There you've hit on the biggest reason (imho) you're getting resistance here, VP. You point to a book (or two or three) and claim your point is no longer disputable. It certainly still IS your interpretation and it IS disputable...with or without your references.

Absolutely not, faith, salvation, and a relationship with God are a heart work and not a work of the mind. With our hearts we believe and have faith, not our minds.

Psalms 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.



There is no purpose here except to argue and say look at me, me, me........how great I am doing and how bad you are doing if you are not like me and believe everything I say because I read a book, LOL...fact is everything is being taken from some other source, there are no personal qualifications to endorse anything....

I don't know how old you are but I suspect that sometime in the next 10, 20, 30 years you will find out the answer to that question for yourself. Just a clue to the answer, God is real!!! and thankfully God is unconditional Love!

I'm a reformed smoker but I have never claimed to be a diet expert. What is a diet expert anyway? Someone who has a degree? I have heard degreed "experts" say some pretty dumb things about diet. Although, they are usually the ones who work for the food industry, and there are a lot of them who do.

As far as "zeal" getting in the way, I kind of doubt it. I prefer to call it "being highly motivated". :thumbup:

It may be "cancer reduction" in the aggregate, when you compare one group to another. But when an individual picks an eating plan, he/she seeks to prevent cancer, not reduce it. Anyway, of the 6 who got cancer, we have no way of knowing if they followed the standard Okinawan diet. I don't think anyone expects 100% compliance.

When we pick an eating plan in an attempt to prevent cancer, all we can do is pick a plan that offers the least amount of risk. When it comes to diet and health there's no such thing as a "perfect diet". It's always about reducing risk.

VP you are right on your view of the proper diet. Like me, many others just can't live with a proper diet. I eat too much of the wrong food and drink to much etc. etc. Different from some of your tormentors on this thread, I know you are right, I just am a bad boy and do not follow the right diet. Not sure why so many choose to say you are wrong. Guilt perhaps or inability to admit to failure. Again, I have a terrible diet regime, but I do know that you are right so stick to your plan and you will outlive most of the ones on this tread that disagree with you.

Temporarily closed while under review. Thanks for your patience.