Thanks for this post. I'm currently in the Nutritional Therapy Program so I'm pretty passionate about the topic.
A lot of this also started with Ancel Keys who cherry picked his data - there we about 14 other countries in his 7 Countries Study he conveniently left out. He made fat the bad guy rather than glucose. He also mislabeled the Me…
Thanks for this post. I'm currently in the Nutritional Therapy Program so I'm pretty passionate about the topic.
A lot of this also started with Ancel Keys who cherry picked his data - there we about 14 other countries in his 7 Countries Study he conveniently left out. He made fat the bad guy rather than glucose. He also mislabeled the Mediterranean diet. He was on the Isle of Crete, observing how they ate but failed to mention if was Lent and they were still feeling the effects of the war so there was a lack of meat which was typical in their diet. Ever country in the Mediterranean eats a different way and the vast majority of them eat meat - lamb, goat, beef, chicken - not just fish.
Beyond the problem with ultra processed foods (most "whole grain" breads included) is our pyramid based on carbs. While fructose is the worst for our body, basically anything carb based is going to raise your insulin levels. With recommendations to eat this way, several times a day, we've virtually bathed in sugar/insulin all day (and night).
The reasons for suggesting organic and pasture raised over Big Food/Farm is the effects on our bodies. While the additives and chemicals are approved (although not in most EU countries) no-one studies the combination of these additives and chemicals. (Pretty sure it's not good.) In addition, none of what they feed the animals - chickens, pigs, cows, etc. is their normal diet. (Not to mention the antibiotics, pain killers and growth hormones added to their "food"). All this alters the nutritional value of the food, AND it's a shitty life for the animal.
Shifting back to whole foods is important - food deserts and food swamps are going to be wicked problem to solve. All the things that epidemiological/observational studies like The China Study and Framingham Heart Study should be taken with a grain of salt as these observational studies (just like the mask "studies") are based on people, many months later, reporting what they ate. There may be correlation but no causation. That can only be proven with RCT.
Making the bulk of what you eat based on whole foods - veggies, meat, fish, eggs, saturated fat like coconut oil, tallow, butter etc. and "flipping the pyramid" so that carbs represent the smallest amount of what you eat is much healthier not only for your body but your brain and mind as well.
Agree one hundred percent with flipping the pyramid, although it's really hard to do RCTs with food--especially when you KNOW one diet is health-promoting and the other is deadly. It's called equipoise (the unethical withholding of a known therapeutic). Not sure what the answer is, although long term observational data is certainly import and and telling.
You're right it's difficult but when you see how they ask people to record what they eat the information isn't really useful - people forget, respond how they think they should, etc. Case studies are probably the best we have right now. I recommend watching some of Dr. Aseem Malholtra's videos: Cereal Killers, Run on Fat and just released, First Do No Pharm.
Some food RCTs I’ve read also do such biasly stupid things. For instance: for the most part erythritol is a safe sugar substitute and is only a 1 on the glycemic index, and unlike other sugar alcohols that stress the digestive track, erythritol exits the body through the urine in under 24 hours, avoiding the digestive system. But the sugar industry can’t have that, so an RCT was done to try to discredit Erythritol. It was given to subjects in … wait for it … soft drinks, cookies, and other snacks. 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ God forbid they see the other variables of chemicals and ingredients in those foods. What they found is that it raised an erythritol marker in the bloodstream that “could” be a cause for heart disease. Again, 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️. Erythritol is also made naturally in the body. They made no attempt to discern which kind, natural or exogenous, was increased. They did state that an elevation on that marker was just a correlation. But of course the media ran with the desired industry narrative, “Study finds erythritol a potential cause of heart disease!”
Looking closer, I found the doctor and author of the study was significantly compromised. Not only did he receive “funding”, but he had a patent pending for a new medical instrument that would measure this particular “marker”. Well - how do you guarantee sales? Create a fear of that marker and then a need to measure it regularly. SMH. They ALL follow the same playbook now. RCTs used to be so trustworthy but most in the last few decades are now compromised and purposefully sabotaged for financial gain.
Same with Ivermectin where they didn't give the correct dose, started the medication later than recommended (and later than the pharm drug) and stopped before the protocol timelines. Then declared that Ivermectin didn't help!
It gives me hope to hear someone studying nutrition is talking like you. ❤️ I’ve lost friends who are nutritionists because I contradict EVERYTHING their schooling taught them. They were taught to be devoted to the policies and teachings of an industry that infiltrated the universities and medical societies. They can’t fathom all they learned was wrong. I feel bad for them, but they have the power to utilize their academic skills and learn the truth - just as you have. Hope!!
My husband's family are from Northern Spain and I can attest to their healthy diet and normal body weight. Now, though, I see that they are spreading like that proverbial chestnut tree as we have done here in America. When his parents brought spices over for us in 2016 I noted MSG in some of the mixes. I tossed them.
Wow, so is it that this crap was not being used over there before and now their food producers have flipped the switch without drawing attention to it?
Thanks for this post. I'm currently in the Nutritional Therapy Program so I'm pretty passionate about the topic.
A lot of this also started with Ancel Keys who cherry picked his data - there we about 14 other countries in his 7 Countries Study he conveniently left out. He made fat the bad guy rather than glucose. He also mislabeled the Mediterranean diet. He was on the Isle of Crete, observing how they ate but failed to mention if was Lent and they were still feeling the effects of the war so there was a lack of meat which was typical in their diet. Ever country in the Mediterranean eats a different way and the vast majority of them eat meat - lamb, goat, beef, chicken - not just fish.
Beyond the problem with ultra processed foods (most "whole grain" breads included) is our pyramid based on carbs. While fructose is the worst for our body, basically anything carb based is going to raise your insulin levels. With recommendations to eat this way, several times a day, we've virtually bathed in sugar/insulin all day (and night).
The reasons for suggesting organic and pasture raised over Big Food/Farm is the effects on our bodies. While the additives and chemicals are approved (although not in most EU countries) no-one studies the combination of these additives and chemicals. (Pretty sure it's not good.) In addition, none of what they feed the animals - chickens, pigs, cows, etc. is their normal diet. (Not to mention the antibiotics, pain killers and growth hormones added to their "food"). All this alters the nutritional value of the food, AND it's a shitty life for the animal.
Shifting back to whole foods is important - food deserts and food swamps are going to be wicked problem to solve. All the things that epidemiological/observational studies like The China Study and Framingham Heart Study should be taken with a grain of salt as these observational studies (just like the mask "studies") are based on people, many months later, reporting what they ate. There may be correlation but no causation. That can only be proven with RCT.
Making the bulk of what you eat based on whole foods - veggies, meat, fish, eggs, saturated fat like coconut oil, tallow, butter etc. and "flipping the pyramid" so that carbs represent the smallest amount of what you eat is much healthier not only for your body but your brain and mind as well.
Agree one hundred percent with flipping the pyramid, although it's really hard to do RCTs with food--especially when you KNOW one diet is health-promoting and the other is deadly. It's called equipoise (the unethical withholding of a known therapeutic). Not sure what the answer is, although long term observational data is certainly import and and telling.
You're right it's difficult but when you see how they ask people to record what they eat the information isn't really useful - people forget, respond how they think they should, etc. Case studies are probably the best we have right now. I recommend watching some of Dr. Aseem Malholtra's videos: Cereal Killers, Run on Fat and just released, First Do No Pharm.
Some food RCTs I’ve read also do such biasly stupid things. For instance: for the most part erythritol is a safe sugar substitute and is only a 1 on the glycemic index, and unlike other sugar alcohols that stress the digestive track, erythritol exits the body through the urine in under 24 hours, avoiding the digestive system. But the sugar industry can’t have that, so an RCT was done to try to discredit Erythritol. It was given to subjects in … wait for it … soft drinks, cookies, and other snacks. 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ God forbid they see the other variables of chemicals and ingredients in those foods. What they found is that it raised an erythritol marker in the bloodstream that “could” be a cause for heart disease. Again, 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️. Erythritol is also made naturally in the body. They made no attempt to discern which kind, natural or exogenous, was increased. They did state that an elevation on that marker was just a correlation. But of course the media ran with the desired industry narrative, “Study finds erythritol a potential cause of heart disease!”
Looking closer, I found the doctor and author of the study was significantly compromised. Not only did he receive “funding”, but he had a patent pending for a new medical instrument that would measure this particular “marker”. Well - how do you guarantee sales? Create a fear of that marker and then a need to measure it regularly. SMH. They ALL follow the same playbook now. RCTs used to be so trustworthy but most in the last few decades are now compromised and purposefully sabotaged for financial gain.
Same with Ivermectin where they didn't give the correct dose, started the medication later than recommended (and later than the pharm drug) and stopped before the protocol timelines. Then declared that Ivermectin didn't help!
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2023/03/popular-sweetener-erythritol-found-truvia-linked-heart-risk-new-study
It gives me hope to hear someone studying nutrition is talking like you. ❤️ I’ve lost friends who are nutritionists because I contradict EVERYTHING their schooling taught them. They were taught to be devoted to the policies and teachings of an industry that infiltrated the universities and medical societies. They can’t fathom all they learned was wrong. I feel bad for them, but they have the power to utilize their academic skills and learn the truth - just as you have. Hope!!
My husband's family are from Northern Spain and I can attest to their healthy diet and normal body weight. Now, though, I see that they are spreading like that proverbial chestnut tree as we have done here in America. When his parents brought spices over for us in 2016 I noted MSG in some of the mixes. I tossed them.
Wow, so is it that this crap was not being used over there before and now their food producers have flipped the switch without drawing attention to it?