I just left a comment and couldn’t help but notice yours. Cashews help prevent plaque and tooth decay. Xylitol has been around for years and many dentists recommend it for a sweetener. It also has antibiotic properties.

http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/2011/05/how-i-healed-my-childs-cavity/

http://www.curetoothdecay.com

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A poster on http://EricCressey.com/healthy-food-options-why-you-should-never-take-nutrition-advice-from-your-government posted a link to your article — and I replied to him, as follows, incorporating my reply to you — I wanted to give you a heads up. Blessings. —

@ Tylor Simmons — THANK YOU for your link to Denise Minger’s ‘RawFoodSOS.com’ blog…

I’m having too much fun! — and when Denise, obviously a very bright young woman, started pushing ‘bad science,’ I let loose on her!

Her blog, http://rawfoodsos.com/2010/08/06/final-china-study-response-html/ which you linked above, automatically accepted my reply to her ‘Conclusion’ that: “If both whole-food vegan diets and non-Westernized omnivorous diets yield similar health benefits, this is a strong indication that the results achieved by McDougall, Esselstyn, Ornish, et al are not due to the avoidance of animal products but to the elimination of other health-harming items.”

Riiight. — Here was my reply to her -and it bears repeating — a firm, but respectful dissent: AND is/was quite funny!

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Gordon Wayne Watts (22:13:12) : wrote:

OK, you’ve made some salient points, Denise, but the fact is that there is a VERY strong positive correlation between a vegan diet and lower rates of both cancer and fertility problems.

Note, if you would, the p-factor, in the graphs on MY research page, mirrors on 3 servers -in case the Internet highway has …uh,,… a ‘traffic jam!’:

http://GordonWatts.com/consumer.html
or
http://GordonWayneWatts.com/consumer.html
or even:
http://Gordon_Watts.Tripod.com/consumer.html

The p-value on the top cancer graph (relating vegan vs animal food with cancer) is SCARY! — it is 0.0000001.

Do you remember your basic statistics, Denise? That p-value answers the question: What are the chances the dots just randomly fell into this pattern like raindrops or whatever… The chances that the pattern is mere “correlation” but not causation is 1-in-10,000,000 –yes!! One in TEN Million!!

NOT die by chance… now… moving right along… look at the tight pattern and the ‘R’ (relatedness) values of each of the graphs, OK?

The translation of the various R-values means that while other factors in lifestyle may affect health, diet is a VERY strong influence.

Case closed, discussion over: The scientific evidence is OVERWHELMING that a vegan diet is a chief factor in health -and the graphs put into “picture language” what the peer-reviewed scientific papers say in plain-English.

Mind you, the key word is “peer-review” scientific studies –not tripe and urban legend force-fed by the US Government –with such nonsense is ‘Milk Does the body Good.’ — .. LOL… NOT.

The science is in, and the food pyramid is out.

Word.

Gordon Wayne Watts, editor-in-chief, The Register, scientific research blog
http://www.GordonWayneWatts.com / http://www.GordonWatts.com

ALWAYS FAITHFUL – To God
BS, The Florida State University,Biological & Chemical Sciences
double major with honours
AS, United Electronics Institute, valedictorian, class of 1988

http://www.westonaprice.org/blogs/cmasterjohn/2010/01/08/cure-for-cancer-activator-x-may-be-the-missing-link/

I think other fat soluble vitamins are important- A, E and especially K. sure they can be gotten from quality animal products, but I think they can also be gotten from fruits and vegetables- K is especially abundant in greens but not as much in other plant or animal foods, so not just for minerals but K, eat your greens. K may have been Price’s “Activator X”.

I brush lightly before bed. I try hard to stay hydrated so saliva can keep flowing over my teeth. Dry mouth is a very late sign of dehydration, which we can ill afford. We need the minerals. I guess grains are high in phytates, which bind minerals and render then unabsorbable, so they are maybe a potentially draining and demineralizing anti-nutrient. I might be aware of them if I am having problems, and the phytates are primarliy found in the brain and germ, so maybe white rice isn’t as bad as they say. I don’t know anyone with beri-beri because I don’t know anyone who lives on exclusive white rice diet. phytates are also found in nuts and seeds and pulses.

Last I’d be wary of all nightshade foods- tomatoes (I had such a negative experience for a week after eating 2 days of a lot of tomatoes). There are other things in this family- eggplant, potatoes, peppers. Who knows, but just do a search for people with arthritis, when they give up nightshades their pain goes away. That to me is strong evidence. Nightshades have many fat soluble toxins I am led to believe, which accumulate and exit slowly so they may build up slowly, and I guess some of the chemicals affect calcium metabolism, and may result in calcium stripping of the bone and hypercalcemia- trust me, if this is what happened to me, you don’t want it. Jitteryness, anorexia, joint sensitivity, almost like psychological shivers, for a few days intensely