In the last 100 years, we went from not having any vitamin supplements, to having them over the counter and readily available. And yet most people don’t know how important vitamins really are. And if they take large enough doses, they can use them to prevent illness. And if they take large enough doses, they can use them to treat illness.
Why do we not hear this more, in fact, on the news we hear the opposite, that we shouldn’t take too many of those vitamins. Yet they don’t provide any evidence of that, they just say it. In fact many Drs say ’I don’t believe in vitamins’. But what about the actual facts.
Do we know that good fresh food is what we need to be healthy, fit and have plenty of energy?
Please have a look at the short video below about the importance of eating as much fresh and natural food as possible.
Myth: Heart disease in is caused by consumption of cholesterol and saturated fat from animal products.
Truth: During the period of rapid increase in heart disease (1920-1960), Consumption of animal fats declined but consumption of hydrogenated and industrially processed vegetable fats increased dramatically.
Myth: Saturated fat clogs arteries.
Truth: The fatty acids found in artery clogs are mostly unsaturated (74%) of which 41% are polyunsaturated.
Myth: Vegetarianism is healthy.
Truth: The annual all-cause death rate of vegetarian men is slightly more than that of non-vegetarian men (.93% vs .89%); the annual death rate of vegetarian women is significantly more than that of non-vegetarian women (.86% vs .54%)
Myth: Vitamin B12 can be obtained from certain plant sources such as blue-green algae and soy products.
Truth: Vitamin B12 is not absorbed from plant sources. Modern soy products increase the body's need for B12.
Myth: For good health, serum cholesterol should be less than 180 mg/dl.
Truth: The all-cause death rate is higher in individuals with cholesterol levels lower than 180 mg/dl.
Myth: Animal fats cause cancer and heart disease.
Truth: Animal fats contain many nutrients that protect against cancer and heart disease; elevated rates of cancer and heart disease are associated with consumption of large amounts of vegetable oils.
Myth: Children benefit from a low-fat diet.
Truth: Children on low-fat diets suffer from growth problems, failure to thrive & learning disabilities.
Myth: A low-fat diet will make you "feel better . . . and increase your joy of living."
Truth: Low-fat diets are associated with increased rates of depression, psychological problems, fatigue, violence and suicide.
Myth: To avoid heart disease, we should use margarine instead of butter.
Truth: Margarine eaters have twice the rate of heart disease as butter eaters.
Myth: We do not consume enough essential fatty acids.
Truth: We consume far too much of one kind of EFA (omega-6 EFAs found in most polyunsaturated vegetable oils) but not enough of another kind of EFA (omega-3 EFAs found in fish, fish oils, eggs from properly fed chickens, dark green vegetables and herbs, and oils from certain seeds such as flax and chia, nuts such as walnuts and in small amounts in all whole grains.)
Myth: A vegetarian diet will protect you against atherosclerosis.
Truth: The International Atherosclerosis Project found that vegetarians had just as much atherosclerosis as meat eaters.
Myth: Low-fat diets prevent breast cancer.
Truth: A recent study found that women on very low-fat diets (less than 20%) had the same rate of breast cancer as women who consumed large amounts of fat.
Myth: The "cave man diet" was low in fat.
Truth: Throughout the world, primitive peoples sought out and consumed fat from fish and shellfish, water fowl, sea mammals, land birds, insects, reptiles, rodents, bears, dogs, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, game, eggs, nuts and milk products. (Abrams, Food & Evolution 1987)
Myth: Coconut oil causes heart disease.
Truth: When coconut oil was fed as 7% of energy to patients recovering from heart attacks, the patients had greater improvement compared to untreated controls, and no difference compared to patents treated with corn or safflower oils. Populations that consume coconut oil have low rates of heart disease. Coconut oil may also be one of the most useful oils to prevent heart disease because of its antiviral and antimicrobial characteristics.
Myth: Saturated fats inhibit production of anti-inflammatory prostaglandins.
Truth: Saturated fats actually improve the production of all prostaglandins by facilitating the conversion of essential fatty acids.
Myth: Arachidonic acid in foods like liver, butter and egg yolks causes production of "bad" inflammatory prostaglandins.
Truth: Series 2 prostaglandins that the body makes from arachidonic acid both encourage and inhibit inflammation under appropriate circumstances. Arachidonic acid is vital for the function of the brain and nervous system.
Myth: Beef causes colon cancer
Truth: Argentina, with higher beef consumption, has lower rates of colon cancer than the US. Mormons have lower rates of colon cancer than vegetarian Seventh Day Adventists
HI everyone
There can only be one member of the month for this month and that's Mandie. She is an inspiration and goes from strength to strength.
Mandie has done so well on the programme and has given her words of wisdom and support to so many people on our blog weightlossjournals.petecohen.tv/.
You can hear Mandie in her words by listening to a pod-cast I recored with her recently.
Please make any comments for Mandie below
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It's that time again when we award our member of the month. This month it's Diane Stephenson who has lost an amazing 12 stone, 168 pounds
She is an inspirational lady and you can listen to her in her own words in the pod-cast below as she explains how she did so well and some of the secrets of her success.
Please make any comments you have below and I will pass the onto Diane.
Pete Cohen played a big part in my twelve stone weight loss. I love the on-line programme, it's really easy to use and has a nice accessible and realistic approach. I found it motivates and inspires me to continue to look after myself so I stay slim, fit and healthy for ever.
Hi everyone Welcome to the third in a series of three pod-casts with Health and Fitness Professional, Ben Pratt. The first pod-cast is called "What is an Exceptional Diet " and the second is called "Are Carbohydrates Making you Fat". The last in the series is called "Is Stress Making You Fat". Here we discuss how stress affects the body and in addition we look at how eating different types of oils can affect your health and well being. To find out more about Ben and his products and service then have a look at his web site Please make a comment if you find this pod-cast useful
Hi everyone
Welcome to the second in a series of three pod-casts with Health and Fitness Professional, Ben Pratt. In the first pod-cast we discussed "What is an Exceptional" and I highly recommend that you listen to that one before you listen to this on.
In the pod-cast below we discuss why eating certain types of carbohydrates can seriously effect our ability to lose weight and effect out health and well being.
To find out more about Ben and his products and service then have a look at his web site
Please make a comment if you find this pod-cast useful
Hi there Click below to read a great article that I wrote with personal trainer Susan Cass, called A Diet to Die For. In this article we discuss why the diets that most people view as so successful in the short term have to be so drastic? The Atkins diet, the grape diet, the raw food diet, the cabbage soup diet. It really doesn’t sound very appealing, you know you’re going to hate every minute of it and not be able to sustain it for any tangible length of time, but I guess no pain no gain is the answer to our dieting success - right? CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE Please make a comment below about this article if you find it helpful in any way. Many thanks 
