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Diet Dogmas are Dangerous Things, some reading material for you

this was at the article:
THEY ARE LYING ABOUT YOUR FOOD:  http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2004/01/278868.shtml

It was a comment of mine and I thought I would give this a bit more exposure for everyone's sake.
They other comments at the link above were discussing meat. Actually, some bodies may require it more than others, though I agree with the comments about industrial meat--bad for everyone. However, it is better to phrase this as acid/alkaline issues and biochemical individuality issues:

The Acid Alkaline Balance Diet : An Innovative Program for Ridding Your Body of Acidic Wastes by Felicia Drury Kliment (Paperback)
 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0658016954/ref=pd_sim_books_1/104-3627364-1373502?v=glance&s=books

The Nutrition Solution: A Guide to Your Metabolic Type
by Harold J., D.D.S. Kristal, James M., N.C. Haig, John R. Lee
 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1556434375/ref=pd_sim_books_1/104-3627364-1373502?v=glance&s=books

and, remember, biochemical individuality over ideological dogma in your diet. Make sure it suits YOU instead of an ideology:

 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0879838930/qid=1075351009/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-3627364-1373502?v=glance&s=books

at least read reviews, very informative three books here. I should know. I poured through a lot of crap to find these diamonds in the rough.

And if you take this a bit further, then you may be wondering then that all this idea about state general standards about nutrition, because they assume equitable nutrituional requiremnets, are all incredibly wrong. If anything at the very least nutritional requirements on the back of packages should have Type I or Type II recommendations side by side instead of the pretention that everyone will get healthy eating the same things.


What use it is to attempt to escape from the commodification of your food, if you only fall into the commodification driven recommendations of a diet(TM)? ;-) Learn about yourself first, then find what it takes for you.


peace
Hey, actually it's being 28.Jan.2004 23:23

hey

framed as a compassion issue towards the animals who are made into our meat, not "factory farmed meat is bad for the human body," although that may also be true in excess. It can be called dogma to promote a vegetarian diet, but regardless of the label I do think that people should realize who they're eating, and how they got onto one's plate, and not pass off the whole issue as the "food police" or "dogmatic thinking" or something. If we talk about using fair trade coffee is that called dogmatic and policing our food? No, it's called compassion for those who produce it. I don't really consider a vegetarian diet a "lifestyle" choice, I consider it the choice of being able to live compassionately and not harm the innocents who are truly tortured into the meat I might eat. If one thinks that's too strong a statement, please do some reasearch into animal farming methods. See  http://www.veganoutreach.com (how food is made into meat section) or  http://www.cok.net or various PETA sites. There are videos one can download for free too. Of course it's anyone's choice what they choose to eat, but even if one feels that they must eat it for health, best not to do it in ignorance of how the meat was produced.

look like some interesting books 29.Jan.2004 00:32

Hey

I've had a problem all my life with a skin condition caused by my acidic self. Looks Interesting.

I tried being a vegatarian for a while, years ago, but my body just can't handle it. I'm one of those people with a nuclear reactor inside, instead of a normal metabolism. At 6' and 140 pounds, I need meat. Everything gotta die sometime and I'm almost constantly hungry. After eating a large meal, I'm hungry in 15 minutes. I try not to eat too much meat, but sometimes I can't help it. I'm hungry. Really hungry.

Now I'm hungry, bye.

Re: look like some interesting books 29.Jan.2004 12:59

non-carnivore

Jesus!
I'd hate like hell to be stuck on a life raft with this guy!

yes 29.Jan.2004 14:22

me

"No, it's called compassion for those who produce it. "

Quite agreed, I would hate to be seen against that.