What a big leap for Dr. Mercola...if he ever wanted to be controversial and disagreed with this was the way to "stir the pot"! (Click on the article at the end of this post) I personally believe each person is different and has a different chemical make up. Some people do OK with milk and eggs and meat, and some people do better as vegans AND I believe you need to adapt your diet further even at different stages of your life and during differing diseased states. For example I have Lupus at this point I will eat differently than when I am healed. I have heard recently of 2 people on a raw food diet that their cholesterol levels were unbalanced in their bodies(found out they had too little cholesterol by a blood test) and eating animal products helped them rebuild and balance their bodies. I also have talked to many complete vegans that credit their diet for reversing cancer, heart disease, and other diseases. At this point in my research, I believe if you are in a diseased state, you need to detox by a vegan diet (raw or macrobiotics or other) and then later, when you are detoxed, you can go to a more varied diet, again, depending on your own body. Of course at any time you feel you need to you can go back to the cleansing/detox diet to reboot.
We all know that you need to take out the artificials, the man made things, the colors, processed foods etc.
Then you experiment...what makes YOUR body feel great? That is the ONLY thing you need to know. Does your body need meat, fish, eggs, milk raw or cooked? and if it does and how much? We all know that Americans are great at having 3 meals with a large meat serving at every meal everyday. I can tell you that is not healthy for anyone.
Also you MUST do periodic FULL blood testing, for vitamins and minerals and hormones etc., not just the usual CBC. A CBC won't tell you if you have adequate vitamin D3 or adequate B12 and other nutrients as well...just because you are eating great food doesn't mean you are assimilating it properly. Just one little thing wrong with your intestines functioning and you won't be able to absorb the nutrients you need. One vitamin or mineral deficiency and your body's normal functioning, or enzymes or hormones can be thrown off.
Read Dr. Mercola's article below.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2006/02/23/why-the-china-study-is-flawed.aspx
I get so tired of a "one cure fits all" approach. People preaching any extreme diet for that matter can, at times, be zealots and very off-putting. Great post. Sometimes it takes trial and error to figure out what is best for you. I just had a full vitamin panel done, so we'll see if vegan is working or if I need to mix things up a bit :)
ReplyDeleteHi Cami,
ReplyDeleteI always try to tell people to get an allergy test or do an elimination diet to see if they're allergic to anything, I found celiac disease is a common thing people want to test also. Good Luck with your vitamin panel...if you are doing chelation also watch your minerals...the good minerals can be attracted and excreted with the bad heavy metals.
No one diet is for everyone!