I have limited interest in all this. As I've said, I eat what is put in front of me and have very little choice in the matter. But what disturbs me is the allegations in that article impuning the intent of the medical profession. They may be right, they may be wrong, they may be part right or wrong, and they may be disagreeing with each other, but when someone says they WANT us to be sick or call them "despicable people", he loses all credibility to me.
Should I throw out the baby with the bathwater? Maybe not, but I'm going to anyway.
Dave,
I can see where your coming from in regards to Ron Kosloff's terminology of The Medical Profession, but although a search for Spiritual Truth is sought foremost by at least, most Forum Members, obvious by the fact that We are here, I seek the truth of a matter in every area that affects Our lives. True, sometimes We might not know exactly and completely what that may be.
Personally, I don't see the difference between Ray exposing the Orthodox Religious Systems and their Leaders and individual adherents for the falsehood they preach & teach, often in a harsh or at least sarcastically rude manner or Ron Kosloff doing likewise in the field of Nutrition towards the Medical & Pharmaceutical Establishment. Ron has been in the business for over 40 plus years and has devoted a focus in the area of Nutrition comparable to Ray & others doing likewise in matters of Spiritual Truths. So, the only difference I see is in the area of Priority, meaning that Spiritual matters are obviously more important than these other Fields of Truth.
It is an established fact that the Liver holds approximately 360 grams of Glycogen(stored starch) waiting to be converted to Glucose(Sugar) for energy purposes by the Body plus the fact that Our Muscles store a certain amount of Glycogen too and depending how big Our muscles are, determines how much Glycogen is held in that location for energy purposes. So, any Carbohydrates eaten in excess of Our Bodies storage centers,IE- Liver & Muscles are immediately converted to Adipose Tissue, in other words Fat storage in the Body. That's a fact ! However, Proteins and Fats are used & broken down much more slowly by the Body before eventually being converted to Glucose. The only exception would be if a Person ate Protein Foods that contained little or no Fats within them, then the Protein would be converted to Glucose much more quickly.
So, it's better to eat the protein foods with the fats they already contain, so the body doesn't experience Blood sugar highs & lows experienced by Our Pancreas releasing too much insulin too fast. Also, Insulin in itself is a fat producing Hormone, hence a Type 2 Diabetic whose Langerhans of His Pancreas is not functioning properly causing them to release too much insulin when eating Sugars, Starches and most Fruits. Vegetables are an exception, because their mostly composed of Water, Minerals & Fiber and combine well with Proteins & Fats.
I've talked to Ron Kosloff on the phone several times over the years and I know that He isn't saying to completely avoid Starches, IE- An occasional Baked Potato and whole grain Bread & Butter, but He emphasizes that Carbohydrates should be kept at a minimum and secondary in consumption to Proteins & Fats, because almost everyone that has a weight problem is due to glucose intolerance. The main exceptions are those that are naturally thin with extremely fast Metabolisms and even they eventually have problems later in Life. That would be the Person with thin limbs & Chest, but develops that small pot belly where Fat has started to accumulate, usually after their Forties.
Not that I'm following Carbohydrate reduction to the extent that works in my own case, but as an example. Since July 15th of this year, I haven't eaten any dessert type Carbs, ie-Cake, Cookies, Pies, sweets of any kind, but still ate Starches at one of my daily meals and I've lost almost twenty pounds, just from removing simple sugar type Carbohydrates and ate as much Protein and Fats as I desired. Now, I'm at a stand still, so a further reduction of Carbohydrates would be necessary and I haven't been hungry.
In the late 1980's, I went about a whole year plus and ate a considerable amount of Proteins, Fats & Vegetables, no fruit & and rarely ate starches and had a waist of 34 inches at a weight of 215 pounds, ate approximately 6 dozen eggs per week during that time.
Well, to sum it up, I prefer the Truth in all areas if it's obtainable, sometimes it's not. The Medical Profession, just like all Professions is manipulated by Political Agenda's and Money, just like all Professions including Religion and some deliberately deceive the People, whereas some are sincere fully believing what they teach is accurate, just like the Religious Leaders do, their sincere and sincerely wrong. I guess I'm tired of being misled in general so when I am given some
Truth from any source, it's refreshing and well accepted, just like the Truths I've learned here, it's refreshing.
Thanks, Samson.