MedPageToday is a reliable source of woefully misleading information, especially when trillions of dollars in medical revenue are being threatened by healthier children and adults.
You don’t need medical science to tell you what to eat. For thousands maybe millions of years mankind ate what God provided: raw milk, any meat you could raise or catch, any greens, berries or fruits that grew on unsprayed trees. Eat food the way God packaged it and you’ll be fine. Trouble is, now days unless you raise your own, you can’t get food direct from God’s food basket. There’s the rub.
I live in rural Kentucky next to an Amish farm. For me, it’s pretty much free but I hear you. That’s what needs to change. Good food minimally processed with nontoxic ingredients needs to be the rule… not the exception.
If one eats a wholesome meal, cravings disappear, so eating less packaged goods and only whole foods is less expensive. I make less than $40k a year yet I buy meat from ranchers and only organic produce. The other benefit is I have no health issues so no Dr bills or medication cost.
I think just limiting packaged products and cooking with meat, potatoes and veggies is a great start. Walmart (even tho I despise that concept) offers supposedly organic choices. I have avoided aisle shopping mostly due to low income.
Steak, eggs, cottage cheese, and orange juice for breakfast! Yummy and good for my tummy. Going for a long summer solitice walk in the forest afterwards : ).
Thank you for this excellent rebuttal to Susan Mayne’s critique of the MAHA nutrition report. In 2014 I read Nina Teicholz book The Big Fat Surprise which explained why butter, meat and cheese belongs in a heathy diet. What an eye-opener! Today, too few people have taken the time to research or follow nutritional science. Your marvelous posting is a gift of clarity to those who may have fallen behind the current findings and is questioning MAHA's proposed corrections.
A more direct way of characterizing the article: "This opinion piece comes straight out of 1980, uninfluenced by advances in nutrition science since then. Is this the pushback of a reactionary Old Guard, or merely an attempt to protect the profits of Big Food? Hard to tell..."
You don’t need medical science to tell you what to eat. For thousands maybe millions of years mankind ate what God provided: raw milk, any meat you could raise or catch, any greens, berries or fruits that grew on unsprayed trees. Eat food the way God packaged it and you’ll be fine. Trouble is, now days unless you raise your own, you can’t get food direct from God’s food basket. There’s the rub.
If you can afford it
I live in rural Kentucky next to an Amish farm. For me, it’s pretty much free but I hear you. That’s what needs to change. Good food minimally processed with nontoxic ingredients needs to be the rule… not the exception.
If one eats a wholesome meal, cravings disappear, so eating less packaged goods and only whole foods is less expensive. I make less than $40k a year yet I buy meat from ranchers and only organic produce. The other benefit is I have no health issues so no Dr bills or medication cost.
Hope that helps.
I think just limiting packaged products and cooking with meat, potatoes and veggies is a great start. Walmart (even tho I despise that concept) offers supposedly organic choices. I have avoided aisle shopping mostly due to low income.
Steak, eggs, cottage cheese, and orange juice for breakfast! Yummy and good for my tummy. Going for a long summer solitice walk in the forest afterwards : ).
Thank you for this detailed and documented response which actually stands alone as a good article.
Thank you for this excellent rebuttal to Susan Mayne’s critique of the MAHA nutrition report. In 2014 I read Nina Teicholz book The Big Fat Surprise which explained why butter, meat and cheese belongs in a heathy diet. What an eye-opener! Today, too few people have taken the time to research or follow nutritional science. Your marvelous posting is a gift of clarity to those who may have fallen behind the current findings and is questioning MAHA's proposed corrections.
A more direct way of characterizing the article: "This opinion piece comes straight out of 1980, uninfluenced by advances in nutrition science since then. Is this the pushback of a reactionary Old Guard, or merely an attempt to protect the profits of Big Food? Hard to tell..."
Great work!
My first grandchild will be arriving in early August so this is perfect timing for her & for her grandparents to eat healthier!!
MedPageToday is the same as Medscape, right?
MudPageToday is what I will call it.