tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45007182821716435752011-11-27T16:27:03.706-08:00A few thoughts from a retired and reformed dietitianKris Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13240540937661790479noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500718282171643575.post-36824223821861166032011-11-27T15:48:00.000-08:002011-11-27T16:27:03.721-08:00

Here we go again - blaming fat, especially the wrong kind of fat, rather than carbs and commercial vegetable oils. An article in today's (11/27/11) Blade claims to tell you how to make baked good healthier, but it's the usual misguided advice.Replacing part of the butter with pureed fruit will just make the item higher in carbs, contributing to undesirable blood sugar gyrations. Using oil rather

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In response to the Editorial on page 37 of the October 10-16, 2011 large print weekly of the NYTimes, titled "Where to Find the Innovators?"(They are always changing the name!) I wrote this response - but was too late to send it.What do you mean 'Where are the innovators?' There are plenty of innovators but they are being systematically squashed!There are innovative eco-farmers who are producing

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A headline on the business page in yesterday's Blade:Algae food found in 30% of Ohio farmland - Phosphorus linked to outbreaks on lake"Ohio's six state agency directors learned Wednesday that nearly a third of all Buckeye State farmland is believed to contain too much phosphorus, one of many possible reasons for large annual algae outbreaks in western Lake Erie since 1995."This is another reason

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From The New York Times Opinion PagesHow to Save a Trillion DollarsBy MARK BITTMANInteresting article! Too bad he picks on Ornish as an example of healthy eating. He's headed in the right direction except for his misplaced fat phobia. People are forever misunderstanding the value of natural saturated fats to avoid excess carbs and excess polyunsaturated fats, and spare the essential fatty acids.I

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To The Nation As a Progressive who for the first time became politically active in 2008, working for the Obama campaign, I’ll have to say I am disappointed not only because Pres. Obama has fallen under the influence of big business interests, but because the Progressive movement seems to have been so silent on some issues which are dear to the hearts of many of us, issues that might be called

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I listened to BBC Business Weekly this morning (Sunday) – ‘A glimpse of the future’ during which Lucy Kellaway commented on why corporate hatred is rampant these days.She identifies emotional response to the credit crunch, executive pay, corporate image building, and the Internet as driving this hatred, but I would add these really important reasons why we "hate" or are very disillusioned with

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Ordinary table salt is a killer. I just read today in Dr. Bruce West's Health Alert about a doctor in Finland who developed a "therapeutic salt’ that contains less sodium, with added magnesium, potassium, and the amino acid l-lysine hydrochloride. Called Pansalt its use in a Finnish study change resulted in a more than 60% reduction in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke! A

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I started this back in May, but it’s even more appropriate today! This seems to be what we've gotten back to:From "The Old Enemies" by New York Times columnist, Paul Krugmanhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/opinion/24krugman.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"Mr. Obama wanted to transcend partisanship. Instead, however, he finds himself very much in the position Franklin Roosevelt described in a famous

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My recent comments to the editors of The Progressive:Thank you for "Taking Tea Partiers Seriously." As a progressive who for the first time worked in a political campaign, I went door to door for Obama. I've also given some support to Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep Dennis Kucinich here in Ohio. But right now I'm very disappointed with what is going on in Washington, because I see so many ways in

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A February 3 article on the vaccine-autism link in the Toledo Blade prompted a related editorial on Feb. 6 that reflected the excessive influence of the drug industry on our health care system. My letter to the Editor in response was published yesterday. Elaborating on my letter, which got cut somewhat...The research in Lancet by Dr. Andrew Wakefield was not flawed, but with the imminent

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This is a letter I wrote to Public Citizen recently. Public Citizen has been pushing for a single payer system as a far more efficient way to take care of our health care needs:Dear Public Citizen, I agree that a single payer health care system makes a great deal more sense than preserving the profits of the health insurance and drug industries, but whatever the system, we will never get health

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It seems like there are item daily in the newspaper that I'd like to respond to. Here's a recent letter to The Blade responding to a Blade editorial called 'Fat be not proud' http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091206/OPINION03/912060316 (4th letter down the page)While it's true that obesity is a major and growing health problem in our country, Congress and industry certainly need

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I recently read the book, The Vegetarian Myth, and found it fascinating. http://www.lierrekeith.com/work.htm"In The Vegetarian Myth, Lierre Keith argues that a vegetarian diet isn’t the way to save the planet. Part memoir, part nutritional primer, and part political manifesto, The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice and Sustainability challenges everything we know about food politics." From Pegasus

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Monday night I went to an event called The Magic of Tanzania, a glorious celebration of the artwork of a group of women artists from Tanzania, all eager to sell some of their wares. It was an outstanding evening, highlighted by an incredible style show of creations by fashion designer, Fatma Amor. See http://www.artistsoftanzania.org/ for details of this exchange program.This article from the New

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Response to REFORMING AMERICA’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: A CALL TO ACTIONBy Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.)As a dietitian I am concerned that one crucial element is missing in all the discussion about reforming our health care system. The Baucus Call to Action calls for "a "RightChoices" card that guarantees access to recommended preventive care, including services like a health

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Dear President Obama,I am concerned that health care reform will be ineffective unless the monopoly of the conventional drug/surgery paradigm is broken. Our present system is too driven by the search for profits which the insurance system just supports. With our present system effective natural therapies, such as natural foods, supplements and detoxification, that restore health and help the body

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Obesity continues to make headlines - not surprising, because the very recommendations that contribute to obesity are still being touted by the 'experts'. Looking at Cleveland Clinic's website for their recommendations, I see skim milk (actually good for fattening pigs), various margarines & oils (modern vegetable oil industries don't want you to know that obesity and chronic disease have risen

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Excellent article by Michael Pollan on the potential influence of the health insurance industry on the food and agriculture industries. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/opinion/10pollan.html

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In spite of all the talk abut health care reform, few are identifying the real reasons why there is so much resistance to changing our system in which we spend enormous amount of money on "health" care while so few of us are genuinely healthy (without reliance on drugs!). A truly well nourished body has remarkable healing abilities, but the food industry makes lots of money supplying us with

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Are you aware that allopathic medicine has been high-jacked by the drug industry. MD's are taught to diagnose disease and prescribe the appropriate drug, which does not address the underlying cause of the illness, and often has side effects requiring yet another drug, more side effects, and more drugs. They are not taught the remarkable healing powers of the body if it is given appropriate

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Are you aware that allopathic medicine has been high-jacked by the drug industry. MD's are taught to diagnose disease and prescribe the appropriate drug, which does not address the underlying cause of the illness, and often has side effects requiring yet another drug, more side effects, and more drugs. They are not taught the remarkable healing powers of the body if it is given appropriate

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The headlines are discouraging – ‘Obesity rates soar among boomers,’ ‘Serious ailments in our health-care debate.’ Somehow things don’t change.I wrote this letter to the Blade 3 years ago:"I am disappointed that the Blade is promoting the misleading recommendation that a low fat diet is still best. True, if you follow a low fat diet, you avoid the troublesome fats, like trans fats and highly

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I have been reading the most incredible book:Virtual Medicine, second editionby Keith Sccott-Mumby, MD, PhD."The Birth of Energy Medicine in the West"Ancient Healing Arts combine with Western Scientific Technology to Create a Medical Revolution.He makes the connection between quantum physics and many traditional healing arts, such as acupuncture, homeopathy, Reiki, light/color therapy, gem

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Garden AdventuresHurrah! I have a real compost pile going. I followed the general guidelines in Steve Solomon’s book, Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times, see http://tinyurl.com/SolomonCompost . I made it big enough and layered it properly with garden soil to inoculate with soil microbes and cottonseed meal for extra nitrogen, and watered it properly with rain water plus some

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A headline in today's paper reads "Study finds 1 in 5 U.S. 4 year olds are obese" I had to comment!The finding that 1 in 5 U.S. 4 year olds are obese is not surprising considering the heavy dose of sugar, white flour, and refined vegetable oils provided by many of the foods in our grocery stores. It’s a mistake to blame fat for our obesity epidemic when the carbs in sugar and flour are more

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