[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by rubicon

Hi village PL: The topic of food what we eat how often, its value, its concerns etc is in itself emotional and the vacillating of opinion my medical experts/scientist only exacerbates those emotions.

I see what you mean. Different people have different emotions associated with food and that's why some people have eating disorders, for example. But that shouldn't be a reason to not talk about Adventists or healthy eating in general, should it?

Again 7 billion people times the number of combination/permutations makes the study difficult. for instnce we are not all susceptible to the same food allegeries. some folks store fat while other have systems that excrete it easily.

It's not the purpose of any study to predict what will happen with every person or what will happen to all 7 billion people on the planet. You're making it unnecessarily complicated. 7 billion people = a Red herring.

I love vegetables. I evn know a song about vegetables...We are known as vitaminized vegetables I am christopher Carrot.........

I never heard that one. Feel free to sing a few more bars.

I certainly don't make light of this issue nor the good information that you offer but honestly the experts have since the beginning changed their opinions so often that like fashion I expect opinions to recyccle every twenty years. so I'l stick with my regime of moderation and wait for the experts to catch up with me and tell me I am right

I promise you that if you spend enough time studing diet and health, you will eventually find that most good advice doesn't change. For example, has any bonafied food expert ever said that processed foods promote health? No! That has never changed. Has anyone ever said that fresh fruit, vegetables and whole grains are bad for you? No! That has never changed. And, most importantly, the concept of "calorie restriction" has never changed: Calorie restriction combined with optimal nutrition has the potential to yield the best health and longevity possible. (This assumes you don't go below your ideal weight or BMI of around 18 to 19)

Don't sweat the small stuff like trying to decide between butter, margerine or coffee etc. Those are red herrings especially designed to make it seem like everything is uncertain.