Quotes

Salt is Good

It seems this everlasting mantra to avoid salt has been taken too far! If salt was so bad for us then why do hospitals feed the sick and infirm on intravenous drips that contain saline solutions? This is because salt is highly beneficial for healing and aids the repairing of human tissues.

— Ben Pratt

Nutritions Playground
(the book)

Unbelievable Milk

Can it be right that modern dairies disintegrate nature's perfect food and then rebuild it, but in doing so set their own parameters as to how mauch fat and protein should be contained wihtin it?

— Ben Pratt

Nutritions Playground
(the book)

Increasing Cholesterol

"When cholesterol levels in Japan rose from an unhealthy 3.9mmol/l to a much more 'normal' and healthy 4.9mmol/l, life expectancy increased, and death from all forms of cardiovascular disease fell dramatically."

— Dr Malcolm Kendrick

The Great Cholesterol Con

Saturated fat and Cholesterol

"There is no connection between saturated fat consumption and the needs of the cells around the body to absorb LDL (cholesterol) - none. You might as well suggest that eating protein causes your hair to grow faster. It makes that much sense."

— Dr Malcolm Kendrick

The Great Cholesterol Con

National Dietary Advice

"If the public's diet is going to be decided by popularity polls and with diminishing regard for scientific evidence, I fear that future generations will be left in ignorance of the real merits, as well as the possible faults in any dietary regimen aimed at prevention of coronary heart disease."

— E H Ahrens Jr.

Eminent American Cardiologist

Over eating

"In the course of my observations...I have come to the conclusion that overeating, though it is observed with great regularity, is not the cause of obesity; it is a symptom of an underlying disturbance."

— Hilde Bruch

The Importance of Overweight

Exercise and Appetite

"...exercise physiologists had taken to thinking and talking about hunger as though it were a phenomenon that was exclusive to the brain, a question of willpower rather than the natural consequence of a physiological drive to replace whatever calories may have been expended."

— Gary Taubes

The Diet Delusion

Heart disease & carbohydrates

"A considerable percentage of heart attacks and strokes happen due to the spasm of the artery - the result of severe magnesium deficiency, again caused by the consumption of processed carbohydrates."

— Natasha Campbell-McBride MD

from Put Your Heart in Your Mouth

Admin's Quotes

Love

"Turns out that loving yourself is the greatest way to improve yourself, and as you improve yourself, you'll improve your world."

— Dr. Joe Vitale

from The World's Most Unusual Therapist

So What Changed?

"The fact is that the obesity epidemic is a relatively new phenomenon... What has changed through the years? Simply stated, our food supply has changed along with the changes in our lives brought about by the demands of our fast-paced society. We are depending more and more on processed foods..."

— Jack L. Samuels

from The Obesity Epidemic: Should We Believe What We Read and Hear?