Ever wonder why your urine is neon yellow when you take synthetic vitamins?
You cannot compare the amounts (milligrams) of vitamins in a synthetic formula to that of a food concentrate. Foods (e.g. organic kale or carrots) and food concentrates contain small amounts of hundreds of nutrients not listed on the label. Food concentrates are low dose and high potency, whereas synthetics are high dose and low potency.
Saturated Fats
Eating saturated fats lowers consumption of and cravings for unhealthy carbohydrates. Every cell membrane in your body requires (50%) saturated fatty acids to be waterproof. Your bones need saturated fat to assimilate calcium effectively. Saturated fat sends a signal of feeling full so you eat less, lose fat, and maintain a normal weight. The brain is 60-65% fat. Imagine what is happening when it is deprived of the necessary saturated fat…think possibly Alzheimer’s and dementia…
The fact about fats!
You need a good mixture of fats in your food plan: [Read more…]
Reproductive system and dietary fats
The female reproductive system requires fat-soluble vitamins (A,E,F,K) as well as other vitamins found in the right kinds of dietary fats for good health. When these nutrients are missing, female reproductive health is compromised, and given time, it will break down, resulting in what has become known as “irreversible” changes that require hysterectomy.* Be sure YOU take responsibility for getting the proper nutrition to allow YOUR body to heal itself. You have choices and options!
*West, Bruce, Dr. Natural Fitness Newsletter, Vol 7, Issue 8, page 2
Resource: Enig, Mary, PhD. Know Your Fats: The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol, pg 90. Bethesda Press, Silver Spring, MD, 2000.
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Myths and Truths about Cholesterol
From a Weston A. Price brochure entitled ‘Myths & Truths about Cholesterol’ (not in its entirety):
Myth: Cholesterol and saturated fat clog arteries.
Truth: There is very little cholesterol or saturated fat in the arterial plaque or clogs. Most of the material is a calcium deposit akin to lime and most of the fatty acids are unsaturated.
Myth: Cholesterol-lowering drugs have saved many lives.
Truth: In the two most recent trials, involving over ten thousand subjects, cholesterol-lowering did not result in any improvement in outcome.
Myth: Countries that have a high consumption of animal fat and cholesterol have higher rates of heart disease.
Truth: There are MANY exceptions to this observation, such as France and Spain. Furthermore, an association (called a “risk factor”) is not the same as a cause. In wealthy countries where people eat a lot of animal foods, many other factors exist that can contribute to heart disease.
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Just Because It’s Common, Doesn’t Make it Normal Series: Passing gas
We all have that relative whose fart smells sooo bad that it clears a four story building. You know who I am talking about! 🙂
What is actually happening is the digested proteins are not breaking down correctly because the stomach acids are low or absent – achlorhydria (complete absence of HCL) or hypochlorhydria (diminished HCL). There is a gas building up from the proteins and that is where the farting is coming from. If you don’t have [Read more…]
