[RBW] Re: OT: Lennard Zinn documents heart problem

2018-02-15 Thread 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch
One of my favorite essayists, John Michael Greer, just wrote a piece about this topic. Although ultimately he uses it as an example of the problematic ways we tend to frame things these days, it is well worth a read. https://www.ecosophia.net/dream-perfect-diet/ On Thursday, February 15, 2018 a

[RBW] Re: OT: Lennard Zinn documents heart problem

2018-02-15 Thread Evan E.
This doctor at the University of California, San Francisco, says that "when it comes to harmful health effects, sugar is worse than fat." I hope he'll expand his argument to embrace all simple carbohydrates, and I hope more cardiologists -- and more people in general -- listen to him: https://w

[RBW] Re: OT: Lennard Zinn documents heart problem

2018-02-15 Thread DaveS
Poster child for this same issue and response. Cut carbs and sugar to lose weight last year, glucose BP cholesterol dropped precipitously within a month and lost 140 pounds in a year from my year of drying out. I have slowly tried to add some carbs back into my diet but my digestive system revol

Re: [RBW] Re: OT: Lennard Zinn documents heart problem

2018-02-15 Thread Justin August
Ironic tangent with this: I digest bread prettty well. No serious issues. UNTIL I take probiotics. If I am taking probiotics then bread causes me the type of distress that you wouldn’t wish upon your greatest enemy. Confusing for sure. -J On Feb 15, 2018, 8:41 AM -0800, Grant @ Rivendell , wrot

[RBW] Re: OT: Lennard Zinn documents heart problem

2018-02-15 Thread Grant @ Rivendell
When society, opinion, fads, latest/greatest, and moralistic issues weigh in on diets, there aren't any clear winners. The filter, it seems like, ought to be your own digestive system ("chapters" no. 84, 85 in EBDJ). People and sometimes their pets are the only animals that don't. On Wednesday