meat and coconut oil

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"The number of baby boomers
who are opting for knee replacement surgery
earlier in life
is growing at an exponential rate,
according to Dr. J. David Blaha,
an orthopedic surgeon at Univesity of Michigan Health System....

...Only a few years ago,
doctors performed between
300,000 to 350,000 knee replacement surgeries annually.
Today that number has risen to a staggering 500,000.
Experts estimate that there could be
as many as 3.2 million annual
knee replacement surgeries just ten years from now...

...Dr. Blaha attritbutes this increase
'to baby boomers wanting to maintain an active lifestyle,'
with no mention of the debilitating effects
from today's processed food diet....

...Lots of baby boomers
are getting knee replacements
simply to be able to walk without pain.
The notion that human beings
should be leading a normal,
active lifestyle well into old age
- without replacing any parts -
seems to have fallen by the wayside."
- Sally Fallon and Mary Enig in
Wise Traditions Volume 9 Number 3

See that picture up there with all those sexy fitness trainers sitting eating lunch at the diner?
They were at the Fast Track to Fitness Millions summit in Morristown, NJ this past week.
Notice what they are and aren't eating.
(Also notice my brilliant nutritionist/trainer sitting at the head of the table in the white hoodie. By the way he's holding his knife and fork he must be eating meat :-)

They're eating
Meat.
Beef.
Fatty, red, bloody meat.

Not a froo froo salad.
Not the steamed vegetarian plate.
Not anemic, pale chicken.
Not some low fat, non-nutritious crap.

And all the white stuff on the table?
The bread, potatoes and starch?
They left it.

These are professional fitness people.
Trainers.
Athletes.
Nutritionists.

What's right with this picture?
(click here for an article by a NON-PROFIT agency with no stake in the beef industry regarding the benefits of eating grass-fed beef).

Here's an excerpt:

"It is true that beef consumption in the United States has gone up during the last eighty years, the period of huge increases in heart disease.

Today we consume 79 pounds of beef per person per year versus 54 in 1909, a 46% increase-but poultry consumption has increased a whopping 280%, from 18 pounds per person per year to 70.

Consumption of vegetable oils, including those that have been hydrogenated, has increased 437%, from 11 pounds per person per year to 59; while consumption of butter, lard and tallow has plummeted from 30 pounds per person per year to just under 10.
Whole milk consumption has declined by almost 50%, while lowfat milk consumption has doubled.

Consumption of eggs, fresh fruits (excluding citrus),
fresh vegetables, fresh potatoes and whole grain products has declined;
but consumption of sugar and other sweeteners has almost doubled.

Why, then, do today's politically correct dietary gurus continue to blame beef consumption for our ills?
Is it because it is the one wholesome food
that has shown an increase over the past ninety years?"
- "It's the Beef"
by Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, PhD

Sally and Mary have nothing to gain by promoting traditional eating.

So if you're thinking of those ads that say
"Beef: It's What's for Dinner"
or
"Pork is the other white meat"
think again.

Sally Fallon and Mary Enig are not members of some pro-meat lobby.
They're not going to gain anything financially by speaking the truth about traditional foods.
They're doing good non-commercial research and living the lifestyle.

I think it's important to look at what a person has to gain by promoting a certain way of life before you believe anything they have to say.
We have to look at what THEY've gained by living that way before we take their word for anything.

You shall know them by their fruits.

The folks who are eating the wise, traditional way are more healthy and less angry than the mood swingy, light headed, hyper, sickly vegetarians who are afraid of good fats or animal foods.

Or maybe I'm just seeing what I want to see.
I've done that plenty of times before.
I've projected what I wanted to see in people rather than what was there.
I've put faith in diets that failed me.

This may or may not be the way of life that gets and keeps me healthy.

Only time will tell.

Till then, it's liver and eggs for breakfast right now...
cuz I'm just that sexy.

*Lisa's Video Pick of the Day*
I've been taking a heaping teaspoon of raw virgin coconut oil every morning since I saw Antonio last week. It's essential for weight loss and for fighting yeast, pathogens and fungus.
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