mercola is pretty aggro, eh?

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Permalink Reply by Janne Schaffer on May 5, 2011 at 8:00am

lol

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Permalink Reply by Renée Veganza on May 9, 2011 at 12:45pm

roflcopters.

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Permalink Reply by MADO on May 5, 2011 at 7:55am

WOW

 

The man who thinks fruit is the devil

 

He eats 30 steaks a day

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Permalink Reply by Janne Schaffer on May 5, 2011 at 8:00am

lol

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Permalink Reply by Dave on May 5, 2011 at 8:03am

To be fair it does seem that fruit raises triglycerides in some people, I know when reading on the mcdougall forums (which is basically cooked 811) that some folks have to cut back on fruit after having their trigs rise.

 

Exercise seems to be a key in keeping them under control.

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Permalink Reply by todd on May 5, 2011 at 8:10am

yeah, but there is more to the high trigs issue than just saying high trigs equals fruit is bad.. I tested high trigs in the lone blood test I had almost a year ago.. I chose not to focus on that though because by every other health marker I am doing really well..

 

as you said exercise is a key, especially if it's true that high trigs result when consuming more calories than are being burnt.. I was exercising at the time of my blood test, but not losing weight and I think I was overconsuming... We'll see.. I will get another test done some day..

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Permalink Reply by Mini Rawvegan on May 5, 2011 at 9:19pm

Mercola exercises a lot so that should not have been his problem.

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Permalink Reply by Rosalie Esther on May 5, 2011 at 10:10pm

Could have been the high fat content of his diet. You know meat isac high in fat. Seems to me McDougall says somewhere that high fat in blood stream causes fruit to raise triglicorides. Not sure as I don't have books with me to double check.

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Permalink Reply by Mini Rawvegan on May 5, 2011 at 9:21pm

Did you ever do his online test to check your "nutritional type". You will not be able to complete it as he does not even allow for the possibility of veganism in his multiple choice answers.

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Permalink Reply by Jeanie Cig on May 5, 2011 at 10:30pm

..after a few weeks of eating fruit for breakfast...

Yeah, and what else did he eat?

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Permalink Reply by B on May 9, 2011 at 11:05am

I love how he states that eating foods high in cholesterol and saturated fat won't affect your blood lipids in a negative way (i.e. raise cholesterol) when he also believes that if your cholesterol is below 200mg/dl (e.g. from eating a vegan diet) it's too low and you need to consume more saturated fat and cholesterol lol.

 

I also find it amusing these 'lipid hypothesis' deniers insist it's not fat but rather oxidative stress that causes heart disease.. so to reduce heart disease risk it is suggested to avoid eating anti-oxidant rich foods like fruits entirely and instead consume animal products high in pro-oxidants like heme iron, cholesterol, methyl mercury, etc. makes sense.

 

but hey, if the guy with the most popular health site on the web took the time to comment recently on someone else's blog on the 811 diet, the book must be catching on in the alternative health world.

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