Diet Soda Now Linked to Heart Disease

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Lem21 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:09:06 GMT

Eating traditional (like your greatgrandparents, red meat and all), is the key:

http://www.westonaprice.org/

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Lem21 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:06:37 GMT

This myth of saturated fat must finally end. Eating organic grass fed red meat, even everday is actually a good thing and the minerals in the grass are appreciated by your body. Grass fed meat has the highest in Omega-3 as well.

I've been drinking raw milk from a local dairy which has grass fed milk cows. That and the meat has caused my cholesterol to decline from 245 to 190.

Vegetables are important, but vegans do poorly as they have high rates of osteoperosis and heart disease.

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aemit — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:26:05 GMT

Well. I do not drink any sodas or soft drinks either. However, I wonder what are the best options? I do drink a lot of water and tea (without any sweetener), black tea, rooibos, oolong etc.

Regarding the water, I use RO water and I thought that was ok but now it turns out that it is "dead water" which indeed is true, it has nothing in it. I was wondering about glacier water, any opinions? Glacier water is also supposed to have an ancient texture and very pure but still, it does have some minerals in it. Before my RO period I used to drink waters like Ice Age and Blue Lake Alaska but the RO was cheaper so I changed to that. If anyone has any suggestions.

Regarding teas, it seems that the tea plant somehow accumulates fluorine and stores it so virtually any tea on the market has fluoride in it. Again, any opinions?

I also drink coffee sometimes (again, no sweeteners) and it is the watery type so not too thick. But I like teas better and take them to work too.

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JewellWatkins — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:13:54 GMT

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Beccadog — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:11:05 GMT

Is Sweet Leaf real stevia? Is it better than Nu-Stevia? www.nunaturals.com/.../stevia.html

I have used NuStevia for several years sparingly. That is about one envelop per day to sweeten my toffee tea, which I make by the half gallon, and on rare occasions with coffee (in which I find I need a whole packet per cup).

I don't know which is real Stevia and from what this so-called NuStevia is made.

Would love more information, including peer reviewed studies (rather than Bush Administration-pharm studies).

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peggysue777 — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:38:11 GMT

A few weeks ago I had to visit someone in one of our Community Hospitals. A friend of mine and I went down to the Cafeteria to grab something to eat. I just couldn't seem to find bottled water, I looked and looked. Finally at the checkout counter I asked if they had bottled water, and she said "yeah, over there in the corner" Then my friend and I sat down to eat, and for someone reason I looked around the cafeteria, and to my shocked surprise I was the ONLY person who was not drinking soda with their meal. I don't care whether it was a Dr, Nurse, or just someone there visiting. I was the only one there without a soda to drink!!!!! This actually really scared me to think that this is the only thing that people drink. And then we wonder why people seem to be getting sicker and sicker. The stuff should be banned. But you can't force people to drink something else, it truly is really sad.

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joebass1 — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:03:06 GMT

I‘m a retired engineer from St. Louis Missouri, I read all his articles and have learned more from Dr. Mercola than any other site on the internet. I‘ve been eating and drinking a lot of things like veggies, berries, and other food that Dr. Mercola has endorsed as being good for the human body.

I‘ve been doing this for almost 8 years and just turned 60 years old. I look like I‘m 45 years old and feel great. I have not received any flu shots and have not had a cold in 5 years. I got a cold last year and it lasted for 2 days and went away because of the high antioxidants I consume every day.

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I have contacted Oprah & Martha Stewart to see if I can go on their program and show the world how to make a berry drink using 7 different berries. I drink 2 to 3 glasses a day. It took a year to perfect the process, but it‘s delicious and I believe is keeping me healthy and alive. I would tell people my name or e-mail, but I‘m afraid it might get out of hand.

I want to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Mercola for all the good information.....

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JoyceF — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:15:58 GMT

Gonna try to post once more. I am disappointed cuz I just ordered a 6 pack of something new called Zevia. It's a diet pop sweetened with Stevia. I figured that it would be pretty harmless especially if I only drank it once in a while. Does anyone know anything about this new diet pop? They have a website. Not sure I'm supposed to post it but it's zevia.com Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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Conscious Evolution — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:44:58 GMT

Ever heard of lowering our population below 1 billion? Hey, if I was an evil tyrant who did not care about my spiritual evolution I would do the same... makes sense if you don't care, we are killing the planet, so kill us and the planet survives. Kind of like what our medical industry does already, treat the symptom not the cause!

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Irish Meg — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:19:39 GMT

Pure Chemicals!!! This is another thing I am a big advocate of....teaching people of this poison! I wish this stuff would be baned!!!

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rrochon — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:51:24 GMT

The mineral doctor (what was his name?) use to relate that since corn oil has twice the fat of dried corn they decided they could fatten cattle faster with the oil. Before they got them ready for slaughter they died of heart failure, so they decided to use the corn oil for human consumption. So, corn, whether used dried or just the oil, could have some detrimental elements in it. And even cattle fattened on dried corn might be unhealthier than grass fed cattle. Or maybe it is just the fattening that hurts?????

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ReasonRules — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:56:56 GMT

What I find glaring in articles of this nature, is that the diets consist of some good food and some bad foods, yet all get lumped together under the category of bad. Here is their general conclusion. "They concluded that lots of meat, fried foods and diet soda increase your risk of heart disease" This just isn't so. Red meats get lumped in with fried foods and soda, therefore red meats are bad. What kind of logic is this? That is like saying eat this poison mushroom, and this non poisonous one, but since you are dying, then the non poisonous one is also killing you too. I am always amazed at the perverted logic of these so called researchers. Most of them just don't get it. Red meat, and I know Dr. Mercola will totally disagree, as will most people because they have been programmed to believe red meat is bad, is not bad. Red meat is one very healthy food, and when cooked properly and eaten with sensible carbs like fruits and vegetables, keeping the carbs low and the protein high, red meat supplies not only very important protein that the body needs, it also stabilizes blood sugar. But old ideas die hard in the health field as they do in the medical field. Someone said years ago red meat was bad. That statement has been parroted by virtually everyone in the entire holistic movement. It is a bunch of hogwash. In my practice I have advocated a very high protein diet consisting of LOTS of red meat, and veggies. No sodas, and very little that contains wheat or sugar. My clients respond very fast. Almost any kind of problem is reversed and they become healthy. CARBS do NOT promote optimal health. They are an illusion, and a popular belief. I have been on a very high meat red meat intake for years, and I have perfect numbers all body systems. No blockages, and perfect BP. I don't do anything that mainstream says to do, or what others believe in and do. If the masses believe something is right, check yours and their premises. The masses are rarely right about anything.

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Catholic — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:50:45 GMT

Does anyone really know anything about Dr. Mercola? I've found this web site, but all it ever seems is that he's trying to sell us something. That, to me, lessens his credentials. In the article entitled, "Diet Soda Now Linked to Heart Disease", which is what caught our attention, dhea1 actually read the article cited and showed that the conclusion about diet soda needed further study. I'm certainly not promoting drinking soda; that's not what this post is about, but it seems Dr. Mercola has an awesome marketing person making up titles for articles that will catch our attention, and then in his comments section, he tries to sell us his book, "Sweet Deception".

I agree with alot of what he says, (and I'm nobody), but I just read all about what he now thinks of eggs, whites and yolks, and whether to cook them or eat them raw, etc., and he was getting blasted for contradicting himself from previous articles. Granted new research brings forth new information, but I wish he'd stop trying to sell on his web site.

Please inform...

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JoyceF — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:54:35 GMT

Oh shoot....I just found something called Zevia which is a diet cola drink that contains only stevia as the sweetener. I thought it might be interesting to taste it for use on occasion so I broke down and ordered a 6 pack of the 3 different flavors of cola, orange and lemon lime. Now I'm wondering if I shouldn't have been so rash in ordering it. Oh well...could it be that bad for an occasional drink?