Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Saving on health care

Monday, March 22, 2010

[fast5] Re: Saving on health care

Thoughts. The biggest problem with any kind of dietary reform is the farm subsidies in Iowa most of all. Huge farm subsides and lobbyists for those huge agribusiness companies. And, no one gets to the White House unless they fair well in Iowa. Fact is that we subsidize the heck out of the more unhealthy foods and not the fresh veg and fruit so the healthy foods will always cost much more than the buck a burger at the fast food joint. Want to read more, check out these sources http://www.grist.org/article/philpott7/

and this one from a school of public health

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/section~db=jour~content=a917711304~fulltext=713240928~dontcount=true

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Laura Semmens <lsemmens@...> wrote:
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> Thoughts? I don't want the gov't deciding what I should eat.
>
> Since last June, I have been zero-carb. I don't eat fruits or veggies or
> grains. I eat mainly meat (and mostly beef) and eggs and a little dairy
> occasionally. I fear that any government "guidelines", even those
> mentioning IF, would mandate the same old stuff from the Food Pyramid. This
> means the lovely fatty beef and full fat dairy I eat would be even more
> outcast than they already are.
>
> While I think IF works great for many people, I have found that ZC has done
> many of the same things IF does; I eat normally twice a day and fast for at
> least 15 hours in my overnight. I am not at all discounting IF but my
> experiments with it (incorporating ZC) have not been any improvement over
> what I already experienced. I have held a steady loss of 30 lbs since last
> April (117 at 5'2" and age 50 next month) and never count a single calorie.
>
> As far as why we keep hearing the same useless info? Follow the money!
>
> Laura
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:56 PM, susieq_az1 <susannauw2010@...> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I don't want to start a political conversation (believe me, I've seen
> > enough of that lately). But with the recent focus on health care, I can't
> > help but wonder why the government and it's various offshoots (the AMA,
> > American Dietetic Association, American Diabetes Association, etc.) keep
> > making the same dietary recommendations that have been proven ineffective.
> > One only has to look at the growing obesity epidemic to know that. What I am
> > wondering is how much we could save on health care if more people were
> > exposed to the health and weight benefits of IF. For me, I know that my
> > blood pressure and blood sugar are both lower after just five weeks on FF,
> > and I also strongly believe that my insulin issues are correcting. My blood
> > sugar and pressure were not too far out of range, but were higher than they
> > had been earlier in my life when I was naturally skipping meals. Based on
> > other family members, I anticipated (though resisted) that I would end up on
> > meds for those issues in the future. But now they are solidly normal, and my
> > blood pressure is back to being a little on the low side.
> >
> > With all the talk about health care reform, it seems to me the dietary
> > guidelines should be part of the overhaul. I know that seems like an uphill
> > battle, particularly new guidelines that would include intermittent fasting
> > (can you imagine a government guideline that recommends skipping
> > breakfast?!), but I'm wondering if there is any hope that the current
> > guidelines will be challenged. Bert -- perhaps you have some idea of the
> > possibility of this?
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Susie
> >
> >
> >
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