The first article that I’ve posted below does Not pertain to humans, but since there is virtually no activity in that Forum, I’m posting it here plus it does seem to serve their Agenda, which is to keep the public IGNORANT about Food & Drugs!
[healthypets.mercola.com]
Story at-a-glance
• The FDA is the latest organization to issue an absurd warning to pet owners to avoid the “dangers” of raw pet food. The basis for the warning is a two-year “study” the agency conducted of 1,000 samples of pet food to check for bacteria that causes foodborne illness.
• According to the FDA’s study results, the only pet foods that tested positive for salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes were commercial raw pet foods. Incredibly, the FDA expects us to believe that during the two-year period between July 2010 and July 2012, only one out of 860 processed pet food samples tested positive for bacteria.
• A quick glance at the FDA’s own website shows dozens of processed pet food recalls during the same two-year period, yet the FDA’s sampling turned up only one incidence of bacterial contamination.
• Like the AVMA, the AAHA and other organizations that have taken a public stand against raw pet food diets, the FDA is sadly misinformed about the types of raw food currently on the market. Many raw pet diets these days have been treated with high-pressure pasteurization (HPP), rendering them sterile. For organizations or pet owners who don’t understand the benefits of raw diets but still want to promote unprocessed food, sterile raw foods provide superior nutritional benefits to entirely processed diets.
• The anti-raw movement also conveniently overlooks the fact that pet owners have been feeding raw diets to their dogs and cats for decades, yet to date, not one documented case of raw pet food causing illness in humans has been reported.
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[healthypets.mercola.com]
The next article that I’ve posted below definitely applies to us and even though it’s a joke, at least we beat out the Paleo Diet! The obvious reason why the reviews are bad is because the persons who reviewed it don’t know anything about Raw Food or Nutrition. To say that it is unclear whether a Raw Food Diet could have a Positive Effect on Cardiovascular Health and that there is No Evidence that a Raw Food Diet can Prevent and Reverse Diabetes and that a Raw Food Diet is Inconvenient because it takes too long to peel a banana or eat an apple and that a Raw Food Diet traces back to the late 1800s when it actually traces back to the beginning of time just shows how little these Fools know about Raw Food and Nutrition!!! However, to base a Diet on how easy it is to follow, especially when it’s compared to its BENEFITS, is totally absurd. Obviously, it’s a deciding factor, but once people understand the BENEFITS of a Raw Food Diet, it’s NOT that hard to follow. As Nietzsche once said, “He who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how.”
Anyway, here is the article followed by my Recap…
[health.usnews.com]
Best Diets Overall
U.S. News evaluated and ranked the 32 diets below with input from a panel of health experts. To be top-rated, a diet had to be relatively easy to follow, nutritious, safe and effective for weight loss and against diabetes and heart disease. The government-endorsed Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) snagged the top spot.
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[health.usnews.com]
JR’s Recap…
Best Diets Overall
#1 - DASH Diet
#2 - TLC Diet
#3 - Mayo Clinic Diet
#3 - Mediterranean Diet
#3 - Weight Watchers
#6 - Flexitarian Diet
#6 - Volumetrics
#8 - Jenny Craig
#9 - Biggest Loser Diet
#9 - Ornish Diet
#11 - Traditional Asian Diet
#11 - Vegetarian Diet
#13 - Anti-Inflammatory Diet
#13 - Slim-Fast
#13 - Spark Solution Diet
#16 - Flat Belly Diet
#16 - Nutrisystem
#18 - Abs Diet
#18 - Engine 2 Diet
#18 - South Beach Diet
#18 - Vegan Diet
#22 - Eco-Atkins Diet
#22 - Glycemic-Index Diet
#22 - Zone Diet
#25 - Macrobiotic Diet
#25 - Medifast
#27 - Acid Alkaline Diet
#28 - The Fast Diet
#29 - Atkins
#29 - Raw Food Diet
#31 - Dukan Diet
#31 - Paleo Diet
Peace and Love..........John