Glad to see that you finally found out the bad news about breakfast cereal. Those of us in the parallel economy of health foods have known this for decades. Our government, medical authorities, and big business have always supported junk science on junk foods. Whole food, organic and/or regenerative grown, is the only way to eat and thrive. Eggs have always been the perfect food, as long as the chickens are properly cared for. šā¤ļø
I eat two eggs & meat every morning! But, the eggs I buy are Vital Farms, & also Happy Eggs, & prices went up from $5.92/doz, to $8.08-$10.00/doz. Iām searching for a local chicken farm in our area again!
I am so sorry that Jill had all those injuries, trials, & tribulations. Her recoveries & healing could not have been easy. Thank-you for sharing some of what you have learned along the way where diet & food choices have played a role. It is very much appreciated.
Yep! It all boils down to lifestyle. Chickens in tin barns deliver zero &/or 1 mg of Vitamin D. When we consume about 70 billion eggs per year with little or no Vitamin D, it contributes to D deficiency. I like the documentary called "Forks over Knives" how people avoided heart issues by changing their life style..ala the Malones! Good discussion. Also, excellent research paper called " Lifestyle Medicine A Brief Review 2017". Should be required reading in all schools of medicine.
We can't be a healthier nation when our food and health corporations put the bottom line as their number one goal.
I can barely write after hearing John. He once sang "someones in the kitchen with ----" while I was cutting his hair in the kitchen. All the rest of your advice is well taken. I've been altering my diet and lifestyle for 55 years or so and still tweek my personal findings. What a journey of mistakes and successes! I didn't know some of you and Jill's personal experiences, quite a load! I appreciate your flexibility for change and encouragement for a better life.
It reminds me that as a young man/boy I was in love with Frosties. Not only for breakfast, but just munching on them. Then the body sent signals and I stopped. Decades now and no cereal in any home I lived in. Not because of any "education" but because, despite the instant gratification (I can sense and miss the taste of Frosties now!), the after-effect was not nice.
Worst part was: I thought there was something wrong with me.
Now the knowledge comes in to back up the gut feelings (quite literally!)
Beyond the USA and Europe (justifiable target of your article), in the "third world" cereal consumption is viewed positively, because it is associated with the "advanced West". And those boxes are re-assuringly expensive. So, if you eat the stuff, you are "elite" and "modern". The same applies to many other things. Sadly.
Check out Hall et al., "Glucotypes reveal new patterns of glucose dysregulation", PLOS Biol 16(7): e2005143 (2018). Part of the study involved measuring glucose response to standardized meals, one of which was cornflakes and milk. This meal caused glucose elevation to the prediabetic range(>140 mg/dl) in 80% of the individuals in the study. The authors conclude, "these commonly eaten foods might be adverse for the health of the majority of adults in the world population". And corn flakes are not even one of the high sugar cereals. There were no children in the study, so maybe one needs to be funded - by a government agency that has the health of our children in mind. RFK, Jr. can't take office fast enough!
For years they have been trying to get my mother on a statin. Her numbers are always around 220-250. She would never take them. She is 95, goes to church every day, and is sharp as a tack mentally.
I will spare the reader what I had for breakfast back in the 60s (naw, I think I will: sugary cereal with sugar added by the spoonful - if there wasnāt undissolved sugar in the bottom of the bowl in the milkā¦); 40 years later "sugary" cereals were a treat for my son, like dessert, not a staple - blessedly son developed a passion for Q oat squares (maybe not as good as the best but far and away better than the worse). Anyway, here it is after 2pm, AM chores are done, still sipping on my daily liter of tea, downed another liter of protein/fruit/supplement smoothie and I just had a hard cooked egg (steamed) as I prepped my weekly oats/dried fruit/soy milk bāfast - 4 portions. Had bacon and eggs on homemade sourdough for bāfast last night at 9pm; and I could go onā¦
My thought is that a diet of "low fat," ultra processed convenience food has created our epidemic of unhealthy people in America. But itās not just here: if you look at data from around the world, we may be bad, possibly in the running for worst, but we are far from alone. AND itās becoming a social norm in America: just look at tv commercials the past few years and in addition to those obviously overweight the morbidly obese are included. These are not just ads for the latest GLP-1 drug of the day.
A couple decades ago I tried non-fat yogurt (Activia) because it was "healthy" and to please sonās mom - compared to whole milk yogurt it was thin, lifeless and unsatisfying. Oh, and at times filled with sugar, or sugar substitute.
Fat is necessary for bodily processes, itās filling, itās satisfying - I add a spoonful of peanut butter to my oats (Adamās) to compliment the benefits of my 4x/wk oats.
Wanna know whatās unhealthyāļø, a stressful marriage! 3 decades and 3 strokes will put you in the ground just as surely as a coronary. At the same time, sometimes no matter how healthy you are when your numberās called, youāre gonna check out: 2 months of tests last year, 8 years post marriage, and the docs still canāt tell me what caused stroke number 4 š¤£ ā but boy-o-boy, docs were sure eager to put me on all sorts of meds - precautionary, yaāknow.
And Iāll finish with this about when itās time to check out: an "idol" of mine back in the day, before destroyed knees ended my joy of distance running, was Jim Fixx (Joy of Running) who died of a massive coronary at 52 - probably due to hereditary factors and a previous unhealthy and stressful life. Itās funny, I was 52 when I had my first 3 strokes - but unlike my "idol," Iām still here aggravating the world.
Dr Jill you have had to deal with a lot of health issues. Iām so sorry that you had to deal with this.
You got to love John Denver!
Growing up my mom rarely bought cold cereal. If she did it was Rice Krispies . There used to be to be toys in the cereal boxes. Some of them were really cool. They would advertise them on TV . Like most kids I would ask mom to please buy the cereal so I could get the toy. Most of the time she told me no but occasionally she would buy the cold cereal with the toy inside.
My mom never did buy into eggs being bad for you. She always said that it was the perfect food.
My mom was really skinny and didnāt eat much when the first 3 children were born. They were all premature. My mom got on a health kick. Made homemade bread and read up on good nutrition. I was the last baby . I came on time and weighed 8 lbs. My mom was 4ā10 1/2ā.
Eating good Whole Foods makes a big difference in the health of your children when youāre pregnant. Have a great day!
Such an informative stack Docs Malone. So glad you both are healthy and have changed to a healthier way of eating. I have high cholesterol and would NEVER EVER consider being on a statin! I eat red meat and eggs and I stay away from processed food and seed oils. The stinking government has been wrong about so much and Iām just glad people are waking up to a better way to eat and live! HAPPY NEW YEAR to 2 heroes! God bless you both! šŗšøšŗšøšŗšøšš»šš»šš»
American Heart Association hasn't gotten the message about seed oils and are still recommending them over saturated fats as "healthy cooking oils." Unbelievable.
I also perpetually have high cholesterol, and have had it as long as I have been tested. I don't remember getting cholesterol tests when I was younger (I'm now 75) so I have no idea about my cholesterol historically. Part of my high cholesterol number is because my HDL is very high, usually in the mid 70's. It's my LDL that is high, but I refused statins about 10+ years ago and demanded a particle test, which is not typically used unless you press for it. That test showed my particle type was the Pattern A fluffy, which is not dangerous. Since there is zero heart disease in my family, my doctor decided I have familial high cholesterol and it's not a danger to me. I'm low normal weight, eat a mostly meat and fresh veggie diet, no grains, virtually no sugar, but such a healthy diet doesn't change my cholesterol levels. I take no meds, either. I've recently read things about how higher cholesterol is actually a good thing in older people, especially for the brain.
The Right Foods provide health and the wrong ones lead to illness and death. I have been into reading health/nutrition books for 64 years. Most health & nutrition books are so full of error I could not recommend them. The problem...no honest research has been done for years. The Food Industry provides its research to the nutrition schools; and its graduates promote PRODUCTS. Human bodies were designed to eat natural unprocessed foods. The top book I would recommend is Quality Longevity by Mark Lovendale. He is the inventor of the Prime Test, which tests one's blood against specific foods. If there is a strong reaction, one must not eat the food. If there is no reaction, the food is good. This is very specific information. The same goes for fruit and vegetables; not every fruit or vegetable is good. The cruciferous vegetables can slowly destroy the thyroid gland; and the Nightshades can slowly destroy the joints and ligaments. Everyone is unique, even in the same family, because of the genetic factor and the state of one's organs. I did Creator-guided consultations for 30 years and learned how important it was to eat the right specific foods.
I'm not familiar with Mark Lovendale, but I have also been an avid reader of heath & nutrition books all my life (I'm now 75). I grew up in the 50's and 60's with a healthy food conscious mother (who grew up on a farm), and in the 60's she had all the Adele Davis books and we all took vitamins. My parents never bought cereals, cookies, sodas etc. I have had a sensitive digestive system since birth (could not tolerate cow's milk) and always knew I had issues with dairy. As an adult I learned that like my mother, I also had celiac disease. I avoid pretty much all grains including even gluten free grains. Nightshades have always been a problem, and eating more than a little fruit makes me feel sick. The cruciferous veggies can also be difficult for me. Through experimentation over the years, I have figured out what I can and should eat, and what I should not eat. When I avoid the foods I don't do well with, I feel amazing. I do best eating eggs, meats, and certain green veggies (mostly the leafy ones). I limit dairy and have very little of it, mostly just about 2 TB whipped half and half in my daily treat of a home made cappuccino. I wish more people would pay attention to how food affects them. The OTC meds in the pharmacies attest to what a mess most people's digestive systems are due to the horrible foods they constantly eat.
You were wise to listen to your own body and determine what kept you healthy. No doctor has the ability to do this. Most doctors don't have valid nutrition information as the government permitted the Food Industry to do food 'research' that will sell its products. Natural unprocessed foods have no additives, chemicals or preservatives in them... Everything sitting on shelves in the market are not the same.
Another great piece to enlighten people about their foods in USA. I have been following DR Terry Walhs Protocol since 2012 to help with my 2008 Dx Of MS. She has a wonderful TedX about eating clean
Glad to see that you finally found out the bad news about breakfast cereal. Those of us in the parallel economy of health foods have known this for decades. Our government, medical authorities, and big business have always supported junk science on junk foods. Whole food, organic and/or regenerative grown, is the only way to eat and thrive. Eggs have always been the perfect food, as long as the chickens are properly cared for. šā¤ļø
The "FOOD PYRAMID." Devised by clowns for morons.
I eat two eggs & meat every morning! But, the eggs I buy are Vital Farms, & also Happy Eggs, & prices went up from $5.92/doz, to $8.08-$10.00/doz. Iām searching for a local chicken farm in our area again!
Hey, just get fourhens. Youāll have about 3 eggs a day on average. Eat two, save one for other goodies.
I am so sorry that Jill had all those injuries, trials, & tribulations. Her recoveries & healing could not have been easy. Thank-you for sharing some of what you have learned along the way where diet & food choices have played a role. It is very much appreciated.
Yep! It all boils down to lifestyle. Chickens in tin barns deliver zero &/or 1 mg of Vitamin D. When we consume about 70 billion eggs per year with little or no Vitamin D, it contributes to D deficiency. I like the documentary called "Forks over Knives" how people avoided heart issues by changing their life style..ala the Malones! Good discussion. Also, excellent research paper called " Lifestyle Medicine A Brief Review 2017". Should be required reading in all schools of medicine.
We can't be a healthier nation when our food and health corporations put the bottom line as their number one goal.
I can barely write after hearing John. He once sang "someones in the kitchen with ----" while I was cutting his hair in the kitchen. All the rest of your advice is well taken. I've been altering my diet and lifestyle for 55 years or so and still tweek my personal findings. What a journey of mistakes and successes! I didn't know some of you and Jill's personal experiences, quite a load! I appreciate your flexibility for change and encouragement for a better life.
I loved John Denver (still do)
He is timeless and enjoyed around the world.
the "pandemic" led me to lifestyle change. Lost about 25 pounds, off all prescription drugs.
have been lax on my exercise and time in the sun. Time for new years resolutions!
one of the biggest steps was intermittent fasting. Before that food controlled me.
now I am responsible for my health
many thanks to Robert Malone and many others including those from flccc.net
Thank you for this article.
It reminds me that as a young man/boy I was in love with Frosties. Not only for breakfast, but just munching on them. Then the body sent signals and I stopped. Decades now and no cereal in any home I lived in. Not because of any "education" but because, despite the instant gratification (I can sense and miss the taste of Frosties now!), the after-effect was not nice.
Worst part was: I thought there was something wrong with me.
Now the knowledge comes in to back up the gut feelings (quite literally!)
Beyond the USA and Europe (justifiable target of your article), in the "third world" cereal consumption is viewed positively, because it is associated with the "advanced West". And those boxes are re-assuringly expensive. So, if you eat the stuff, you are "elite" and "modern". The same applies to many other things. Sadly.
Thank you for sharing this, I have been saying this for a while.
R/
Dr. Lucks PhD Lifestyle Medicine Health and Well-being Practitioner and Nutrition Scientist
Need more Dr. Lucks!
Check out Hall et al., "Glucotypes reveal new patterns of glucose dysregulation", PLOS Biol 16(7): e2005143 (2018). Part of the study involved measuring glucose response to standardized meals, one of which was cornflakes and milk. This meal caused glucose elevation to the prediabetic range(>140 mg/dl) in 80% of the individuals in the study. The authors conclude, "these commonly eaten foods might be adverse for the health of the majority of adults in the world population". And corn flakes are not even one of the high sugar cereals. There were no children in the study, so maybe one needs to be funded - by a government agency that has the health of our children in mind. RFK, Jr. can't take office fast enough!
I admit it, I cried at the part in .Gov Story when they said "Being an expert means never having to say you're sorry."
And never caring either! It's all about money! Not health or human welfare!
For years they have been trying to get my mother on a statin. Her numbers are always around 220-250. She would never take them. She is 95, goes to church every day, and is sharp as a tack mentally.
I will spare the reader what I had for breakfast back in the 60s (naw, I think I will: sugary cereal with sugar added by the spoonful - if there wasnāt undissolved sugar in the bottom of the bowl in the milkā¦); 40 years later "sugary" cereals were a treat for my son, like dessert, not a staple - blessedly son developed a passion for Q oat squares (maybe not as good as the best but far and away better than the worse). Anyway, here it is after 2pm, AM chores are done, still sipping on my daily liter of tea, downed another liter of protein/fruit/supplement smoothie and I just had a hard cooked egg (steamed) as I prepped my weekly oats/dried fruit/soy milk bāfast - 4 portions. Had bacon and eggs on homemade sourdough for bāfast last night at 9pm; and I could go onā¦
My thought is that a diet of "low fat," ultra processed convenience food has created our epidemic of unhealthy people in America. But itās not just here: if you look at data from around the world, we may be bad, possibly in the running for worst, but we are far from alone. AND itās becoming a social norm in America: just look at tv commercials the past few years and in addition to those obviously overweight the morbidly obese are included. These are not just ads for the latest GLP-1 drug of the day.
A couple decades ago I tried non-fat yogurt (Activia) because it was "healthy" and to please sonās mom - compared to whole milk yogurt it was thin, lifeless and unsatisfying. Oh, and at times filled with sugar, or sugar substitute.
Fat is necessary for bodily processes, itās filling, itās satisfying - I add a spoonful of peanut butter to my oats (Adamās) to compliment the benefits of my 4x/wk oats.
Wanna know whatās unhealthyāļø, a stressful marriage! 3 decades and 3 strokes will put you in the ground just as surely as a coronary. At the same time, sometimes no matter how healthy you are when your numberās called, youāre gonna check out: 2 months of tests last year, 8 years post marriage, and the docs still canāt tell me what caused stroke number 4 š¤£ ā but boy-o-boy, docs were sure eager to put me on all sorts of meds - precautionary, yaāknow.
And Iāll finish with this about when itās time to check out: an "idol" of mine back in the day, before destroyed knees ended my joy of distance running, was Jim Fixx (Joy of Running) who died of a massive coronary at 52 - probably due to hereditary factors and a previous unhealthy and stressful life. Itās funny, I was 52 when I had my first 3 strokes - but unlike my "idol," Iām still here aggravating the world.
Unicornāish?
š¤ me thinks I rambled š¤£
Dr Jill you have had to deal with a lot of health issues. Iām so sorry that you had to deal with this.
You got to love John Denver!
Growing up my mom rarely bought cold cereal. If she did it was Rice Krispies . There used to be to be toys in the cereal boxes. Some of them were really cool. They would advertise them on TV . Like most kids I would ask mom to please buy the cereal so I could get the toy. Most of the time she told me no but occasionally she would buy the cold cereal with the toy inside.
My mom never did buy into eggs being bad for you. She always said that it was the perfect food.
My mom was really skinny and didnāt eat much when the first 3 children were born. They were all premature. My mom got on a health kick. Made homemade bread and read up on good nutrition. I was the last baby . I came on time and weighed 8 lbs. My mom was 4ā10 1/2ā.
Eating good Whole Foods makes a big difference in the health of your children when youāre pregnant. Have a great day!
I'm shocked. SCHOCKED, I TELL YOU....
Fauci, & Gates with COVID and the Jabs was much worse, of course. The greatest genocide in world history. Worse than WW I and WW 2 combined.
Such an informative stack Docs Malone. So glad you both are healthy and have changed to a healthier way of eating. I have high cholesterol and would NEVER EVER consider being on a statin! I eat red meat and eggs and I stay away from processed food and seed oils. The stinking government has been wrong about so much and Iām just glad people are waking up to a better way to eat and live! HAPPY NEW YEAR to 2 heroes! God bless you both! šŗšøšŗšøšŗšøšš»šš»šš»
American Heart Association hasn't gotten the message about seed oils and are still recommending them over saturated fats as "healthy cooking oils." Unbelievable.
https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-eating/eat-smart/fats/healthy-cooking-oils
I also perpetually have high cholesterol, and have had it as long as I have been tested. I don't remember getting cholesterol tests when I was younger (I'm now 75) so I have no idea about my cholesterol historically. Part of my high cholesterol number is because my HDL is very high, usually in the mid 70's. It's my LDL that is high, but I refused statins about 10+ years ago and demanded a particle test, which is not typically used unless you press for it. That test showed my particle type was the Pattern A fluffy, which is not dangerous. Since there is zero heart disease in my family, my doctor decided I have familial high cholesterol and it's not a danger to me. I'm low normal weight, eat a mostly meat and fresh veggie diet, no grains, virtually no sugar, but such a healthy diet doesn't change my cholesterol levels. I take no meds, either. I've recently read things about how higher cholesterol is actually a good thing in older people, especially for the brain.
The Right Foods provide health and the wrong ones lead to illness and death. I have been into reading health/nutrition books for 64 years. Most health & nutrition books are so full of error I could not recommend them. The problem...no honest research has been done for years. The Food Industry provides its research to the nutrition schools; and its graduates promote PRODUCTS. Human bodies were designed to eat natural unprocessed foods. The top book I would recommend is Quality Longevity by Mark Lovendale. He is the inventor of the Prime Test, which tests one's blood against specific foods. If there is a strong reaction, one must not eat the food. If there is no reaction, the food is good. This is very specific information. The same goes for fruit and vegetables; not every fruit or vegetable is good. The cruciferous vegetables can slowly destroy the thyroid gland; and the Nightshades can slowly destroy the joints and ligaments. Everyone is unique, even in the same family, because of the genetic factor and the state of one's organs. I did Creator-guided consultations for 30 years and learned how important it was to eat the right specific foods.
I'm not familiar with Mark Lovendale, but I have also been an avid reader of heath & nutrition books all my life (I'm now 75). I grew up in the 50's and 60's with a healthy food conscious mother (who grew up on a farm), and in the 60's she had all the Adele Davis books and we all took vitamins. My parents never bought cereals, cookies, sodas etc. I have had a sensitive digestive system since birth (could not tolerate cow's milk) and always knew I had issues with dairy. As an adult I learned that like my mother, I also had celiac disease. I avoid pretty much all grains including even gluten free grains. Nightshades have always been a problem, and eating more than a little fruit makes me feel sick. The cruciferous veggies can also be difficult for me. Through experimentation over the years, I have figured out what I can and should eat, and what I should not eat. When I avoid the foods I don't do well with, I feel amazing. I do best eating eggs, meats, and certain green veggies (mostly the leafy ones). I limit dairy and have very little of it, mostly just about 2 TB whipped half and half in my daily treat of a home made cappuccino. I wish more people would pay attention to how food affects them. The OTC meds in the pharmacies attest to what a mess most people's digestive systems are due to the horrible foods they constantly eat.
You were wise to listen to your own body and determine what kept you healthy. No doctor has the ability to do this. Most doctors don't have valid nutrition information as the government permitted the Food Industry to do food 'research' that will sell its products. Natural unprocessed foods have no additives, chemicals or preservatives in them... Everything sitting on shelves in the market are not the same.
Another great piece to enlighten people about their foods in USA. I have been following DR Terry Walhs Protocol since 2012 to help with my 2008 Dx Of MS. She has a wonderful TedX about eating clean