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Dreamline · 08-26-2009, 10:23 PM

Mice are chosen for a reason. They genetically respond to studies in an extraordinarily human-like way. They are inexpensive. Easily mutate-able. Breed quickly.

As far as humans and diet, the assumption that 'one size fits all' is a hoax.

I put the most credibility on the blood type diet and Fit For Life. According to the blood type diet, you would be out of your mind to be a Type A and eat low carb. Bad bad combo. But do the researchers running these studies EVER take blood type into account? (Not that you could with mice, anyway...) Never. They never do.

So their expensive, time-consuming studies ignore the one thing that makes you unique and then proceeds to fill your head with phantom fears about everything. Carbs are good. Carbs are bad. Meat is good. Meat will kill you. Don't drink. Drinking helps with heart disease. Glass of wine a night. (Even though my meat eating older relatives lived to be 92, 86, 84 and 96 and one close to 100 and worked almost until their deaths, played on bowling teams in their 90s, mowed the lawns, climbed ladders to put up storm windows, ran farms, travelled for business, wrote books...) Guess what? They were all blood type O. Except for one auntie who was A. Amputated to the knees, wheelchair bound. Diabetic. Heart disease. Eventually died of cancer. My Dad is A. ALmost had his foot amputated this year, diabetic, arthritic. My sister is A. Morbidly obese (probably > 300lbs) with unexplainable poylps in her upper digestive system that the MD fears are precancerous. Type As have the highest rates of stomach cancer in the world when they don't mind their ideal diet.

You have to get information based on what will work for YOU. Customized to your system, not what works for your guru. I'm shocked at how many of my patients in their 40s (!) exhibit calcifying arteries in their breasts. That is a sign of impending heart disease, also known as hardening of the arteries. Atherosclerosis. They are in shape. Look great. Seem healthy. Probably think they are doing all the right things.

Jennifer

08-26-2009, 10:23 PM	#16 (permalink)
Dreamline Banned Join Date: May 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 989	Mice are chosen for a reason. They genetically respond to studies in an extraordinarily human-like way. They are inexpensive. Easily mutate-able. Breed quickly. As far as humans and diet, the assumption that 'one size fits all' is a hoax. I put the most credibility on the blood type diet and Fit For Life. According to the blood type diet, you would be out of your mind to be a Type A and eat low carb. Bad bad combo. But do the researchers running these studies EVER take blood type into account? (Not that you could with mice, anyway...) Never. They never do. So their expensive, time-consuming studies ignore the one thing that makes you unique and then proceeds to fill your head with phantom fears about everything. Carbs are good. Carbs are bad. Meat is good. Meat will kill you. Don't drink. Drinking helps with heart disease. Glass of wine a night. (Even though my meat eating older relatives lived to be 92, 86, 84 and 96 and one close to 100 and worked almost until their deaths, played on bowling teams in their 90s, mowed the lawns, climbed ladders to put up storm windows, ran farms, travelled for business, wrote books...) Guess what? They were all blood type O. Except for one auntie who was A. Amputated to the knees, wheelchair bound. Diabetic. Heart disease. Eventually died of cancer. My Dad is A. ALmost had his foot amputated this year, diabetic, arthritic. My sister is A. Morbidly obese (probably > 300lbs) with unexplainable poylps in her upper digestive system that the MD fears are precancerous. Type As have the highest rates of stomach cancer in the world when they don't mind their ideal diet. You have to get information based on what will work for YOU. Customized to your system, not what works for your guru. I'm shocked at how many of my patients in their 40s (!) exhibit calcifying arteries in their breasts. That is a sign of impending heart disease, also known as hardening of the arteries. Atherosclerosis. They are in shape. Look great. Seem healthy. Probably think they are doing all the right things. Jennifer