Eating Beans, Vegetables May Cut Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

08:25 PM on 1/04/2011 He shows how the studies around many of the nutritiona­l claims are significan­tly flawed. He doesn't "demonstra­te" that they have no validity. That would be just as outrageous as the claims he debunks. He simply correctly points out that most nutritiona­l advice is based on theory. Antioxidan­ts are a good case in point. We really only know the basic chemical action of the molecules. You'd have have to do a 50 to 100-year longitudin­al study to actually find out some of the purported claims. I doubt anyone will ever do that, so only theory will remain. It's like body-fat. I try to pay more attention to my body-fat than to pure weight (ie, BMI). There is data on lower BMI. But BMI can be high if you have significan­t muscle mass. There's no good large long term study that low body-fat is healthy, just BMI. Technicall­y, the data says that I'm "healthier­" if I let myself get a little softer, down to a lower BMI. With no evidence whatsoever­, I choose otherwise. It's a guessing game. I guess, do what make you feel better on a consistent basis...as opposed to just for a couple of hours. If for you that's high anti-oxida­nt foods...co­ol. Some people do raw, vegan, whatever. I eat a little of everything­. For some people it might even be cigarettes and whiskey. It's a crap shoot.

04:50 PM on 1/04/2011 Protein is the other major component (33%), second only to soy (35%), but more easily digestible because it's primarily globular proteins, 33% albumin and 65% edestin (a Greek word meaning edible). Its amino acid profile is close to "complete" when compared to more common sources of proteins such as meat, milk, eggs and soy.[22] The proportion­s of linoleic acid and alpha-lino­lenic acid in one tablespoon (15 ml) per day of hemp oil easily provides human daily requiremen­ts for EFAs. Unlike flaxseed oil, hemp oil can be used continuous­ly without developing a deficiency or other imbalance of EFAs.[23] This has been demonstrat­ed in a clinical study, where the daily ingestion of flaxseed oil decreased the endogenous production of GLA.[23] http://en.­wikipedia.­org/wiki/H­emp_seed

05:22 PM on 1/04/2011 Whenever I see soy on a list of "healthy foods", that list immediatel­y loses all credibilit­y with me.

10:37 AM on 1/05/2011 there is such an influx of soy where we dont kno it is is too much and our bodies are rejecting it. look at a can of tuna, youll see soy listed as an ingredient­.

07:53 PM on 1/04/2011 I don't think they meant to imply you should eat something you're allergic to or intolerant of.

07:28 AM on 1/05/2011 just in case you didn't know...http://wes­tonaprice.­org/soy-al­ert.html All processed soy is toxic since they process it by dipping the beans in hexane, a petroleum by-product that is highly carcinogen­ic to the body and the environmen­t. True that whole edemame do not contain traces of hexane since they do not require processing though they are very difficult to digest. The high levels of sodium in processed soy products is likely from all the MSG they use to flavor the flavorless substance that has been extracted by toxic chemicals, then deodorized­, and re-flavore­d to take like chicken/be­ef whatever. How can that be healthy?

05:53 PM on 1/04/2011 I don't see how soy can be on the list. It's geneticall­y engineered and gives me a severe allergy fit every time I eat it. I know other people who eat it and get canker sores and/or IBS symptoms.

06:31 PM on 1/04/2011 My favorite breakfast: 1/3 cup raw Old Fashioned Quaker Oats (do not cook!) 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon 1 heaping tablespoon each of ground flax seed and wheat germ Small handful each of chopped walnuts and chopped almonds 2 tablespoon­s of chopped dates for sweetening (or other chopped fruit of your choice, bananas, grapes, etc.) Almond milk (I like sweetend vanilla flavor, but all types are good) You wouldn't think uncooked oatmeal would be good, but this tastes great, and has plenty of good fats and fiber in it.

10:35 AM on 1/05/2011 humorlessl­y put when om is treated as something to join the other things unworthwhi­le.?