When the Hyperlipid posts get to the point that most of the comments are posted by amateur nutrition-tweakers rather than the professional ones, you learn really fast whose statements are worth reading, and which should be skipped entirely. Blogblog's have always been in the former category. This morning's post of mine is inspired by this comment:
"There are plenty of reasons to eat plant foods without invoking antioxidants. Plants have stimulant, sedative, antimicrobial, antihelminthic, anti-nausea, diuretic, anti-spasmodic and a host of other properties."
I particularly like this statement. When I mention to some people that vegetables are not that important for vitamin/mineral acquisition, that actual intervention studies show that increasing fruitsandvegetables don't show benefit, and that plant antioxidants are a double-edged sword, they usually assume i'm anti-vegetable (as I AM anti-fruit).
I no longer believe that fruitsandvegetables should occupy the generally-prescribed large part of the nutrition plate (or pyramid, depending on the graphic you fancy). I don't believe they do ME much good, if any. I still eat a few of them, because I perceive some provide more by way of taste-pleasure or stimulant-benefit than they do damage. I believe eating "mostly plants" makes ME feel like shit -- but go for it yourself if you want to.
Whoever Blogblog is/was, I'd like to thank him for being the tireless BS-buster I've enjoyed reading in the Hyperlipid archive comments. So often it's he who refutes the utter nonsense that Peter didn't have time to deal with.
As far as I know an Australian male. A reactionary contrarian with a fondness for absolute but authoritative-sounding statements, sometimes right and sometimes wrong, but I agree, always worth reading. Towards the end he became a little too extreme, chalenging virtually everything. Very entertaining though.
ReplyDeletei'm to the point where George is challenging him successfully, but thus far he's far more correct than most....
DeleteTess, I'm getting the feeling that you are enjoying your reading.......
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
nawww, couldn't be! ;-)
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ReplyDeleteSometimes the comments are more entertaining than the post. On the Track Your Plaque blog (back when Dr. Davis was a voice in the wilderness), someone mentioned that when he was diagnosed with diabetes, he knew that diabetic animals were put on LC diets, and wondered why humans were considered different from every other animal. He said he considered asking a vet to help manage his diabetes, but decided to do it on his own.
ReplyDeletePS--Betty Miller is my mom; I was signed in as her to check her email since that's where her bills come now, and she has me manage them.
interestingly, Davis's name pops up from time to time but they deplore the fact that he's a "saturophobe" during this time, even though he's more sensible about carbs than most. :-)
DeleteWhen I first started reading Track your Plaque, everybody was commenting, "What's left to eat?"
Deletethe same things Cordain used to recommend, I guess -- lean meats and leafy vegetables.... thank goodness they're both wrong! :-)
DeleteExcuse me for dropping by haha..I'm so glad a fellow countryman like blogblog posts useful comments..unlike the other fool; the 30 bananas a day guy, he is so embarrassing...ugghh..took a personal swipe at a blogger's wife..so nasty. His ugly Aussie accent...cringe, cringe....honestly we don't all speak like morons. Colypo is the other one; goodness me!
ReplyDeleteOz can brag a bunch of noteworthy bloggers and commenters! my favorite of course is Lifextension -- I wish she had time to blog more, but she has more important things on her plate. :-)
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