Tuesday, November 30, 2010

We are not clones of Donald Watson

I do believe in God, but not religion, and I also believe in the unity of all things, however we are not all genetic clones of each other. I may be perfectly fine on the vegan diet but others are not. Finding health information not supporting the vegan diet and supporting the vegan diet is easy enough. Finding it separated from some kind of "ism" is not possible. That "ism" is the need to be right. Whether you go over to the dark side of Weston Price (who may have some valuable information) or you stay with the beans, not beings, eaters (the vegans), what you will find is that everyone wants to be right. No one is all right and no one is all wrong.

It's common knowledge, or I hope it is, that some people are genetically predisposed to high levels of cholesterol. 

Genetics
Some people are genetically predisposed to having high levels of cholesterol. A variety of minor genetic defects can lead to excessive production of LDLs or a decreased capacity for their removal. This tendency towards high cholesterol levels is often passed on from parents to their children. If your parents have high cholesterol, you need to be tested to see if your cholesterol levels are also elevated.


Therefore, it seems only logical that the opposite is true and in that opposite there are varying levels and degrees of SLOS or some other genetic tendency in the opposite direction of low cholesterol and the need for dietary cholesterol. Remember Lorenzo's Oil was discovered by the parents, not by Doctors. 

http://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/cardiovascular/cholesterol/cholesterol4.htm

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/whataregd/slos/

Doctors are "experts" and so are well meaning nutritionists. As "experts" they already know everything, pretty much. When some one already knows everything, there's nothing else to know. That's too bad.

Just because it’s not written by an MD (Atkins was an MD and the guy was wacked) or a bunch of wacked MDs then it’s invalid. Lorenzo’s oil was discovered by the parents. That’s the only example I can think of offhand, but I’m sure there are many discoveries out there made by regular old people.

Diet and cholesterol are big money makers for both sides. Everyone wants to be right. We are all not clones of Donald Watson.

 

Posted by Christina at 9:02 AM

2 comments:

  1. ChristinaNovember 30, 2010 at 9:20 AM

    Or maybe Atkins wasn't all wacked, just partially wacked. People who eat lower carbs do tend to lose weight, he just had some of his theory wrong and some right, which proves my point on the "all wrong" and "all right".

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  2. TaVeJune 16, 2012 at 7:43 PM

    While some people may need dietary cholesterol, from my very limited knowledge that may not be correct, there are other ways to get your body to produce more cholesterol with your diet and sometime dietary cholesterol does not raise you cholesterol levels.

    From http://jacknorrisrd.com/?cat=40
    "Back when it was thought that eating cholesterol caused an increase in blood cholesterol, people with high cholesterol or heart disease were warned away from eggs. But then it was found that while some people’s cholesterol levels rise significantly from eating cholesterol, most people’s do not"

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