Archive for the ‘Veganism and Vegetarianism’ Category

What’s with Beef? Myths and Truths of Red Meat

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Butter.
Eggs.
Beef.

What do these have in common? They’ve all been demonized by Diet Dictocrats! Eggs have been redeemed, condemned, redeemed, condemned and finally redeemed again. And butter is a story for another day. Let’s focus on beef.

Juicy hamburgers, steaks and roasts are blamed for diabetes; high blood pressure; cardiovascular disease; bladder, stomach, colon and breast cancer; autoimmune disease; E.coli; impotence; and blindness as well causing more emissions to the planet than vehicles!

Let’s hit on a few highlights! (more…)

Posted in American Heart Association, Cholesterol, Dietary Fat, Dietary Guidelines, Human Health Foods, Protein, Red Meat, saturated fats, Veganism and Vegetarianism | 3 Comments »

An Explanation About Why We Need to Eat Grass-Fed Beef

Monday, February 28th, 2011
Ruminant Digestion
Q: “Dried grains, or some form of that with solubles … is a valuable market commodity and is used as a feed supplement for cattle and other livestock.  … the protein content of the distillery slop can range from 10% to around 33%. Together with its fiber content, this slop (DDG) isn’t exactly lacking in nutrition…”  Why not grain-fed?
“Grass-Fed Nation
Steers & Steppes Forever”

A:  Ruminant animals, like cows, are healthier when their diet contains grass in the summer and hay (dried grass), silage (fermented grass) and root vegetables in the winter versus a grain diet.  It is common for cows to be fed grains, but it causes problems for the cows:  the waste from microbial digestion of starches is lactic acid, which is not valuable to ruminant (acetic acid is a metabolic waste used as an energy source by cattle), the rumen pH lowers causing acidosis and the animal’s health, milk and meat are adversely affected.  Cows eating large amounts of grains can die.  Also, the colostrum of acidic cows have few antibodies because they are immunosuppressed.  Damage to the cow’s liver is attributed to high levels of protein in soy-based feed.  Grain-fed cattle do not obtain the fat-soluble vitamins (vitamin A, D, K), occurring in the fat of grass-fed animals, which support endocrine function and protect against inflammation.

Posted in Dietary Guidelines, food sources, Grass-Fed, Meat source, Ruminant Digestion, Soy, tiger versus cow, Veganism and Vegetarianism, vitamins | No Comments »

Letter to the Heart Health Seminar Leader at DCTC, MN

Thursday, February 17th, 2011
To Whom It May Concern:

I am a student in the interior design program here at DCTC. My interest was perked when I saw the email for a seminar about Heart Health and I was concerned about the information that would be given to students about heart health.

Over the last two years, I have been an advocate of real, traditional foods after reading a life-changing book called Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, by Weston A. Price, DDS.

I was a vegetarian for 4 years, eating a ‘heart healthy’ diet as endorsed by the American Heart Association, and eating according to the USDA guidelines.  My health declined and I was so astounded as to why, I was eating a seemingly heart healthy, low fat, low sugar diet, most of the food I was eating I prepared myself, luckily, I didn’t exist on processed food, like so many modern diets. I was very conscious and always researching ways to make complete proteins and ensuring I had took a quality source of supplementation for items in my diet I was not getting naturally. When all else failed, I started eating meat, again, following even more closely the USDA guidelines, exercising 5-6 days a week and eating almost religiously to the standards that I was taught were healthy.

After four years of eating this way, my health continued to decline, I had acne, eczema, asthma and I developed a major depressive disorder, as diagnosed by my therapist. On a quest for naturally healing myself, I began to dig deep and I found a wealth of information through a non-profit organization called The Weston A. Price Foundation. After learning about multiple studies that were done since the 1920’s debunking the lipid hypothesis, the basis in which the AHA exists; and the fact that the studies that are done that tell us about what we currently believe cause heart disease are funded by statin drug companies, shocked me.

I have since been existing on a diet that consists of low carbohydrate foods, such as bone broth soups from pastured, organic animals, organic virgin pressed coconut oil, ghee, spring fed organic butter, pastured eggs, fish, cod liver oil, pastured meats from animals eating their natural diet, living their natural lifestyle, organically grown vegetables, and fermented foods.  I strictly eliminated any foods containing HFCS, soy products, corn products, processed sugars, processed grains, artificial coloring and dyes.

Within not even two years of eating this way, I have NO SIGN of depression, I am not on any medications, acne is gone, eczema is gone, I have maintained a healthy weight and I have more energy and a sense of well being than I ever have.

As you can tell the subject and proper education about heart health and nutrition is very important to me. Since I can’t attend the seminar I am dropping off this information to the administrator in hopes that even one health professional can have this information. There are thousands of Americans who have used real food to get well, I am on a quest to ensure people get the right information, because it is not fair if the public continues to think that a diet high in carbohydrates, low in fat and low in animal products will make them healthy.

Sources for more information of real food nutrition:
www.weightandwellness.com

Thank-you for taking the time to read this…
Sincerely,

Clara Bullick

Posted in American Heart Association, Bone Broth, Current events, Disease, food, glucose, Good Fats vs. Bad Fats, Heart Health, Letter to the Editor, Soy, USDA, Veganism and Vegetarianism, Weston A. Price | No Comments »

In the Name of “Health” Oprah’s Staff Goes Vegan

Friday, February 11th, 2011

As Daniel Vitalis said in The Great Health Debate: vegetarianism and veganism are experiments!  Only consenting adults should partake in the great food experiment.  Our ancestors ate animal protein and fat for survival, and when are humans not in survival mode?  Our bodies are always trying to survive on what we feed it: we need to feed it nourishing foods.

Well, Oprah challenged her staff to a week of veganism.  One staff member has two young kids at home and another staffer reported feeling angry, which was attributed to the fact that she was “addicted”.  (OK, so irrational emotions are just “withdrawal symptoms?”  Thanks, but I’ll pass.)  This staffer is going to stick with it for 21 days because she doesn’t want to be addicted to “junk food, fast food, everything.”

Hold on.  When did animal products become junk food?

And also, Oprah struggles with her weight and is hypothyroid and is giving challenges for people to eat the same foods (i.e. soy) that brought her where she is today.  Is that what you want for your health?

Posted in Disease, Fad Diets, food, Human Health Foods, Oprah Winfrey, Soy, Veganism and Vegetarianism | 1 Comment »