The tragedy of accepting nutritional advice from the mis-directed doctor is the fact that most of this advice is contrary to scientific argument and, if followed, could cause a great deal of harm to your health. For example, "Don't eat butter." Then why do scientific studies refute this position? For example, Margaret Flynn at the University of Missouri found that it made no difference to the cholesterol level whether you ate margarine or butter, and Bruce Holub, of the University of Guelph, stated that the cholesterol-free claims should not be allowed on margarine as the contained cis-trans fats cause the body to dramatically increase the level of the harmful low density cholesterol. Also, the cultures who live long and disease-free lives consume large amounts of butter. Another example of mis-advice is "Don't eat extra salt," as too much salt causes high blood pressure. However, a recent four year study by the prestigious Albert Einstein College of Medicine (done in association with the prestigious Cornell University Medical College) on 1,900 men with high blood pressure, concluded that high blood pressure patients who ate less than 5 grams of salt a day had more than four times as many heart attacks as those who consumed over 10 grams a day. Another 20-year study on 10,000 men with high blood pressure, who were almost totally taken off all salt, was never concluded as all of the men died prematurely with absolutely no change in blood pressure. A control study of another 10,00 men with high blood pressure, who were given double the RDA of calcium, also was cut short as their blood pressures returned to normal within eight weeks. Besides these studies, whatever happened to logic ? We would not crave salt if our bodies didn't require it. If you take the salt block away from the cows, they will become sick, just like the doctor's patients. |