GysdeJongh wrote:
> http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/
>
> Saturday, May 17, 2008
> American Diabetes Association
>
> These are actual quotes from the American Diabetes Association website:
>
> Myth #5: If you have diabetes, you should only eat small amounts of
starchy
> foods, such as bread, potatoes and pasta.
> Starchy foods are part of a healthy meal plan. What is im****tant is the
> ****tion size. Whole grain breads, cereals, pasta, rice and starchy
> vegetables like potatoes, yams, peas and corn can be included in your
meals
> and snacks. The key is ****tions. For most people with diabetes, having
3-4
> servings of carbohydrate-containing foods is about right. Whole grain
> starchy foods are also a good source of fiber, which helps keep your gut
> healthy.You decide to swap two slices of bread for two slices of
low-calorie
> bread and have the cookies -- it's an even trade. Your total amount of
> carbohydrate remains the same for the meal.
>
> My point? As I often say, while the "official" organizations like the
> American Diabetes Association, the American heart Association, and the
USDA
> dominate the message provided to mainstream Americans, to those of us
who
> know better, they have become irrelevant. You can see how obviously
> boneheaded their advice is. I'd go so far as to say that, if you want
> diabetes, follow the American Diabetes Association diet. If you have
> diabetes, and you'd like to accelerate complications like kidney
disease,
> heart disease, and neuropathy, then follow the American Diabetes
Association
> diet.
>
> I'm going to bet that American Diabetes Association sponsors like Lilly,
> Novo Nordisk, Merck, Pfizer, Abbott ($1 million or more annual
> contributions) and Cadbury Schweppes (3-year, multi-million dollar
sup****t
> for Weight Loss Matters program) will continue to charge full-speed
ahead to
> maintain the status quo.
>
> And if you gain, say, 30 or 40 lbs eating these foods. . . well, we've
got a
> treatment for that. Merck's Januvia , for instance, can help you out for
> only about $200 a month!
>
> Looking at the facts this way, and it seems like some cheap conspiracy
> theory: They're all out to get us. Dispense information that virtually
> guarantees propagation of the disease, and all your friends and cronies
> profit. I don't know if it is or it isn't, but it sure smells like it
> sometimes.
>
> Dr. William Davis,Cardiologist and author of the book, Track Your Plaque
>
> No comment
> Gys
Smarter to simple eat less, down to the right amount.
Be hungry... be healthy... be hungrier... be euglycemic...
Prayerfully in the awesome name of LORD Jesus Christ,
Andrew <><
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