Rick Reuben wrote:

newberry wrote:Does anyone have any evidence supporting the idea that diet affects pH balance of blood?

Why do you even ask? If I showed you 100 doctors with research, you would say that it was the wrong 100 doctors, and then ask the same exact question again. If the establishment isn't behind something, it doesn't exist in your world.

Here's what I think: the foods on the alkaline list look healthier than the foods on the acidic list.

If people want to think that they can eat anything and everything and not increase their risk of cancer or increase their general risk of disease, then they should go right ahead. Clamp a cellphone to your ear, swig that aspartame, guzzle that fluoride, sleep under high voltage wires, eat GMO food, pop several SSRI's every day, put all your money in the stock market, have faith in the US dollar, give your kids nine vaccines in one day. Live it up.

newberry wrote:I read Fast Food Nation, and am familiar with the dark side of the meat industry.

newberry wrote:Anyone know of any evidence that demonstrates the health benefits of vegetarianism?

Is that book any good? I saw the movie, and while it started out strong it was ridiculously painful to watch by the end. A theatrical cluster-fuck of political issues, each of them poorly represented.

Rick Reuben wrote:There's big money in 'treating' cancer and big money in shitty food. It's no surprise that the link between diet and cancer is not emphasized as it should be.

unarmedman wrote:A couple of years ago I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, and was told that fats and grains (especially wheat) should be avoided altogether. While large amounts of these items are very tough for me to digest, small amounts whole wheat and grass-fed meats go down just fine, and help keep my weight up. Same for dairy - goat is very easy to digest.

Rick Reuben wrote:

Ty Webb wrote:What about the loon diet?

Loons are not mammals. Don't be silly.