A recent study found that women on very low-fat diets (less than 20%) had the same rate of breast cancer as women who consumed large amounts of fat. (NEJM 2/8/96) Myth: The "cave man diet" was low in fat. Truth: Throughout the world, primitive peoples sought out and consumed fat from fish and shellfish, water fowl, sea mammals, land birds, insects, reptiles, rodents, bears, dogs, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, game, eggs, nuts and milk products. (Abrams, Food & Evolution 1987) Myth: Coconut oil causes heart disease. Truth: When coconut oil was fed as 7% of energy to patients recovering from heart attacks, the patients had greater improvement compared to untreated controls, and no difference compared to patents treated with corn or safflower oils. Populations that consume coconut oil have low rates of heart disease. Coconut oil may also be one of the most useful oils to prevent heart disease because of its antiviral and antimicrobial characteristics. (JAMA 1967 202:1119-1123; Am J Clin Nutr 1981 34:1552) Myth: Saturated fats inhibit production of anti-inflammatory prostaglandins. Truth: Saturated fats actually improve the production of all prostaglandins by facilitating the conversion of essential fatty acids. (Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation Journal 20:3) Myth: Arachidonic acid in foods like liver, butter and egg yolks causes production of "bad" inflammatory prostaglandins. Truth: Series 2 prostaglandins that the body makes from arachidonic acid both encourage and inhibit inflammation under appropriate circumstances. Arachidonic acid is vital for the function of the brain and nervous system. (Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation Journal 20:3) Myth: Beef causes colon cancer Truth: Argentina, with higher beef consumption, has lower rates of colon cancer than the US. Mormons have lower rates of colon cancer than vegetarian Seventh Day Adventists (Cancer Res 35:3513 1975) © 1999 Weston A. 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I have to honestly say I am not sure if this is reportable but as it is by someone who obviously has an invested interest in promoting a view that furthers the notions of a particular organisation I am a bit confused...they don't apparently accept funding from meat or dairy industries but they expound their message....please tell me if I should just argue it out in the thread? honestly...when I google you I do not know what to make of you.... http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=1999+Weston+A.+Price+Foundation+All+Rights+Reserved&btnG=Google+Search&meta= mmmmm....suppose we will just have to make up our own minds concerning what you espouse... :H
http://www.powerhealth.net/archivesjanuary-15-2002.htm mmm....am more confuzzled cause this seems to contradict itself....
ok, so 0.93% of dead people are vegetarians, 0.89% are non-vegetarians. that's 1.82%. what are 98.18% of population? i obviously don't understand this...
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/notmilk/message/488 http://www.radiantrecovery.com/soy4303html.htm http://www.tldp.com/issue/11_00/joysoy.htm http://www.vegfamily.com/health/vegan-soy-information.htm just a few rebuttals to your arguments that I found when I was googling yourself... the personal ones for being vegeatarian need no rebuttal however the ideas that you put forward are influenced by money and research funded by a mind set that differs from mine... death equals pain equals a really gross meal.... next time you eat a cow (no not steak or whatever nice name you would like to call it.....cow) or a pig...(nope...not bacon....pig...screaming as it is killed as they are intelligent enough to recognise and know what is hapening to their mates in the slaughterhouse, ask anyone who works in one.....) or sheep ( veal, lamb....contrary to popular belief even these supposedly dumb animals know what is happening when death is happening around them)......whatever you ate that was flesh probaly had kids before you consumed it....bon appeit! seriously your arguments about the health this or that do nothing tcounteract the hmanitarian arguments that come from the idea of not harmng another creature.... oh yes and I probaly step on ants! :$
Well, many animals naturally eat other animals. Some argue that humans should be vegetarians because there are ways of maintaining optimal health without consuming meat or meat products. However, if optimal health can only be obtained from eating meat and its by-products, who's to say that that is not more natural to us? That humans are actually omnivorous creatures? It's something to think about, though I do not know the validity of the claims in the original post.
His organization started the anti-soy campaigns. Not too much of anything is bad for you, but he wants babies who cannot digest milk to not have soy available. If he had his way, I would not have survived infancy (adoptee allergic to dairy formula) to be fair, here is one page I found readable despite ad buzzwords (radiant health- Price may have been fighing the veg societies, who would have banded with him on the whole food issue). I use quackwatch.com as a resourse for additional info, and I'm usually split half-half on the opinions there. He's listed. Now, do I think the average person is better off on a whole food diet? yes. I chose to make that whole food- plant based. I do eat yougurt. and I like kombucha and tea, I eat some soy (one pound of locally-made tofu, bought twice a month, occasional tempeh for a break) I also use rice and almond milk, the latter made in my blender, usually. If my kid came to me and said, "Mamacita, I'll eat mostly whole food if you will buy a bit more chicken/fish/ eggs/ cheese." I'd probably go for it. As it is, the house has flesh rarely (they get it when dining out at a restaurant) and I'd byt better stuff than they eat now. So, Price's point was to eat whole foods. His reseach made a link with sat fats being part of a balance. I'd bet he didn't advovate a bacon and egg breakfast, ham sandwich at lunch and a 16 oz steak every day. Why is your friend invested in you eating flesh, anyway?
This sounds too biased for my likes. And, the problem with studies like these, are ...everyone is different. I believe, every body reacts differently to different things. Like, how some people are allergic to certain things, and others are not. Or how some are lactose intolerant [like myself] and some can drink tons of milk, and eat all the ice cream they want and be fine. The myth and truth for "low fat diets either causing a more healthy, joyful life, or not" ---Ever since I went vegan, I have felt a hell of a lot healthier, and less depressed. I have been struggling with clinical depression, amongst many other disorders since I was young, and my life has drastically improved since I went vegan. Maybe it's just coincidence, but either way I haven't become any MORE depressed as this phony report states as more probable. *rolls eyes* I'm quite sick of the constant argument between which is better for you and what not. Eat what your body tells you to eat... if you start listen to your body, I mean REALLY listen to your body, and you get in tune with it, you will be healthy. Hands down.
Totally agree with the others. Sounds very biased, and the studies referenced are hopelessly out of date (recent/current research would be 5-10 years, that's just general acedemia, it may be diffrent with health). Nice try, but I'm not buying it.
that is a great question....and I believe it stems from challenging a belief system.. as my wife and I are not veggies but are into organics and hence have cut our consumption of meat drasticly,I was speaking to him about this and thats when I was sent the refrenced email..
IMHO the approach is rather simplistic and tends to glosses over or ommits important information. It's a kind a hit and run approach, dump a lot of (really unrelated) pseudo-information in your lap so you won't have time to actually consider it point by point. Just a quick once over of a few things that jump out: The first point, American's consumption of animal lard decreased and vegetable shortening increased as heart disease increased. Is this the only change in the American lifestyle as a whole? In reality we also saw the birth of the fast food chains in those same decades and obesity skyrocket in those same decades. Corn syrup also because an American staple during this time. The "Myth" vegetarianism is healthy leaves undefined exactly what is meant by vegetarianism. Vegans? The egg and cheese people? Were Gujorat East Indians and other Hindus considered in this survey? Seriously who are we really talking about? I also don't get the percentages for the death rate. Don't know if those are made up numbers or not. "Cave" men had no standard diet. Whatever one tribe happened to eat really only proves that's what happened to be closest at hand and didn't manage to run off in time. Paleolithic humans in one locale in Eastern Europe did not eat the same things as Paleolithic Humans in Africa, Western Europe or even those living three miles down the road. With such variety, some were high fat, some low fat. And the very last one, again we would have examine the diets of Argentines, Mormons and Seventh Day Adventists before we could say the presence of beef or lack there of was what was making the difference. Some of those red wines from Argentina might be one factor! Just a few points whcih combined with the observation that his sources are dated (Thanx Sage-Phoenix for pointing this out), well I'm not buying it either. Heck, looking back, many of his sources are from the seventies!?!
Can anyone pin a date down for the reference USDA-HNI? It seems strange that it only covers a period up 1960 which suggests to me it really, really out dated.
Shouldn't babies be drinking human milk? Breastmilk is the best thing for a baby. Why are they getting cow's milk in the first place? weird...
ophelia, I said that I was an adoptee allergic to dairy right after that. I also was a long-term nurser with my son, but you know people make bad decisions like using formula without trying breatsfeeding. For those babes, who's moms made questionable calls, soy should most definietly be available. wrat, I do agree that as much as possible of the diet should be whole foods, and I'll support an omni whole-fooder over a twinkie eating veggie depending on supplements any day. It's just that I don't want that expensive steak, thank you.
