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.
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?
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"...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."
"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."
"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..."
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