Comments for Perfect Formula Diet

Comment on Where Do You Find the Best Whole Grain Foods? by Steph

Steph — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:01:56 +0000

I find your plant based, whole food diet plan fascinating. It seems to be running counter to the paleo diet that is the rage these days, especially when it comes to eating grains. Then again, I find paleo to be attractive but overly (maybe dangerously) simplistic. The truth lies in the middle perhaps. One question I’ve always had is why gluten is so bad. Should it be avoided at all cost or does it only matter for people with gluten intolerance?

Comment on Science-Based Nutrition and Health by Luis

Luis — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:29:32 +0000

So for a single meal, example, lunch, we divide our plate in 4 quarters and you recommend vegetables, fruits, Beans and/or potatoes and whole grains for this single meal? The say for dinner, we add all 4 pillars again?

Thanks

Good info by the Way

Comment on Why Fuyu Persimmons Should Be Your Go-To Autumn Fruit by Anne B. Parker

Anne B. Parker — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:03:28 +0000

I thoroughly enjoyed every single word in this article about the Fuyu persimmon. I love every bite when I am eating one of them. We have one tree but plan to get more this year. I bought some persimmons at the grocery store and found out they are very similiar to the Fuyu, they are delicious also. I would like to know if I can order those trees also. Keep these articles coming, I really do enjoy them and would like to know more about them.

Comment on Why Meat Can Magnify the Dangers of Alcohol by kim

kim — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 16:07:33 +0000

I never really thought much about the liver until it was discovered I had elevated liver enzymes during a routine physical exam. I am 52 years old and have been following a mostly vegan diet for three years now, I exercise daily, normal weight and no other health issues, I rarely drink alcohol and do not take any medications outside of an occasional aspirin. Gastroenterologist has tested me for every liver disease known, all negative, I have had ultrasound, nothing abnormal found, and a liver biopsy showed level one fibrosis. The approach they are taking is to watch and wait. They never once asked about my diet or made any suggestions to improve my diet, but you can bet I am. The statement in your post that resonated with me was “Its hard to believe that even mild injury to an organ as critical as the liver has no significant health impact” It would be nice if I knew how or why I have elevated liver enzymes but I guess there are some things that we just don’t have answers for.

Comment on The Paleo Diet Dangers and Distortions by admin

admin — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 02:58:04 +0000

There are way too many studies to link to. Just go to pubmed and search whole grain as your search term.

Comment on The Paleo Diet Dangers and Distortions by Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:39:13 +0000

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005051.pub2/abstract

Summary:

Wholegrain foods encompass a range of products and examples are wholegrain wheat, rice, maize and oats. The term wholegrain also includes milled wholegrains such as oatmeal and wholemeal wheat. The evidence found by this review is limited to wholegrain oats, and to changes in lipids as an outcome. There is a lack of studies on other wholegrain foods or diets. There is some evidence from this review that oatmeal foods can beneficially lower lipid levels such as low density lipoproteins (LDL) cholesterol and total cholesterol in those previously diagnosed with risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) even with relatively short interventions. However, the results should be interpreted with caution because the trials found are small, of short duration and many were commercially funded. No studies were found that reported the effect of wholegrain foods or diets on deaths from, or occurrence of CHD.

There are a ton more sources like this in “it starts with food” by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig

Comment on The Paleo Diet Dangers and Distortions by Vanessa

Vanessa — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:44:43 +0000

You say:

“Studies of whole grains prove they are beneficial for health. Whole grains have been shown in hundreds of studies to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and some cancers. If you hear people accuse whole grains of being unhealthy, ask for their source of information. Unless it is a peer reviewed medical or nutrition journal, forget it. Someone just made it up.

You can tell if a study is peer reviewed if it is published in a journal included on the site pubmed.com, which you can determine yourself in less than a minute. While you are at it, check out the summary (abstract) of the study on pubmed to be sure the source of your information did not misrepresent the study.”

Why have you not linked the the said pubMed articles on these benefits of eating grains?

Comment on Science-Based Nutrition and Health by Paul

Paul — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:56:01 +0000

One quarter of the volume of my food in BEANS? (I don’t care for potatoes) That’s alotta beans! I can already hear and smell the ripping and snorting.

Comment on Six Hidden Dangers of Sunscreen You Must Know for Summer by MDaly

MDaly — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:16:30 +0000

Oops. im sorry! I accidentally pasted the wrong link above. Please disregard the page linked above and refer to http://naturalhealthdossier.com/2012/07/sunscreen-snake-oil-of-the-21st-century/ for more dangers of sunscreen.

Comment on Six Hidden Dangers of Sunscreen You Must Know for Summer by MDaly

MDaly — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:14:32 +0000

Great points on the dangers of sunscreen because so many people do not understand how some sun exposure is important for the production of vitamin D and how sunscreen can stop that production while absorbing the harmful chemicals in the sunscreen itself. I found a similar article to this one speaking about how dangerous sunscreen can be at http://naturalhealthdossier.com/2012/07/how-to-improve-your-vitality-ratio-and-lower-blood-pressure-naturally/. Hopefully people will take all of your advice into consideration before going out to the beach and lathering up.