TO EAT... OR NOT

Foods that we assume are good for us may not be as healthy as we think. This page addresses the issue. Readers can become informed and make their own decisions. As I say in my disclaimer, I am not a medical professional (nor do I play one on TV).

TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT (SCROLL DOWN)

WHEAT
FRUIT JUICES
'FAST-FOOD' BREAKFASTS
VEGETABLES (WITH 'EDIBLE' COATING)

WHEAT

A growing number of experts say "not to eat" wheat. Dr. Loren Cordain, a professor at Colorado State University and an expert on Paleolithic lifestyles argues that we (humans) are not designed to eat grains--that doing so may actually be damaging to the gut.

"There's no human requirement for grains. That's the problem with the USDA recommendations. They think we're hardwired as a species to eat grains. You can get by just fine and meet every single nutrient requirement that humans have without eating grains. And grains are absolutely poor sources of vitamins and minerals compared to fruits and vegetables and meat and fish.

"Grains are the seeds of a plant. They're its reproductive material, and plants don't make their reproductive material to give away for free to other animals. If they did they'd become extinct, and so the evolutionary strategy that many plants, particularly cereal grains have taken to prevent predation is to evolve toxic compounds so that the predator of the seeds can't eat them, so that they can put their seeds in the soil where they're meant to be to grow a new plant and not in the gut of an animal to feed it."

More information about Dr. Cordain and his findings can be found at this link.

More on WHEAT as I find it.


FRUIT JUICES: APPLE AND GRAPE

I receive a newsletter from Dr. Mercola. This morning's edition contains a study on store-bought fruit juices' link to arsenic and lead ingestion. It seems that apple and grape juice have the highest concentration. The FDA article addresses organic fruit juices and levels of toxicity. It seems "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." might not apply anymore.

Dr. Mercola
reportingonhealth.org
Consumer Reports
FDA (a different viewpoint)


FAST-FOOD BREAKFASTS

6 Worst Fast-Food Breakfasts


'EDIBLE COATING' ON VEGETABLES

I just came upon this information at mercola.com. I suggest you check it out. My understanding is that some romaine (and other produce) is being coated with an 'edible', invisible film to preserve shelf life. As you'll see in the video, it can be peeled off. (Please watch)