@novamc1 wrote:
Many things have been posted here lately that look profoundly both true and false to me, based on things I saw published MANY years ago (no "New Age" food fads here!)
Advising a diabetic to occasionally drink beer or wine makes some sense, if one reads up on the nutrients and value of brewer's yeast, which I suppose is used to brew beer. Wine has long been known to "deaden" a voracious appetite, and grapes from which wine is made contain their own nutrients that our bodies can use.
Recommending that a diabetic eat many small meals per day has been around forever, too. The "three-meal-per-day" tradition is a modern idea that evolved to suit the busy schedules of modern people--not to mention the easy availability of large food quantities. Ancient humans nibbled or grazed on whatever food they could hunt or forage for, all day long.
Insisting on a "plant-based diet" ignores what might be present or totally absent from soil in which all this plant food is grown. Soil conditions and contents vary not only regionally in the U.S. but around the world. Too many known and unknown nutrients exist that support human health, metabolism, and most importantly, insulin production and control. Where are we going to get them all in adequate amounts? Certainly not by shutting out entire food groups from our diets.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR FOOD IS GROWN...AND IN EXACTLY WHAT AND HOW? Of course, you don't.
That's why I support tuning out the shrill voices of opinionated people who write, sell (and buy) the "best-selling" books that come out about nutrition and health. NOBODY knows EVERYTHING about how EVERYONE-- EVERYWHERE-- should eat for every occasion.
I firmly believe that the safest thing a person can do is eat from all food groups in moderation. A diet plan prohibiting just four ounces of lean meat, fish or fowl per day could cost a person's body some very important vitamins and minerals that interact with one another and other foods to maintain life.
To get the same amount of complete protein, iron, zinc, selenium, chromium, etc,., from that little serving of meat by eating the incomplete proteins contained in plants, one would have to pile a plate very high with starchy grains, beans, greens and other foods that might help but are no more a complete and healthful diet than anything else we can consume.
Humans are born omnivores who have survived all this time eating both plant and animal foods. I'd like to see a vegetarian try to convince a carnivorous lion or tiger that he should convert to eating only plants. I suspect the vegetarian would be devoured on the spot.
I am willing to provide a stamped, self-addressed envelope to any plant-food fanatic and have them mail it to my grave when they prove they outlived me. My diet might not be any more complete than theirs, but I'm hedging my bets by eating some of EVERY type of food. And I wouldn't totally discount advice from a credentialed professional who is supposed to be helping me combat a diagnosed disease.
This~! Excellent.....
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