Category: Nutrition

Piled -on by real scientists for it’s dubious use of the word “science” the producers have rightly post-labeled this film a mock-umentary. “We was just taken away on a lark”

Dr. (of psychiatry it turns out, NOT medicine, NOT nutrition, NOT genetics, NOT endocrinology, NOTHING which makes him ANY authority) Neal D. Barnard offhandedly negates decades of nutritional advances in this prankster-ish film with the outrageous statement: “Diabetes is not and never was caused by eating a high carbohydrate diet, and it is not caused by eating sugar.” Huh?  What about all the folks on low-carb and keto diets who have lost mountains of weight and “cured” their diabetes?  Sugar is to the  early 21st century as tobacco was to the Mad Men era except we’ve already heard the “It’s Toasted!” line.

Yeah, it would be nice if we could free all the farmed livestock but what would become of them? Sadly, like the “Rabbits: Pets or Meat” segment of Michael Moore’s documentary” Roger and Me” animals/people that have no economic significance to humans/corporations (shut-out Flint, MI workers to G.M.) soon cease to exist. The best way to love cattle is to do your best to support those that provide them a quality life experience and keep eating them to ensure their continuity.

I’ve completed two 72 hour fast episodes now- separated by 90 days- due to prompting from my 30 sumthin’ daughter Amanda. The idea was daunting for someone accustomed to regular meals but it turns out the normal , healthy human body is remarkably adept at managing energy intake and usage. For me the most difficult part was skipping that first mealtime. After that,  hunger was really no issue and increased mental acuity and an accelerated sense of the passage of time were remarkable. I spend considerable time cooking so had expected the time normally spent preparing and consuming meals to drag by while fasting. Not so at all!

I used a low-carb electrolyte replacement powder in water and went on with my everyday farm activities with seemingly more than normal intensity.  Sleeping thru the night was improved. Skipping the first meal was easier if another activity was planned to displace it.

Top researcher in fasting’s differential effect on cancer cells and fast-mimicking diet’s reversal of diabetes is Valter D.Longo of USC Leonard Davis. His short vid’s on fast mimicking and cancer protection are instructive.

Relevant links:    lifestyle.engineeering               healthline

“If it could only  be this simple” that is a switch to ketogenic diet as a central solution to the myriad (non-infectious) ailments of modern humans. US, AU and So African doctors and researchers continue unraveling the reality of big cereal, big sugar and the worldwide explosion of type 2 diabetes. Lots of smart, articulate interviews. Bonus appearance by Joel Salatin: the poet laureate of pasture-based livestock! Netflix stream, other.

A refreshing antidote to  “What the Health” fabrications.

Aussie Sugar Intervention 

Refreshingly frank NYT video on how the long-time sugar producing culture of Mackay AU is dealing with realities of modern consumption. Couldn’t be done here: the industry is too powerful.