Several years ago I was having some health issues and it was suggested I do the Med diet and, better yet, the Blue Zone diet. I got a book, did some research... and then the guy from Nat Geo who coined "blue zones" interviewed my grandmother (who lived to almost 107 and by herself until 8 mos before her death). When she told him she felt the reason for her longevity was chocolate and filet mignon, he abruptly ended the interview and never used her info. We also had lived in Nicaragua very near Costa Rica, and I knew for a fact that they ate a lot of animal proteins and eggs. Doing more research, I found that the whole Blue Zone thing was a business, and has been sold to the Seventh Day Adventists (vegetarians). I read Dr. Catherine Shanahan's book Deep Nutrition and it totally changed how we eat, and I feel SO much better than I used to.
I have been to Loma Linda, Ca. and they have the best vegan restaurants in the nation. I don't think the statistics lie. He may not have wanted to encourage that type of eating behavior.
Genetics plays a role. Also, sunshine, stressless living, socialization and foods grown organically.
I don’t know anything about Deep Nutrition, but you might find Joel Salatin and Polyface Farm, which Dr Malone mentions at the top of the article, interesting re agriculture and food production.
It’s hard to summarize really - half is science but in a way that the layman can understand. Then anthropology, and then a lifestyle/diet “plan” (its not a “diet” really). It’s very good, and heavily backed up by data.
I hope no one jumps to the conclusion that consumption of factory processed beef and factory processed eggs are good for you! This is the reality. Dr. Malone readers need to understand that there is great synergism between Big Agra and Big Pharma. Some of the Big Pharma companies have very profitable Veterinarian divisions where they are now working on RNA injections for cattle, and hogs have been injected with RNA for about 5 years. Who owns what is a study in itself. So, as Big Pharma manages the CDC and etc., Big Agra manages the Dept of Agriculture and has great influence over which food types are pushed for maximum profit and is responsible for the Food Pyramid! The basic objective in both Big Agra and Big Pharma is to maximize profits and they hire the brightness for this goal. Met a prior President of Keebler Cookie Company who bragged that they made the best belly fillers in the nation! Looks good, tastes good but have NO NUTRITIONAL VALUE! Personifies the goals of our food industry.
Oprah Winfrey almost lost a lawsuit filed against her by the Texas Cattle Industry because she interviewed a man who wrote a book critical of beef production methods and the fact that the cattle are feed corn rather than grass. Over consumption of 6 Omega fatty acids versus 3 Omega fatty acids has a detrimental impact on heart conditions. They were backed up by the corn producers which find their product in various forms in 75% of processed food products and in your gas tank! Coke loves them because liquid corn syrup is cheaper than sugar! Now we have petri dish muscle cells being pushed to replace red meat.
Just as butter was bad for you because they were pushing margarine, which is cheaper, they were saying eggs are a source of that BAD cholesterol which all cells in your body need. In addition, they moved chickens into tin barns and artificial sunlight and the over feed chickens started breaking their legs due to the added weight. They scratched their heads and realized they needed Vitamin D! So today, they just add enough calcitriol to the feed to prevent that problem! So, today Americans consume about 70 BILLION eggs with little or no Vitamin D! Check the egg carton label and see!
Manipulation of food facts for profit is endless and most Americans don't know what to believe. The best research article that I have seen that lays it out is: "Lifestyle Medicine: A Brief Review" which documents the fact that the additives used in processed foods along with nutrient deficient foods like Keebler cookies create the majority of inflammatory diseases that Americans (over 50%) are dealing with.
If the medicine man would run test for a Vitamin D deficiency in all patients, we would have a healthy society especially if we avoided all those factories processed foods!
My best annual checkup was after spending two weeks in Europe eating locally grown foods. Today, my HDL is 85 and my Triglycerides and LDL are in the 60's. It all about lifestyle and reading the labels!
We buy farm pasture raised animal protein, local seafood (I’m at the coast), local pasture raised eggs. As much local produce as we can, and I preserve all summer.
I took the same road after 25 years of a vegetarian diet, and am so much healthier for it. One important point that I did not see in your post (I may have missed it!) is that consumption of meat from grass-fed cows is essential. Same goes for free-range chickens. Industrialized meat and egg production is unhealthy for humans and the environment. Meat and eggs from local happy cows and chickens keeps me happy and healthy. Enjoy your workshop today. Joe Saladin is terrific.
There must be a correlation between lack of high quality meat protein in the diet of the young people who consume high carb sugary diets and becoming a leftist. The evidence I present are the many leftist university students roaming around my town exhibiting a total lack of common sense.
Consider we used to treat body dysphoria as a mental disorder. Now, almost by force, treat it by bottom surgeries.
As Dr McCullough pointed out 70 percent of kids that go thru with bottom surgeries are Autistic.
On a smaller scale, blue hair is a sign that you are mentally ill and are superior by woke doctrine.
Further, I think a lot of Autism was planned. Consider that Obamacare rolled out and forced insurance to pay for trans surgeries at the same time the childhood vaccine schedule, largely owned by the CCP, created more Autistic kids. The last mile was adding Groomers in grad school and pushing an agenda that kids should be able to decide, with their teachers what sex they really are.
We have been at war for a long time. A well thought out war.
T, It hasn't always been blue, my father had semi- permanent hair color hidden in the bathroom.(he wasn't gay...) I remember wanting to alter my hair color in high school, and my mother helped me. I made so many mistakes that when I went to Cosmetology school I knew what was being taught first hand. We didn't have access to blue etc. or I would have tried it. Don't be an old scrooge, hair color is safer than drugs, kids just need to be different and want to have fun. Isn't always a lefty loon thing. Neither was Elvis.
Rose, I hope your son gets the mental healthcare he probably needs. No matter their age, they’re still our children and the hurt a parent feels is immeasurable when a child turns away from their parents who sacrificed so much for them.
Rose, As I read "narcissistic lefty" I felt a sad thunk in my stomach. That energy towards his wife will never bring them closer or heal your wounds. As well as "SillyCon" son. Such a derogatory, make fun of name could be detrimental to your heart.
Can you imagine what the fake food package and made in a building will do to the weather? Not sure if the product is made first and then package? It’s getting harder to find food at the grocery stores.
Good message. I am 60, and eat 6 soft boiled eggs for breakfast daily. These are fresh, organic eggs from our chickens. I have no heart disease, diabetes or blood pressure issues. In college I ate 10-12 eggs daily -- I never credited their egg lies. I also eat grass fed rather than grain fed meats, and I exercise (11 cows and 50 sheep keep me regular in my routine). They also lied about carbs and cornflakes....
Say hello to Joel for me: we are friends as well as allies. Joel is a true warrior and hero, trying to rescue people from the lies of industrial profiteers.
Watched a couple 'Foodie' videos (probably ETV) One where she visited the source for her eggs. They offered 2 qualities.Very clean quarters and calm chickens. The high quality operation was unbelievably mechanized. Those chicken seemed to have learned and were satisfied with the setup. Saw another video of regular operation. Hens looked stressed, disheveled and too many with too little space. The zoo had a very small chicken operation. Offered a couple of them to the aged tigers to stimulate them, sans much success. Traumatic for the chiken keeper.
The most chickens I had at any given time was three not including my rooster. My son and I had more eggs than we could eat so I would bring a carton to work for a co-worker almost once a week. He made several claims as to why these brown eggs were so much better than those from the grocery.
And while we are on the topic of much maligned foods, here's to nuts.
Conclusions: "Higher nut intake is associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality, and mortality from respiratory disease, diabetes, and infections."
Article:"Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause- specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies"
Citation: Aune et al. BMC Medicine (2016) 14:207 DOI 10.1186/s12916-016-0730-3
I emailed the author and innocently asked if roasting had any impact. Nope. Eat away, every day.
Robert, I love reading your posts but how many hours are in your days? Between fixing up a farm, traveling, consulting and pumping out two pieces a day, often long form, I feel like lazy sloth by comparison. Maybe I should go eat more meat. Ha.
I’ll confirm your nuts statement. My in-laws always had a few bowls of shelled nuts and nut crackers on den and kitchen tables. Very odd to me.. my family did not snack). They also had an enormous amount, in my opinion, of the best cuts of beef, pork and occasionally chicken. Small folks. She loved cooking and was Syrian which incorporates a large Mediterranean diet. No sweets, really. At 87 and 93, neither had heart trouble, cancer, or even broke a bone.
They worked hard. So, I eat a few nuts occasionally… but I think 🤔 your data is correct!
Swiss men live the longest worldwide. Why are we not included in the blue zones? Maybe because we do not eat the official 'longevity diet'?I do not know of any older vegeterian Swiss. Most of us love eating meat, cheese and drinking regularily wine to our dinners and our annual chocolate consumption is with 10 Kilogramm per person worldwide the highest..
I am full of admiration for all of your amazing work you do and no, I didn't know that you have lived in Bern. Did you work here?? Too bad, you can't eat chocolate any more, otherwise I would have sent you my favourites ones. Kind regards from Gruyères, Charlotte
Some months ago, you mentioned in one of your articles that you suffered an attack of gout. I am 57, and until May of 2022, thought I had escaped the same gout affliction that had affected my dad and uncle for decades. I was slammed for an uncharacteristic 7 weeks with my first attack, or at least the first that I recognized as such. It was the worst time of my life. My bloodwork showed out-of-range values, and for a while I thought I was dying. After many doctor visits spread over multiple specialties, I still have no explanations for the out-of-range values.
After suffering from the attack for 7 weeks, I finally gave up my resistance to medical dependency, and went on allopurinol. At the time I read multiple resources that advised NOT to go on that medication while an attack was still active. Luckily for me, a podiatrist was willing to prescribe it, and it worked almost immediately. I have resumed a mostly normal condition of health, at least as far as age and the psychological torments of current circumstances will allow.
No one had to persuade me to go off red meat, because I had absolutely no interest in indulging in any foods that might trigger another attack. I counted eggs as lifesavers, discovering that they were very low in purines, and along with dairy these were the only protein sources that I trusted for a while. I have gradually resumed poultry consumption, but still mostly avoid beef and pork.
From Wikipedia I read that allopurinol was approved for use in 1966, the year of my birth, and is on the WHO list of essential medicines. Imagine that: a medicine that works, a medicine that's cheap, a medicine developed by pharma companies that back then wanted to ease human suffering.
I count the whole COVID phenomenon as either the greatest crime or greatest set of crimes in human history. I understand that will sound hyperbolic to many, but I stand by that assertion and it is aging well. It prompts me to reevaluate every bit of information, dietary, medical, historical, and otherwise, that I've ever been taught in my life. I hope I live long enough to see the current generation of lethal frauds exposed and the fraudsters brought to justice.
Gout is associated with excess uric acid build up in the body, which may be caused by kidney deficiency which is supposed to remove it, and that is usually associated with niacin, vitamin B (3-12/all of them,) and Iron deficiencies. There are many articles about this, but be careful, as I just looked to try to give you a good link to one, and they all have been manipulated to point towards drug dependency, so I can only suggest that you follow and subscribe to Dr Mercola, whom I have been following for over 30 years, and has been a phenomenal resource for my health & preventative medicine!
Thanks for the info. I don't have a problem at 73 but I'm always interested in new and useful health info.
As I've gotten older, I've found that my kidneys don't like me to eat a lot of animal protein. I get plenty of vitamins because I eat plenty of plants and my eggs, Eggland's Best Organic Eggs, come from hens who eat powerful vegetarian food. (The hens are also uncaged and can go outside when they want.) My body also doesn't like too much iron, but I make sure I get enough to keep myself healthy. Once I reached menopause, I needed less for the obvious reason.
Finally I eat no extra salt with anything. My eggs have some natural sodium, as do the organic peas and potatoes I eat and the organic Ezekiel bread. And my body loves unsalted sardines in water occasionally and they have quite a bit of natural sodium. I gotta' have some sodium, of course, so I prefer to get it from food.
Yes, and I forgot to mention that there's been a lot of studies on Lead levels in the drinking water contributing to kidney disease, which gout is a symptom of, so I tell people to diversify their food & water sources, so that the immune system doesn't get overwhelmed, and it can still fight off or detox when you rotate what you are eating and drinking as best as possible...good for you for prioritizing your health! I also have to be careful with meats like chicken that have arsenic in them, because it causes me to have thyroid issues, so I get all of my meat from farmers now...
I agree with you about the water. My husband and I have been using the Pur water filter on our kitchen sink since it first became available in the early 2000's. And I also drink some bottled spring water.
You can get organic chicken. Whole Foods has it, as does one of my local groceries. As you can probably tell, I live in an urban area so I have to rely on grocery stores.
Maybe wise to keep prevention and cure separate from each other? Equating them is one of the core frauds behind the vaccine hoax? Healthy people, for me, need no drugs for any reason and absolutely not to "prevent" things haven't happened. I trust the amazing immune system God saw fit to bless me with and happy and healthy to face future risks without any - risky - talismans.
A friend has gout. I was reading up on it and it seems there are many genes in involved in its expression, where uric acid is not transported effectively out of the kidneys and body. It seems diet changes can help but may not be enough to prevent an attack.
" count the whole COVID phenomenon as either the greatest crime or greatest set of crimes in human history. I understand that will sound hyperbolic to many, but I stand by that assertion and it is aging well. It prompts me to reevaluate every bit of information, dietary, medical, historical, and otherwise, that I've ever been taught in my life. I hope I live long enough to see the current generation of lethal frauds exposed and the fraudsters brought to justice" You nailed it here - we feel exactly the same way. After that madness - and possibly the next one - absolutely everything must be questioned. On gout I suspect the cause could be poor blood flow and recommend a visit to Johan. He fixed my back and neck and damaged thumb with nothing but the focused pressure of his elbow. Strong heart and good circulation appear to cure many ills - certainly can't hurt
Yes!! We changed our diet to high animal protein, very low carb, very low sugar in 2020, best decision, health wise, ever. Please note that after eating like this for the past several years, if you eat just a little carbs and sugar it piles the weight back on very quickly, (We’re in our late 50s) so it has to be a permanent change. Intermittent fasting is definitely the key, we have found. We only eat two meals a day and both within 7-8 hours. Some people do it with only 6 hours between meals, which we’re found is too close. European doctors knew that sugar was the health hazard, not animal fats. Cholesterol is brain food!
Congratulations on your diet change and weight loss. The few vegetarians I have known over the years seemed to catch everything that went around and were sick so often! I believe in eating in moderation and also, enjoying what you eat! There seems to be an effort to remove so many of life’s pleasures from us humans! We are controlled in many different ways, our sustenance should not be one of them!
The problem is processed food, whether vegan or animal based. Companies making processed food have a goal of profits above all else. Make it as tasty and cheaply as possible with chemicals and preservatives that The Science declares safe and effective.
And if you include fast food as "one of life's pleasures", you have to come to terms with the fact it is poison and not worth any pleasure injected into it.
And also so frail and wrinkled! My Maui vegan friend was outside on a fishing charter so I believe her constant intake of Vit D from the sun aided her immune system but always had gut issues and the like.
I hope your words find good landings, Dr. malone. I tried for 20 years to convince people that there is a genuine, ancient, healthy way to eat and it requires eliminating processed food, most processed sugar, eating more fruits and vegetables and, yes, meat. People always take things to extreme though. When the Atkins diet came out the '30 carb daily limit' was not inaccurate for losing weight but it was only a piece of the whole story. Like all diets, it worked for the short term.
My journey was to do what I always do, ask questions first. My conclusion, after writing a column on healthy low card dieting was - if you have to lose weight, pick a diet you can live with or you will not only get bored and revert back to your old way of eating, you will gain all the lost weight, then some and probably impact your overall health.
Eating 'healthy' requires moderation, eating high value carbs, which mean fruit and vegetables, and the protein source that has served humankind for millennia - meat.
As for paying any attention to the scientism du jour, I do what I did when they declared coconut was bad - I ate it anyway reasoning that coconut has been a staple for Hawaiians forever. Common sense is a valuable tool for navigating this life. Too bad it has been kicked aside.
My late father-in-law, the preeminent cardiologist in the Philippines before legally immigrating to the U.S. in the early 1960s, where he taught cardio-electrophysiology at Seton Hall University College of Medicine, told me decades ago that the lecithin in egg whites, balances out the cholesterol in egg yolks. I never looked back & enjoy eating eggs whenever I please. A wise & highly intelligent physician & scientist, he is also listed in the Who's Who of medicine for his work on the effects of vitamin B1 on the heart & trained with Carl Wiggins at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio. Further, cholesterol is not the bad guy that it is made out to be. It is vitally important for many bodily functions, especially our nerves. The brain has a significant amount of cholesterol & would not be able to function properly without it. Like most everything else that emanates from our federal health agencies, their recommendations on nearly everything needs to be questioned.
Rather than overly focus on your total cholesterol, pay closer attention to your entire lipid profile (HDL, LDL). A higher HDL (high-density) is more cardio-protective. LDL (low-density) is more concerning. I have taken a good quality fish oil capsule for many years to help keep my HDL up. Changes in your diet can help to lower your LDL. I have also taken Red Yeast Rice at intervals to help keep my LDL lower. It functions similarly to a statin, so best to check liver enzymes if you plan to stay on it for any length of time.
Right thanks. I do all that. The fish oil lowered my triglycerides last year, but it’s been up this year also. I’ve been taking red yeast rice two/day but now am doing 4/ day so we’ll see. The hardest thing for me to give up right now is the half and half in my coffee and wine (one glass at bedtime). 🙁
Bravo bravo Robert. Thank you for the take back to my childhood of “Wheatie” sugary cereal experience. Jacked up and couldn’t sit in class. Then the drs wanted to give me Ridellan to help me obey, when all I needed was to get my a$$ outside and dig my hands into the dirt and enjoy Creation beauty, playing with a stick! Yes, grounding outside and foods that Creator Divine has graciously given us to smack down with gusto is truth for us to embrace; humbly. Blessings on you and your family as you journey on! Peace be with us.
One of the problems with all this ADHD diagnosing is the refusal of teachers to pay attention to the fact that many children have too much natural energy to sit still for even half an hour. And I say this as a former teacher, especially since as a student with a lot of physical and mental energy, I had a whole lot of trouble staying still. I forced myself to do it because if I hadn't my parents would have made me pay for it in all sorts of nasty ways.
And, of course, there's all that sugar and those chemical additives. Since I was born in 1950, there weren't that many chemicals in my food and my mother strenuously controlled my allowance of sugar, so at least I didn't have additional energy boosters.
Yes, Jared. My son’s private school principal wanted us to put him in counseling and try Ritalin, but we found a Christian counselor who said, “Get him to run. He’s a boy and he has energy.” So we enrolled him in soccer. He loved it and problem solved.
My family was a farming and ranching family with a steady diet of meat and eggs (a lot of both) and all have lived into their upper 90's. The more I've listened to people like you, the healthier I've become!
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I've read a few articles on Yahoo that say that eggs are good for people, especially seniors (!) and that statins are useless for stopping heart attacks. And several years ago I read about a study that showed that people whose LDL was under 160 suffered from depression. And then very recently I read another article that said that dementia increased with too much good (HDL) cholesterol, again on Yahoo.
The reason I'm mentioning Yahoo as my source is because if these studies that question old medical dogma are appearing there, then the dogma is actually changing.
The truth is to have a varied diet that suits your health. If a lot of meat does it, then go for it. If a plant-based diet does it, go for it. If a fish/vegetarian diet does it go for it.
Just stay from processed foods, because there have been studies since the 1990's that consistently show that chemical additives can cause cancer. And, as I've written before, there's solid medical evidence that chemicals can cause ADHD, the autism spectrum, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. (Sources: "Why Your Child Is Hyperactive,' by Dr. Ben F. Feingold and "The Future of the Mind," by Michio Kaku)
Thank you, Dr. Malone, for you necessary dose of common sense.
I may have made a mistake about the LDL level since I read the article several years ago. I just checked online and it said that 160 was considered the beginning of a high level, so maybe the article said 60...? Anyway, too little LDL can be dangerous. Oh--the article I read about high HDL causing dementia said LDL cholesterol wasn't a factor.
Still, I really have my doubts about these medically contrived cholesterol levels, especially after that statin study.
Not very many years ago a cholesterol level of 300 was considered average. Then they moved it down to 250. Still weren't selling enough statins and they moved it to 200. That is way too low for health!
Thank you! So I was probably right in remembering the study amount as being 160.
And I just posted a comment about Mark Sloan's book, "Cancer," where he slams conventional medical advice about cholesterol and unsaturated and saturated fats.
The whole push to eliminate meat, dairy and egg consumption is CONTROL.
The U S Government destroyed the Bison to eliminate their source of food.
The biggest lie is that Cattle cause methane. Rotting ungrazed grass will cause methane ANYWAY without being utilized. If it catches fire it increases carbon.
If not allowed to grow at all by being paved over it can't produce oxygen for all to breathe. There is enough pavement in the USA to cover an area 1/2 the State of Colorado. This doesn't include what is an unpaved roed.
Highways and RR Tracks fence off a huge amount of right of way with ungrazed grass that often catches fire and burns thousands of adjacent acres.
Nature is a genius in how grass and trees provide oxygen, get consumed and turned into meat without really increasing the methane or carbon.
Native Americans knew to consume not just the muscle meat, but also the organ meat and suet. They taught the Mountain Men to do this to prevent scurvy.
People without meat won't live as long and will be easier to control. If we die younger, think how much elderly income and housing they will save.
Look how much money a nursing home charges and many of not most of these places are rampant in elderly abuse.
A 93 year old friend of ours was having to pay $10,000 a month OUT OF POCKET to stay in a Nursing home and he wasn't even bed ridden. He had to take a MANDATORY COVID vaccination to live there and his wife living at home and healthy couldn't visit him until she took a mandatory COVID vaccination. We couldn't go see him cause we wouldn't take the death jab. He passed away so is in a better place.
The government has money for war and killing but a Boot in the butt for the former taxpayer.
I wish the Malones health with their new diet. For those interested, on my pathetic substack I did a quick look at PubMed, inquiring as to the value, if any, of a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle. TL;DR: it looks like going vegan/vegetarian might extend one's life expectancy by 5% or so. I don't claim any expertise in statistics, but based on other reading I've done, that might amount to a few months, or perhaps even just a few weeks, of added life. I'll take the juicy stake and the bacon cheeseburger instead, thank you very much.
Several years ago I was having some health issues and it was suggested I do the Med diet and, better yet, the Blue Zone diet. I got a book, did some research... and then the guy from Nat Geo who coined "blue zones" interviewed my grandmother (who lived to almost 107 and by herself until 8 mos before her death). When she told him she felt the reason for her longevity was chocolate and filet mignon, he abruptly ended the interview and never used her info. We also had lived in Nicaragua very near Costa Rica, and I knew for a fact that they ate a lot of animal proteins and eggs. Doing more research, I found that the whole Blue Zone thing was a business, and has been sold to the Seventh Day Adventists (vegetarians). I read Dr. Catherine Shanahan's book Deep Nutrition and it totally changed how we eat, and I feel SO much better than I used to.
I have been to Loma Linda, Ca. and they have the best vegan restaurants in the nation. I don't think the statistics lie. He may not have wanted to encourage that type of eating behavior.
Genetics plays a role. Also, sunshine, stressless living, socialization and foods grown organically.
Definitely organically grown. Plus: non-factory-farmed; grass fed and finished beef; wild caught fish.
Spot on!
Tell me more about Deep Nutrition. My guess would be a balanced diet rich in non- or minimally processed foods.
I don’t know anything about Deep Nutrition, but you might find Joel Salatin and Polyface Farm, which Dr Malone mentions at the top of the article, interesting re agriculture and food production.
It’s hard to summarize really - half is science but in a way that the layman can understand. Then anthropology, and then a lifestyle/diet “plan” (its not a “diet” really). It’s very good, and heavily backed up by data.
I hope no one jumps to the conclusion that consumption of factory processed beef and factory processed eggs are good for you! This is the reality. Dr. Malone readers need to understand that there is great synergism between Big Agra and Big Pharma. Some of the Big Pharma companies have very profitable Veterinarian divisions where they are now working on RNA injections for cattle, and hogs have been injected with RNA for about 5 years. Who owns what is a study in itself. So, as Big Pharma manages the CDC and etc., Big Agra manages the Dept of Agriculture and has great influence over which food types are pushed for maximum profit and is responsible for the Food Pyramid! The basic objective in both Big Agra and Big Pharma is to maximize profits and they hire the brightness for this goal. Met a prior President of Keebler Cookie Company who bragged that they made the best belly fillers in the nation! Looks good, tastes good but have NO NUTRITIONAL VALUE! Personifies the goals of our food industry.
Oprah Winfrey almost lost a lawsuit filed against her by the Texas Cattle Industry because she interviewed a man who wrote a book critical of beef production methods and the fact that the cattle are feed corn rather than grass. Over consumption of 6 Omega fatty acids versus 3 Omega fatty acids has a detrimental impact on heart conditions. They were backed up by the corn producers which find their product in various forms in 75% of processed food products and in your gas tank! Coke loves them because liquid corn syrup is cheaper than sugar! Now we have petri dish muscle cells being pushed to replace red meat.
Just as butter was bad for you because they were pushing margarine, which is cheaper, they were saying eggs are a source of that BAD cholesterol which all cells in your body need. In addition, they moved chickens into tin barns and artificial sunlight and the over feed chickens started breaking their legs due to the added weight. They scratched their heads and realized they needed Vitamin D! So today, they just add enough calcitriol to the feed to prevent that problem! So, today Americans consume about 70 BILLION eggs with little or no Vitamin D! Check the egg carton label and see!
Manipulation of food facts for profit is endless and most Americans don't know what to believe. The best research article that I have seen that lays it out is: "Lifestyle Medicine: A Brief Review" which documents the fact that the additives used in processed foods along with nutrient deficient foods like Keebler cookies create the majority of inflammatory diseases that Americans (over 50%) are dealing with.
For those interested: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32981575
If the medicine man would run test for a Vitamin D deficiency in all patients, we would have a healthy society especially if we avoided all those factories processed foods!
To learn more about the true value of Vitamin D:
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One last comment:
My best annual checkup was after spending two weeks in Europe eating locally grown foods. Today, my HDL is 85 and my Triglycerides and LDL are in the 60's. It all about lifestyle and reading the labels!
We buy farm pasture raised animal protein, local seafood (I’m at the coast), local pasture raised eggs. As much local produce as we can, and I preserve all summer.
I took the same road after 25 years of a vegetarian diet, and am so much healthier for it. One important point that I did not see in your post (I may have missed it!) is that consumption of meat from grass-fed cows is essential. Same goes for free-range chickens. Industrialized meat and egg production is unhealthy for humans and the environment. Meat and eggs from local happy cows and chickens keeps me happy and healthy. Enjoy your workshop today. Joe Saladin is terrific.
Yes it is!
There must be a correlation between lack of high quality meat protein in the diet of the young people who consume high carb sugary diets and becoming a leftist. The evidence I present are the many leftist university students roaming around my town exhibiting a total lack of common sense.
And blue damnned hair !!!
I mean , WTF is with the blue dyed hair?
I guess its a good identifier of lefty loones
Blue, green, pink, purple hair, all identifying markers of the lefty loon species. Nose and lip piercings rings get bonus lefty points.
See my reply to T.
Actually yes.
Consider we used to treat body dysphoria as a mental disorder. Now, almost by force, treat it by bottom surgeries.
As Dr McCullough pointed out 70 percent of kids that go thru with bottom surgeries are Autistic.
On a smaller scale, blue hair is a sign that you are mentally ill and are superior by woke doctrine.
Further, I think a lot of Autism was planned. Consider that Obamacare rolled out and forced insurance to pay for trans surgeries at the same time the childhood vaccine schedule, largely owned by the CCP, created more Autistic kids. The last mile was adding Groomers in grad school and pushing an agenda that kids should be able to decide, with their teachers what sex they really are.
We have been at war for a long time. A well thought out war.
See my reply to T.
T, It hasn't always been blue, my father had semi- permanent hair color hidden in the bathroom.(he wasn't gay...) I remember wanting to alter my hair color in high school, and my mother helped me. I made so many mistakes that when I went to Cosmetology school I knew what was being taught first hand. We didn't have access to blue etc. or I would have tried it. Don't be an old scrooge, hair color is safer than drugs, kids just need to be different and want to have fun. Isn't always a lefty loon thing. Neither was Elvis.
You just might have something 🤔 to that correlation?!?!
Thank you for this, you are right on, as usual!
I hurt for you and understand the pain, more than most know.
I'm sorry about your son's decline. I will send him my strongest prayer through you.
Rose, I hope your son gets the mental healthcare he probably needs. No matter their age, they’re still our children and the hurt a parent feels is immeasurable when a child turns away from their parents who sacrificed so much for them.
So sorry to hear this. As a parent estrangement from my children is my second worst fear after fear of their death.
Rose, As I read "narcissistic lefty" I felt a sad thunk in my stomach. That energy towards his wife will never bring them closer or heal your wounds. As well as "SillyCon" son. Such a derogatory, make fun of name could be detrimental to your heart.
Many vegans well know to supplement with B12.
Can you imagine what the fake food package and made in a building will do to the weather? Not sure if the product is made first and then package? It’s getting harder to find food at the grocery stores.
Pastured chicken eggs are best. And grass fed beef supplies omega 3 tasty acids. Corn fed / finished beef is loaded with omega 6. Not good
Good message. I am 60, and eat 6 soft boiled eggs for breakfast daily. These are fresh, organic eggs from our chickens. I have no heart disease, diabetes or blood pressure issues. In college I ate 10-12 eggs daily -- I never credited their egg lies. I also eat grass fed rather than grain fed meats, and I exercise (11 cows and 50 sheep keep me regular in my routine). They also lied about carbs and cornflakes....
Say hello to Joel for me: we are friends as well as allies. Joel is a true warrior and hero, trying to rescue people from the lies of industrial profiteers.
There is nothing quite like fresh eggs from your own chickens.
Watched a couple 'Foodie' videos (probably ETV) One where she visited the source for her eggs. They offered 2 qualities.Very clean quarters and calm chickens. The high quality operation was unbelievably mechanized. Those chicken seemed to have learned and were satisfied with the setup. Saw another video of regular operation. Hens looked stressed, disheveled and too many with too little space. The zoo had a very small chicken operation. Offered a couple of them to the aged tigers to stimulate them, sans much success. Traumatic for the chiken keeper.
The most chickens I had at any given time was three not including my rooster. My son and I had more eggs than we could eat so I would bring a carton to work for a co-worker almost once a week. He made several claims as to why these brown eggs were so much better than those from the grocery.
No comparison. Store-bought eggs can be months old....
6 would last me all day
And while we are on the topic of much maligned foods, here's to nuts.
Conclusions: "Higher nut intake is associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality, and mortality from respiratory disease, diabetes, and infections."
Article:"Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause- specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies"
Citation: Aune et al. BMC Medicine (2016) 14:207 DOI 10.1186/s12916-016-0730-3
I emailed the author and innocently asked if roasting had any impact. Nope. Eat away, every day.
P.S. I finally paid up to post this.
Robert, I love reading your posts but how many hours are in your days? Between fixing up a farm, traveling, consulting and pumping out two pieces a day, often long form, I feel like lazy sloth by comparison. Maybe I should go eat more meat. Ha.
It isn't just "me"- Jill works all the time and we have an amazing person to help care for our animals. I don't know how we could travel without her.
But still... Do you sleep? Can you write in your sleep?
If you post the secrets to your productivity here, I’m putting them on my wall.
Me too!!!
thanks for joining the community, Kurt. The travel is what is the killer.
Kurt, I resemble that remark! Lol ‼️ 😆 🤣 😂
Kurt, As you probably know, seeds too. Sunflower, sesame, pumpkin. I roast my own sunflower seeds and use them in everything.
Yes, the reference I posted includes all seeds as nuts.
I’ll confirm your nuts statement. My in-laws always had a few bowls of shelled nuts and nut crackers on den and kitchen tables. Very odd to me.. my family did not snack). They also had an enormous amount, in my opinion, of the best cuts of beef, pork and occasionally chicken. Small folks. She loved cooking and was Syrian which incorporates a large Mediterranean diet. No sweets, really. At 87 and 93, neither had heart trouble, cancer, or even broke a bone.
They worked hard. So, I eat a few nuts occasionally… but I think 🤔 your data is correct!
Swiss men live the longest worldwide. Why are we not included in the blue zones? Maybe because we do not eat the official 'longevity diet'?I do not know of any older vegeterian Swiss. Most of us love eating meat, cheese and drinking regularily wine to our dinners and our annual chocolate consumption is with 10 Kilogramm per person worldwide the highest..
Did you know that I lived in Bern for a while? Unfortunately even Swiss chocolate has become my enemy- both weight gain and gastritis/acid reflux.
I am full of admiration for all of your amazing work you do and no, I didn't know that you have lived in Bern. Did you work here?? Too bad, you can't eat chocolate any more, otherwise I would have sent you my favourites ones. Kind regards from Gruyères, Charlotte
We lived in Zurich for a while. My condolences on the loss of chocolate.
Robert: have you tried 80% dark chocolate?? = less sugar.
Chocolate is much better than fluoxetine sertraline escitalopram, etc.😎
Some months ago, you mentioned in one of your articles that you suffered an attack of gout. I am 57, and until May of 2022, thought I had escaped the same gout affliction that had affected my dad and uncle for decades. I was slammed for an uncharacteristic 7 weeks with my first attack, or at least the first that I recognized as such. It was the worst time of my life. My bloodwork showed out-of-range values, and for a while I thought I was dying. After many doctor visits spread over multiple specialties, I still have no explanations for the out-of-range values.
After suffering from the attack for 7 weeks, I finally gave up my resistance to medical dependency, and went on allopurinol. At the time I read multiple resources that advised NOT to go on that medication while an attack was still active. Luckily for me, a podiatrist was willing to prescribe it, and it worked almost immediately. I have resumed a mostly normal condition of health, at least as far as age and the psychological torments of current circumstances will allow.
No one had to persuade me to go off red meat, because I had absolutely no interest in indulging in any foods that might trigger another attack. I counted eggs as lifesavers, discovering that they were very low in purines, and along with dairy these were the only protein sources that I trusted for a while. I have gradually resumed poultry consumption, but still mostly avoid beef and pork.
From Wikipedia I read that allopurinol was approved for use in 1966, the year of my birth, and is on the WHO list of essential medicines. Imagine that: a medicine that works, a medicine that's cheap, a medicine developed by pharma companies that back then wanted to ease human suffering.
I count the whole COVID phenomenon as either the greatest crime or greatest set of crimes in human history. I understand that will sound hyperbolic to many, but I stand by that assertion and it is aging well. It prompts me to reevaluate every bit of information, dietary, medical, historical, and otherwise, that I've ever been taught in my life. I hope I live long enough to see the current generation of lethal frauds exposed and the fraudsters brought to justice.
I use allopurinol myself now. Gout is pretty much a lifetime affliction. Best cure is prevention.
How do folks prevent gout?
Gout is associated with excess uric acid build up in the body, which may be caused by kidney deficiency which is supposed to remove it, and that is usually associated with niacin, vitamin B (3-12/all of them,) and Iron deficiencies. There are many articles about this, but be careful, as I just looked to try to give you a good link to one, and they all have been manipulated to point towards drug dependency, so I can only suggest that you follow and subscribe to Dr Mercola, whom I have been following for over 30 years, and has been a phenomenal resource for my health & preventative medicine!
Thanks for the info. I don't have a problem at 73 but I'm always interested in new and useful health info.
As I've gotten older, I've found that my kidneys don't like me to eat a lot of animal protein. I get plenty of vitamins because I eat plenty of plants and my eggs, Eggland's Best Organic Eggs, come from hens who eat powerful vegetarian food. (The hens are also uncaged and can go outside when they want.) My body also doesn't like too much iron, but I make sure I get enough to keep myself healthy. Once I reached menopause, I needed less for the obvious reason.
Finally I eat no extra salt with anything. My eggs have some natural sodium, as do the organic peas and potatoes I eat and the organic Ezekiel bread. And my body loves unsalted sardines in water occasionally and they have quite a bit of natural sodium. I gotta' have some sodium, of course, so I prefer to get it from food.
What a great article with such useful comments!
Yes, and I forgot to mention that there's been a lot of studies on Lead levels in the drinking water contributing to kidney disease, which gout is a symptom of, so I tell people to diversify their food & water sources, so that the immune system doesn't get overwhelmed, and it can still fight off or detox when you rotate what you are eating and drinking as best as possible...good for you for prioritizing your health! I also have to be careful with meats like chicken that have arsenic in them, because it causes me to have thyroid issues, so I get all of my meat from farmers now...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9337891/
I agree with you about the water. My husband and I have been using the Pur water filter on our kitchen sink since it first became available in the early 2000's. And I also drink some bottled spring water.
You can get organic chicken. Whole Foods has it, as does one of my local groceries. As you can probably tell, I live in an urban area so I have to rely on grocery stores.
I seriously doubt you can. They push diets without any real conviction they work
Maybe wise to keep prevention and cure separate from each other? Equating them is one of the core frauds behind the vaccine hoax? Healthy people, for me, need no drugs for any reason and absolutely not to "prevent" things haven't happened. I trust the amazing immune system God saw fit to bless me with and happy and healthy to face future risks without any - risky - talismans.
A friend has gout. I was reading up on it and it seems there are many genes in involved in its expression, where uric acid is not transported effectively out of the kidneys and body. It seems diet changes can help but may not be enough to prevent an attack.
" count the whole COVID phenomenon as either the greatest crime or greatest set of crimes in human history. I understand that will sound hyperbolic to many, but I stand by that assertion and it is aging well. It prompts me to reevaluate every bit of information, dietary, medical, historical, and otherwise, that I've ever been taught in my life. I hope I live long enough to see the current generation of lethal frauds exposed and the fraudsters brought to justice" You nailed it here - we feel exactly the same way. After that madness - and possibly the next one - absolutely everything must be questioned. On gout I suspect the cause could be poor blood flow and recommend a visit to Johan. He fixed my back and neck and damaged thumb with nothing but the focused pressure of his elbow. Strong heart and good circulation appear to cure many ills - certainly can't hurt
Yes!! We changed our diet to high animal protein, very low carb, very low sugar in 2020, best decision, health wise, ever. Please note that after eating like this for the past several years, if you eat just a little carbs and sugar it piles the weight back on very quickly, (We’re in our late 50s) so it has to be a permanent change. Intermittent fasting is definitely the key, we have found. We only eat two meals a day and both within 7-8 hours. Some people do it with only 6 hours between meals, which we’re found is too close. European doctors knew that sugar was the health hazard, not animal fats. Cholesterol is brain food!
precisely
Congratulations on your diet change and weight loss. The few vegetarians I have known over the years seemed to catch everything that went around and were sick so often! I believe in eating in moderation and also, enjoying what you eat! There seems to be an effort to remove so many of life’s pleasures from us humans! We are controlled in many different ways, our sustenance should not be one of them!
The problem is processed food, whether vegan or animal based. Companies making processed food have a goal of profits above all else. Make it as tasty and cheaply as possible with chemicals and preservatives that The Science declares safe and effective.
And if you include fast food as "one of life's pleasures", you have to come to terms with the fact it is poison and not worth any pleasure injected into it.
Organic whole foods are the only way to go.
Nope. No fast food for me, although many folks I know love it!
Yes. Eat fresh!
And also so frail and wrinkled! My Maui vegan friend was outside on a fishing charter so I believe her constant intake of Vit D from the sun aided her immune system but always had gut issues and the like.
Steak and eggs for breakfast has always made for an amazing start to the day.
One of my favorite meals and I don't limit it to breakfast!
Same here. Steak with eggs oooooh la la.
I hope your words find good landings, Dr. malone. I tried for 20 years to convince people that there is a genuine, ancient, healthy way to eat and it requires eliminating processed food, most processed sugar, eating more fruits and vegetables and, yes, meat. People always take things to extreme though. When the Atkins diet came out the '30 carb daily limit' was not inaccurate for losing weight but it was only a piece of the whole story. Like all diets, it worked for the short term.
My journey was to do what I always do, ask questions first. My conclusion, after writing a column on healthy low card dieting was - if you have to lose weight, pick a diet you can live with or you will not only get bored and revert back to your old way of eating, you will gain all the lost weight, then some and probably impact your overall health.
Eating 'healthy' requires moderation, eating high value carbs, which mean fruit and vegetables, and the protein source that has served humankind for millennia - meat.
As for paying any attention to the scientism du jour, I do what I did when they declared coconut was bad - I ate it anyway reasoning that coconut has been a staple for Hawaiians forever. Common sense is a valuable tool for navigating this life. Too bad it has been kicked aside.
Amen to the common sense!
My late father-in-law, the preeminent cardiologist in the Philippines before legally immigrating to the U.S. in the early 1960s, where he taught cardio-electrophysiology at Seton Hall University College of Medicine, told me decades ago that the lecithin in egg whites, balances out the cholesterol in egg yolks. I never looked back & enjoy eating eggs whenever I please. A wise & highly intelligent physician & scientist, he is also listed in the Who's Who of medicine for his work on the effects of vitamin B1 on the heart & trained with Carl Wiggins at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio. Further, cholesterol is not the bad guy that it is made out to be. It is vitally important for many bodily functions, especially our nerves. The brain has a significant amount of cholesterol & would not be able to function properly without it. Like most everything else that emanates from our federal health agencies, their recommendations on nearly everything needs to be questioned.
I keep hearing that cholesterol is not the bad guy. My cholesterol is “high” according to my doctor. Should I be concerned?
Rather than overly focus on your total cholesterol, pay closer attention to your entire lipid profile (HDL, LDL). A higher HDL (high-density) is more cardio-protective. LDL (low-density) is more concerning. I have taken a good quality fish oil capsule for many years to help keep my HDL up. Changes in your diet can help to lower your LDL. I have also taken Red Yeast Rice at intervals to help keep my LDL lower. It functions similarly to a statin, so best to check liver enzymes if you plan to stay on it for any length of time.
Right thanks. I do all that. The fish oil lowered my triglycerides last year, but it’s been up this year also. I’ve been taking red yeast rice two/day but now am doing 4/ day so we’ll see. The hardest thing for me to give up right now is the half and half in my coffee and wine (one glass at bedtime). 🙁
Bravo bravo Robert. Thank you for the take back to my childhood of “Wheatie” sugary cereal experience. Jacked up and couldn’t sit in class. Then the drs wanted to give me Ridellan to help me obey, when all I needed was to get my a$$ outside and dig my hands into the dirt and enjoy Creation beauty, playing with a stick! Yes, grounding outside and foods that Creator Divine has graciously given us to smack down with gusto is truth for us to embrace; humbly. Blessings on you and your family as you journey on! Peace be with us.
One of the problems with all this ADHD diagnosing is the refusal of teachers to pay attention to the fact that many children have too much natural energy to sit still for even half an hour. And I say this as a former teacher, especially since as a student with a lot of physical and mental energy, I had a whole lot of trouble staying still. I forced myself to do it because if I hadn't my parents would have made me pay for it in all sorts of nasty ways.
And, of course, there's all that sugar and those chemical additives. Since I was born in 1950, there weren't that many chemicals in my food and my mother strenuously controlled my allowance of sugar, so at least I didn't have additional energy boosters.
I hope you're doing well now.
Yes, Jared. My son’s private school principal wanted us to put him in counseling and try Ritalin, but we found a Christian counselor who said, “Get him to run. He’s a boy and he has energy.” So we enrolled him in soccer. He loved it and problem solved.
My family was a farming and ranching family with a steady diet of meat and eggs (a lot of both) and all have lived into their upper 90's. The more I've listened to people like you, the healthier I've become!
I've read a few articles on Yahoo that say that eggs are good for people, especially seniors (!) and that statins are useless for stopping heart attacks. And several years ago I read about a study that showed that people whose LDL was under 160 suffered from depression. And then very recently I read another article that said that dementia increased with too much good (HDL) cholesterol, again on Yahoo.
The reason I'm mentioning Yahoo as my source is because if these studies that question old medical dogma are appearing there, then the dogma is actually changing.
The truth is to have a varied diet that suits your health. If a lot of meat does it, then go for it. If a plant-based diet does it, go for it. If a fish/vegetarian diet does it go for it.
Just stay from processed foods, because there have been studies since the 1990's that consistently show that chemical additives can cause cancer. And, as I've written before, there's solid medical evidence that chemicals can cause ADHD, the autism spectrum, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. (Sources: "Why Your Child Is Hyperactive,' by Dr. Ben F. Feingold and "The Future of the Mind," by Michio Kaku)
Thank you, Dr. Malone, for you necessary dose of common sense.
I may have made a mistake about the LDL level since I read the article several years ago. I just checked online and it said that 160 was considered the beginning of a high level, so maybe the article said 60...? Anyway, too little LDL can be dangerous. Oh--the article I read about high HDL causing dementia said LDL cholesterol wasn't a factor.
Still, I really have my doubts about these medically contrived cholesterol levels, especially after that statin study.
Not very many years ago a cholesterol level of 300 was considered average. Then they moved it down to 250. Still weren't selling enough statins and they moved it to 200. That is way too low for health!
Thank you! So I was probably right in remembering the study amount as being 160.
And I just posted a comment about Mark Sloan's book, "Cancer," where he slams conventional medical advice about cholesterol and unsaturated and saturated fats.
The whole push to eliminate meat, dairy and egg consumption is CONTROL.
The U S Government destroyed the Bison to eliminate their source of food.
The biggest lie is that Cattle cause methane. Rotting ungrazed grass will cause methane ANYWAY without being utilized. If it catches fire it increases carbon.
If not allowed to grow at all by being paved over it can't produce oxygen for all to breathe. There is enough pavement in the USA to cover an area 1/2 the State of Colorado. This doesn't include what is an unpaved roed.
Highways and RR Tracks fence off a huge amount of right of way with ungrazed grass that often catches fire and burns thousands of adjacent acres.
Nature is a genius in how grass and trees provide oxygen, get consumed and turned into meat without really increasing the methane or carbon.
Native Americans knew to consume not just the muscle meat, but also the organ meat and suet. They taught the Mountain Men to do this to prevent scurvy.
People without meat won't live as long and will be easier to control. If we die younger, think how much elderly income and housing they will save.
Look how much money a nursing home charges and many of not most of these places are rampant in elderly abuse.
A 93 year old friend of ours was having to pay $10,000 a month OUT OF POCKET to stay in a Nursing home and he wasn't even bed ridden. He had to take a MANDATORY COVID vaccination to live there and his wife living at home and healthy couldn't visit him until she took a mandatory COVID vaccination. We couldn't go see him cause we wouldn't take the death jab. He passed away so is in a better place.
The government has money for war and killing but a Boot in the butt for the former taxpayer.
I wish the Malones health with their new diet. For those interested, on my pathetic substack I did a quick look at PubMed, inquiring as to the value, if any, of a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle. TL;DR: it looks like going vegan/vegetarian might extend one's life expectancy by 5% or so. I don't claim any expertise in statistics, but based on other reading I've done, that might amount to a few months, or perhaps even just a few weeks, of added life. I'll take the juicy stake and the bacon cheeseburger instead, thank you very much.
https://satansdoorknob.substack.com/p/vegging-out-does-a-vegan-or-vegetarian
cheeseburger in paradise....
S D, So long as it's not a stake to your heart, bacon generally is loaded with nitrates.