News regarding traditional wisdom and native diets regarding nutrition.
New USDA Dietary Guidelines Ignore Science on Carbohydrate Restriction and Saturated Fats
Taking Questions from the Media
by Kimberly Hartke, Publicist, Weston A. Price Foundation
Yesterday, the US Department of Health and Human Services and the United States Department of Agriculture finally announced the 2010 dietary guidelines. The official “food policy” of our nation doesn’t just guide our food choices, but dictates what ingredients go into manufactured food. […]
7 Healthy Super Bowl Snack Ideas
by Samantha Gilbert
Enjoying the big game need not be a strain on your healthy lifestyle. These options will keep your energy, mood and blood sugar in check, as well as satisfy the full range of eating lifestyles from vegetarian to meat eater. When the game is over, you’ll have plenty of energy to clean-up […]
In the Face of Contradictory Evidence: Report of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee
Adele H. Hite, M.A.T., Richard David Feinman, Ph.D., Gabriel E. Guzman, Ph.D., Morton Satin, M.Sc., Pamela A. Schoenfeld, R.D., Richard J. Wood, Ph.D.Abstract
Concerns that were raised with the first dietary recommendations 30 y ago have yet to be adequately addressed. The initial Dietary Goals for Americans (1977) proposed increases in carbohydrate intake and decreases in fat, saturated […]
Comments on the new USDA Dietary Guidelines – USDA Wrong About Saturated Fats
Prepared by Sally Fallon Morell, President
The Weston A. Price Foundation
Comments on the new USDA Dietary Guidelines
SUMMARY
Current USDA dietary guidelines are based on the flawed notion that cholesterol and saturated fat are unhealthy. They are unrealistic, unworkable, unscientific and impractical; they have resulted in widespread nutrient deficiencies and contributed to a proliferation of obesity and […]
Raw Milk Dairy Farm Fights Back and Wins
by Annie White
With all the trouble that raw milk producers have had recently as the FDA hones in on the rise of its sale, it is certainly refreshing to see a win on the side of food freedom.
Bechards Family Farm in Conway, Missouri is run by husband and wife Armand and Teddi Bechard along with their […]
Using Raw Milk to recover from toxic mold digestive sickness
by hellaD
It is Real Milk Wednesday! I started posting articles about Real Fresh Raw Milk on Wednesdays because Kelly the Kitchen Kop does a Real Food Wednesday Bloghop. There are a lot of great links and recipes from the RealFood blogosphere posted there so check it out.
Today I finally got around to posting […]
While illegal in much of the US, Raw Milk vending machines are starting to pop up in Europe
by The Bovine
From Lune at the “Constant State of Flux” blog:
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We found the material for this post on the Salt Spring News along with the following bit of commentary:
“Having grown up on a dairy farm and having operated one myself, I’ve been drinking raw milk most of my life. […]
Low-hypo thyroid: Removing gluten & diet free of grains, starchy vegetables, legumes, & sweeteners needed.
by Dr. Kharrazian
Gluten intolerance not as black-and-white as once thought
Testing for gluten-intolerance incomplete until now — New lab offers breakthrough
Gluten has been linked in the literature to 55 diseases so far, most of them autoimmune. The effect of gluten on brain and nervous tissue is significantly worse and more far-reaching than researchers realized. Yet […]
Children need organic meat, fish, poultry, eggs, butter, whole organic milk, and coconut oil to develop healthy brains
by Judy Katz
Health Expert and Author Nancy Deville urges parents to pay attention to the disturbing results and stop feeding their children factory-produced food products.
Santa Monica, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) January 27, 2011
“Would you continue to lounge on your deck chair reading a medical journal while children were being tossed overboard into shark infested waters?” asks […]
CDC site of scientific shame on raw milk–what might agency have done differently?
by David E. Gumpert of The Complete Patient
There is lots not to like about the new web site about raw milk from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. It is nearly totally one-sided in painting raw milk as dangerous. It is intellectually dishonest in not acknowledging large-scale journal-published research that demonstrates raw milk’s health benefits […]
Why We Get Fat And What to do About It – Review
by MARION ROACH
FOR TEN YEARS I’ve been living on an anti-inflammatory diet. This was brought on by a friend’s suggestions, and since that friend is America’s premier science writer, I took the suggestion seriously. In the years on the diet, my cholesterol dropped, my blood pressure dropped and I lost (and maintained) weight — […]
The Benefits of Processed Food
A federal government public service announcement espousing the benefits of processed food.
Taco Bell Sued for Selling Fake Meat
by Rachel Shulman
A California woman is suing Taco Bell for false advertising. The claim? There’s too little “beef” in Taco Bell’s products for the company to label their products as such.
The USDA mandates that any food labeled as “meat taco filling” should have at least 40 percent fresh meat (which is kind of astonishing in […]
USDA Wants to Update Nutrition Standards for School Lunches? Great Idea! —Except for the Terrible Nutrition Plans and the Glaring Conflicts of Interest….
by Alliance for Natural Health
And will kids now be given even more genetically modified foods in their school lunches? It may well happen—unless we take action now!
The US Department of Agriculture has published a proposed rule to review nutrition standards for meals served through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs as part of the Healthy, […]
Healthy School Food: Pay Now, Save Later
by Kari Hamerschlag
New school food standards proposed last week by the Obama administration could nearly double the amount of fruits and vegetables that more than 32 million kids eat every day.
WOW!
If these standards come into force, they could set American children on a healthier eating track that could last a lifetime. The proposed rule, issued by […]
As Organic Valley Begins Enforcing Its No-Raw-Milk-Sold-Here Policy, Here Are Lessons Raw Milk Producers Can Learn About Gaining and Using Clout
by The Complete Patient
No way around it, the issue of food rights, responsibilities, and standards is complicated when it comes to raw dairy. That helps explain why the discussion here sometimes exasperates.
It certainly helps to discuss the issue in terms of specific situations, because that is when the complexity becomes clearer. As one example–that […]
New awareness about fats
by Cherie Calbom
Culinate editor’s note: This article was originally published in Sound Consumer, a publication of PCC Natural Markets.
We’ve survived the era of low-fat diets and learned about the health problems they create, but the media still attempts to guide our thinking that fats can make us fat and cholesterol causes heart disease.
The truth is that fats play […]
Pepsi’s Answer to ‘Eat Natural’: Snackify Beverages and Drinkify Snacks
by Dr. Mercola
Pepsi has recently announced two changes to its products. First, half its Frito-Lay chips will now be made with “all natural” ingredients (bear in mind that “natural” has no regulatory meaning — companies largely define for themselves what the word means).
Second, Pepsi announced a new children’s product: Tropolis pouches of squeezable fruit. […]
Welcome to the United States of Diabetes – here’s your ticket to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines
by Alan Watson
On Thursday, January 27, 2011, the federal government will release the long-awaited revised low fat2010 Dietary Guidelines, 70-plus pages of bizarre nutritional advice that, in the midst of a diabetesepidemic, do not include the words, “elevated blood sugar.”
Elevated blood sugar is a marker for diabetes. Only carbs elevate blood sugar, particularly sugary, floury products and processed grains – […]
Protein choices targeting thermogenesis and metabolism
by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Background: Dietary proteins stimulate thermogenesis and satiety more than does carbohydrate or fat; however, less is known about the differences between protein sources.
Objective: The objective was to determine the differential effects of 3 proteins on energy metabolism, satiety, and glucose control.
Design: Energy metabolism, satiety, and glucose control were measured […]