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By: Silvina

Silvina — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:29:58 +0000

I saw your talk about reasons for defending a meat diet versus vegetarian. You point at healthy resons, good. Then you refer the audience to letthemeatmeat.com for further accounts on environmental issues. It’s this focus of environmental issues I would like to know more, like, what is worse for the environemnt, a vegetarian or omnivore diet? But in that website is more about freeganism over veganism… and we omnivores can’t just shield ourselves with the argument that freeganism is a better option than veganism… because omnivorism is still worse than veganism… so I want real facts, real reasons to make up my mind about whether omnivorism (ethical one) makes less, equal or more damage to the environment than (ethical) veganism. In equality of conditions, which reduces more the impact. Health issues not involved here. Thanks a lot, I really would appreciate where to find this scientific evidence.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:23:13 +0000

I would love to hear your comments/review on another nutrition movie making its way around; “Food Matters” , similar to the dissection you did for FOK.

A
Ps. Your blog is awesome

By: anna

anna — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:58:31 +0000

Actually, I think that raw eggs (farm or not) can hurt you (and particularly your muscles).

By: joshuscat

joshuscat — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:02:46 +0000

Weston A. Price should straighten you out on the whole raw milk end, raw farm fresh eggs won’t hurt you, and fish that is frozen to at a minimum of -10 F should bear no harmful parasites or bacterium. To get the best fish, find a fishmonger or a store that specializes specifically in fish: don’t get it from the grocery store. As a fishmonger, I can attest to the small mom and pop shops having some of the best quality (although may have limited offerings), and take your handy dandy Monterey Bay pocket fish guide with you. You don’t want to aggravate the overfished populations or eat fish high in metals, and the pocket guide helps a lot if you can’t remember the safe and good to eat species.

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:50:17 +0000

Hi Linda,

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.

By: Sbnaturally

Sbnaturally — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:46:45 +0000

raw butter and fermented cod liver oil!

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

http://www.curetoothdecay.com

By: Gordon Wayne Watts

Gordon Wayne Watts — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:07:35 +0000

* Thank you for automatically allowing my comment in your blog settings, Denise — a heads up here.

(-:/

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!

—

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

By: gallier2

gallier2 — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:33:25 +0000

Gerald, there are 2 K vitamins, K1 & K2. K1 can indeed be found in greens. K2 (MK4) only in animal and fermented food (MQ7+). Prices activator-X seems to be K2 (MK4). Read Chris Masterjohn’s serie on it.

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

By: gerald

gerald — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:53:13 +0000

I would think above all check for vitamin D deficiency. get a blood test. I tested low after winter (shock!). Nothing else will work if you have low D and if you have high D other bad things might not be as bad. Can you absorb your minerals without vitamin D? Not nearly as well, so it doesn’t even matter how many minerals you eat.

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

By: BB

BB — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:48:04 +0000

Hey Linda,
I think Denise gives some great advice. If I were a mom I would probably avoid dairy unless necessary (and then I’d do raw goats milk) and include raw egg yolk from local pastured eggs. I’m only just starting to experiment with them myself after being vegan and raw through most of my teenage years, but I would feel more comfortable feeding my child raw vegetarian with some egg yolk as a nice natural multi-vitamin and more concentrated nutrtition source (particularly because lack of certain nutrients can lead to neurological problems and egg yolk contains good quantities of these vitamins such as choline and B12)…plus essential fatty acids). This is hard for me as someone who has been vegan for ethical reasons as well as health/optimal diet interests, but I think using local pastured eggs helps with this (a little)…and it also means you are going to have be consuming a more nutrient rich, healthier, fresher egg.