Government Studies support diets that support big corporations

I read a study today that had 22 health experts rating diets.  A vegan diet barely met the 3.0 overall rating. The Raw Food Diet was rated as one of the worst 3.  Why? The article says

2. Raw Food Diet (score: 2.1) 

• Type: Low-calorie 
• The aim: Depends, but may include weight loss, improved health and helping the environment
• The claim: Raw food is packed with natural enzymes and nutrients that help the body reach optimal health — and you’ll shed pounds.
• Promotes: Raw food that hasn’t been cooked, processed, microwaved, irradiated, genetically engineered or exposed to pesticides or herbicides, including fresh fruits, berries, vegetables, nuts, seeds and herbs
• Reduces: Eliminates anything pasteurized, all processed foods, refined sugars and flours, table salt and caffeine
• Pros: Fruits and veggies dominate the menu; nearly guaranteed weight loss
• Cons: Tedious meal prep; equipment required; lots of rules
• Cardiovascular benefits: According to U.S. News, it’s unclear, but this diet could have a positive effect. “An eating pattern heavy on fruits and veggies, but light on saturated fat and salt, is considered the best way to keep cholesterol and blood pressure in check and heart disease at bay,” U.S. News stated.
• Why No. 19? Experts found this diet to be lacking in calories, calcium and vitamins B12 and D. Its safety was also questioned because experts felt the emphasis on raw and undercooked ingredients resulted in a high risk of food poisoning.

 

Let's get this straight, the only cons they came up with is that there is

1) Tedious meal prep? I guess if nuking food for 30 seconds and sitting on your butt in front of the TV is your idea of fun, preparing healthy meals from the rainbow colored fruits and veggies pictured above might be tedious. This attitude has most Americans eating out instead of making home made meals like our grandparents. But if you don't want to prep, eat them as is.

2) Equipment required?! Are you kidding me? Eating Raw Food intrinsically requires no equipment for basic preparation, it's raw, remember? For the advanced or "tedious" preparation I guess equipment is needed, but is their microwave, stove and bbq not equipment?  The only equipment I know of for advanced raw-food is a food processor, vita-mix and dehydrator.

3) Lots of rules?! One rule folks, don't heat past 118 degrees. 

I love that it's unclear to them that "an eating pattern heavy on fruits and veggies and light on fat and salt is considered the best way to keep cholesterol and blood pressure in check and heart disease at bay." 

The experts found this diet lacking in calories. According to the U.S. Surgeon General’s office, obesity is now the fastest- growing cause of illness and death in America today. But hey, let's discredit diets that cut down on calories.

Lacking in calcium?! What because we don't drink pasteurized milk that actually weakens our bones? Sesame seeds, broccoli, kale, beans, almonds and walnuts which are all grown locally without mistreating animals are rich in calcium.

Lacking in B12?! Lifetime vegetarians in India don't have Vit B12 deficiencies. Maybe because Green Beans, Beets, Carrots, Peas, and under the sea vegetables like Nori and Spirulina contain Vitamin B12 as do fermented foods like Water Kefir, Miso and Fermented seed and nut cheeses. Vitamin B12 is necessary in miniscule amounts. It is needed in such small amounts it is spoken of in micrograms, not even in milligrams. Regardless of what authorities say, this much we can secure through a diet of fruits, nuts and vegetables as is illustrated by one of the most populated countries in the world, India, where the largest bio-diversity of vegetables is grown and consumed.

Lacking in Vitamin D?! Come on now, Sunshine is where we get Vitamin D and the sun shines everywhere. You can't blame food if you don't get up and get out in the sun. I walk to work every day to get my 40 minutes of sun. I guess getting out in the sun might be considered tedious by nutritionists too, but I call it logical. In India, as soon as the sun comes up, people go out in their courtyards which are in the middle of their homes and this is their living room where they actually live, eat, work and play. In America, the center stage of our indoor living rooms is the TV which promotes hiding from the sun and taking in more calories. 

Uncooked ingredients result in risk of food poisoning? Organic food is the purist, least poisoned food in the world. We can eat it uncooked and unwashed if we want to.  Cooking food doesn't kill the cancer causing carcinogens but I guess that's not food poisoning that's body poisoning which is making millions for these same nutritionists and dr's so they won't mention that.

Here is a link to the article: http://www.hellawella.com/dash-tops-list-of-best-diets-for-healthy-eating-atk...

May you not be duped into believing everything you read.  In the Bible, the Boreans were considered more noble-minded because they examined the scriptures to make sure that what they were being taught was true. May you too examine whether the meat diets this article is promoting is consistent with good health. Dr. Campbell and Dr. Esselstyn have demonstrated otherwise in "Forks over Knives" as did Joe Cross in "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead." "Dying to have Known" also highlighted the medical communities unjustified attempt to discredit people like Dr. Gerson. 

Like the article said pure food results "in weight loss, improved health and helping the environment", what could be nobler than that?

Yours in knowledge, scrutiny and health,

I remain

Ta-raw Hamilton
www.ta-raw.com