This Is Not An April
Fool’s
With each monthly newsletter I like to have a central theme. Earlier this month I was discussing my
upcoming nutrition workshop scheduled for late June (at Sangha Yoga in Kalamazoo,
MI) with my wonderful host Karina Mirsky. As I explained the outline she said
something like, “Can you talk about The China Study or Superfoods or
antioxidants? You know, all that stuff
that is in the news and everyone is talking about.” I usually touch on these topics indirectly,
but don’t necessarily feature them. And,
I do get asked frequently about those subjects along with my other favorite the
acid alkaline issue. At that point I was
inspired. I realized I should have
articles about those topics. So I got busy
and began to write some articles that I could post on my blog, use as the basis
for discussion at the workshop, and share with you over the next several months.
Back to this month’s theme.
I was going to call it “Questions I’m Frequently Asked.” But, then I realized I would send this out
April 1. And then it hit me. These topics are the “April’s Fools” of
nutrition. They sound real good until
you delve in a little deeper. Then you realize
you have been tricked and your wallet has been lightened!
It also got me wondering about the actual origins of April’s
Fools Day. Guess what - naturally no one
knows for sure. The Internet research I
did came back to the same stories. This
seemed to be the best one: http://www.snopes.com/holidays/aprilfools/origins.asp.
For a full list of my upcoming workshops click here: http://brwellness.blogspot.com/2013/03/rosen-wellness-2013-events.html
What Did The China
Study Really Study?
One of the most frequent questions I get as a nutrition
consultant is, “What do you think of The
China Study?” For those of you
unfamiliar with it, this is a book written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD in 2006
which encourages a vegan diet (no animal sourced food) and inspired the recent
documentary Forks Over Knives. The premise of the book and the movie is that
all animal foods are dangerous and are the underlying cause of today’s leading
killers - heart disease and cancer. It
is further claimed that these can be prevented or even cured by avoiding all animal
products and eating a diet consisting of only whole, unprocessed plant foods.
The China Study quickly became the “Bible” of the vegan and
vegetarian communities. It was the undisputed
proof that meat was bad and plant-only was good. While the book contains many well-referenced
arguments, upon closer inspection it becomes clear that many of the claims
result from selecting and manipulating the data that fits the hypothesis,
rather than an unbiased analysis of all the information collected.
For the rest of the story click here: http://brwellness.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-china-study-what-did-it-really-find.html
Nutritional Risks for
Vegetarians
As I have written before there are many theories about what
makes a proper human diet. And, what
makes it more confusing is that you can always find a study to support each
theory (such as The China Study). One
of the main arguments is whether or not humans should eat meat. From my personal experience and that of my
clients I believe that we should. Yet at
the same time I believe that a vegan or vegetarian or plant based diet can be
very good for someone for a particular period of time. It can be healing.
However, there are possible nutrient deficiencies that may
occur in some vegetarians from not eating sufficient animal product. The purpose of this article is to present
that information.
For the full article click here: http://brwellness.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-risk-of-nutrient-deficiencies-for.html
Spring is Here – Time
to Cleanse?
Yes, it appears that Spring is finally here! With that comes Spring cleaning. This is one of the most popular times to do
the Standard Process 21 Day Purification Program. I know I’ll be doing it later this month
beginning April 22. If you’d like to
join me, or get a head start, let me know as I have a special offer - $25 off for
a first time cleanse and $15 off for my experienced cleansers!
For more information on the program click here: https://www.standardprocess.com/Standard-Process-Document-Library/Guides/purificationguideL2605.pdf
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