"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." Upton Sinclair
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is Wrong about Sugar, while the Vintage Sugar Ads were Right
John Oliver has no idea what he is talking about when it comes to sugar.
Cue the X-Files Music: Additives in the Food Supply, Walter Bishop and Potassium Bromate, Carrageenan, Guar Gum, Inflammation, Cancer and Disease, Always Check Your Labels
"Research links carrageenan to gastrointestinal inflammation, including higher rates of colon cancer, in laboratory animals. Yet it is still found in many foods, including some certified organic foods." Carrageenan: Studies Reinforce Link to Inflammation, Cancer, and Diabetes
Coconut Oil, The Wonders
The benefits of coconut oil
Are you Sleep Walking through Life?
“Most people are either sleep walking through their waking life or wake walking through their sleeping life. Either way they're not getting much out of it.” Waking Life (2001)
A Cure for Heart Disease
"Broda O. Barnes, M.D., the foremost researcher of the thyroid, went to Graz, Austria, and checked 70,000 autopsies recorded between 1930 and 1970. In his book Heart Attack Rareness in Thyroid Treated Patients, Dr. Barnes details a 20-year study with 1,569 patients. Among the women, 844 had no heart attacks, and men had only 4 of 72 expected heart attacks."
Changing Our Beliefs About Food
Food shouldn't cause us so many problems and worries. Food shoudn't add to our stress, it should help alleviate it.
Nutritional Importance during Pregnancy and Nursing
"I think it’s a bit of a worrying sign of the times that when people have seen me with my newborn, many times the reaction has been: “gee you look good and slim for having just had a baby” like that’s my goal and I’d be complimented. We equate slimness with health. If anything I’ve been trying my best to retain weight for backup to support me through breastfeeding..."
