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MORE BEFUDDLEMENT
A study from Ireland has caused more befuddlement among researchers. Scientists from University College Dublin have found that eating cheese, which is high in saturated fat, does not raise LDL-cholesterol. This is confusing to the research- ers because “eating foods high in saturated fats like cheese can increase your risk of developing high blood cholesterol [wrong]” and “High blood LDL cholesterol is one of the main risk factors for heart disease and stroke [wrong]. . . when there is too much LDL cholesterol in a person’s blood it sticks to the walls of arteries blocking blood flow [sigh, wrong again].” Furthermore, those who ate a lot of dairy foods had a lower body mass index, lower percentage of body fat, lower waist size and lower blood pressure. The explanation: “We have to consider not just the nutrients themselves but also the matrix in which we are eating them in and what the overall dietary pattern is, so not just about the food then, but the pattern of other foods we eat with them as well.” Seems like that explains everything. The scientists also found that those who consumed lowfat milk and yogurt tended to have higher intakes of carbohydrates and higher LDL-cholesterol levels (medicalxpress.com/news/2017- 03-lots-cheese-cholesterol.html). Maybe the explanation for these strange findings is the fact that the whole theory is wrong; but so indoctrinated are most scientists that they never questioning the diet-heart theory itself, but only craft lame explanations for all the paradoxes.
ALL WRONG ABOUT SALT
When you eat too much salt, you become thirsty and drink water so as to dilute the amount of sodium chloride in the bloodstream, keeping sodium at the proper levels and ex- creting the excess. Or so the “salt equation” goes. Research by the Russians indicates that this theory may be all wrong. New studies of Russian cosmonauts, held in isolation to stimulate space travel, found that eating more salt made them less thirsty but paradoxically hungrier. Subsequent experiments found that mice burned more calories when they got more salt, eating 25 percent more just to maintain their weight. It seems that salt stimulates the production of more glucocorticoid hormones, which break down fat and muscle in the body. In addition, salt-detecting neurons in the mouth control the urge to drink, and more salt results in a lower sensation of thirst. “The work suggests that we 10
really do not understand the effect of sodium chloride on the body,” said a study author. “These effects may be far more complex and far-reaching than the relatively simple laws that dictate movement of fluid, based on pressures and particles” (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/health/salt-health- effects.html?_r=0). Still, these preliminary results suggest that increasing salt may be a useful strategy for weight loss, as long as the diet contains sufficient levels of fat to mitigate increased feelings of hunger.
A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT
The United States is twenty-seventh in the rate of infant mortality, behind Canada, Europe and even most countries in Eastern Europe, with over six deaths per one thousand live births. A baby born in the U.S. is nearly three times as likely to die during the first year of life as one born in Finland or Japan. Even though health care spending levels in the U.S. are significantly higher than those of any other country in the world, a baby born in the U.S. is less likely to see his first birthday that one born in Hungary, Poland, or Slovakia. Researchers are scratching their heads for an explanation, noting that thirty-five hundred American babies die of Sud- den Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) each year. Of course, WAPF members know very well that the abysmal dietary advice given to expectant mothers results in poor health of the baby from day one, which will only go downhill as the baby imbibes poor quality breast milk or infant formula, followed by weaning on rice cereal, applesauce and Cheerios. On top of that, most U.S. babies get more than a dozen vaccinations before the age of one, starting with the HepB vaccine before leaving the hospital. Toxins—from Roundup to fluoride—in our food and water also take their toll.
BAD FOR BABIES
New research indicates that a number of medically approved practices adversely affect the health of our children. Conven- tional advice promotes dosing all pregnant women with folic acid, but too much folic acid in pregnancy increases the risk for autism (https://hub.jhu.edu/2016/05/12/too-much-folate- pregnant-autism/). This study also found that high levels of vitamin B12 in new moms—probably also associated with taking multivitamins—were also associated with autism, although other studies indicate that B12 deficiency is associ- ated with a higher risk of preterm birth (Am J Epidemiol.
Caustic Commentary
Wise Traditions SUMMER 2017