My direct ancestors, who lived on a farm in Virginia, ate beef, drank whole milk (that tasted like garlic in the spring when the cow was eating wild onions), smoked hams with saltpeter, canned vegetables for the winter and only had fresh fruit in-season. They almost exclusively lived into their nineties. Not a single one of them had a mammogram, a colonoscopy, or a PSA test. Nor did they have a clue about their cholesterol level or A1C. Basically, they just tried to survive and were thankful they had food. I'm so weary of being bullied into altering my diet because of some scientist's agenda that most certainly involves financial incentives. I believed the lie about the food pyramid when I was in nursing school in the 70's but after the last six years, I am suspicious of everything coming out today with the narrative "studies show."
Amen! The question is: What is the motivation to push an anti-protein agenda. Two thoughts come to mind. Reinforce the climate change scenario that 100 million cows are the root cause. Peta is clapping! That if we reduce the red meat supplies then Gate's lab meat push becomes main stream. Gates is dancing. My view is that red meat sources are an important source of all the nutrients that humans need to support the myriad of biological functions that are being processed simultaneously in the body to keep the body whole. Personally, I avoid 6-Omega protein sources because the balance between Omega-3 and Omega-6 has been skewed in favor of Omega-6 which is artery clogging. Thanks to corn feed cattle. Therefore grass feed lamb or beef is preferred. I under consume protein as a result, and my biotin level is reduced and my muscle strength is impacted because L-leucine is an important amino acid to maintain muscle viability and red meat is a main source. Therefore I need to supplement with both. Listened to a heart surgeon recently who recognized his solution to his obesity was a red meat diet. Agree with his views.
The other thought that comes to mind is that the GLP-1 push creates weight loss through degradation of muscle mass, which is required to maintain body symmetry and heart muscle strength. Bottom line is that two thirds of weight loss is due to muscle mass destruction and is ignored by the FDA wizards. The question I have to ask is: When will we wake up to the fact that we have in the USA a sick care system masquerading as a healthcare system?
Agree Nancy. Graduated nursing school 1968 and believed everything! Now! Oh no, I won’t!!. Proof please and put the last paragraph of that article at the top of their article. My husband was a naturalist until his BP wasn’t under control and his sciatic nerve pain happened. He eventually had full blown dementia. He had several falls and never broke a bone. Exercise, a clean life and eating right helped him live 90 years 4 months. And now almost 80, I’m getting back to the gym and trying to find unprocessed foods to eat!!! Why does everything even crackers have “bioengineered food “ as an ingredient? Thanks, Dr. Malones, for this article. May many people find your Substack and think. Common sense!
I feel angry at all the protein and fat that I didn't eat for so many years on the advice of the "scientists". Now, I am trying to make up for it. I'm going to get some smoked brisket for dinner and enjoy every fatty bite.
That’s too funny. My son has a meat market stand and so we have various forms of delicious meat available for consumption. We don’t overdo it but we do consume!
How do you overdo eating meat? I used to pass on the chicken skin and only eat the breast. Now, I eat it all. I trimmed all fat on beef and bought low fat ground beef. I used to eat margerine because I was told it was healthier than butter. Now I put a tablespoon of butter in my 16 oz cup of coffee. I don't eat sugar, white flour or products made with white flour. I do eat a little sourdough bread made with Einkorn flour with lots of butter. I drink whole raw milk in the form of Keifer. I also eat homemade sauerkraut and some fruits and vegetables. I'm angry that I believed the lies and ate junk for so many years. I never bought into the lie about eggs, thankfully. If God made it to eat, then it is good for me.
“Whether by coincidence or not, a review suggesting that eating less protein might also increase longevity fits neatly into existing climate and sustainability narratives that encourage reducing consumption of animal-source foods.” Doc you are being too kind. When it comes to establishment narratives, there are no coincidences. For example when heuristic evidence indicated Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine were observed to be effective treatments against Covid, that didn’t support the establishment narrative, so the media ignored reporting on that and promoted lies that led in the opposite direction. Let’s just say they intentionally twisted this paper to fit their narrative…again. It’s what they always do.
I'm 71. I've been eating pretty much anything I want my whole life. Don't eat much processed garbage, or sweets, no sugary drinks, minimal alcohol, stay active, and feel a little bit guilty every time they come out with a new study. I just wait for a while and the science changes.
Turns out that I eat healthy by just listening to my appetite. and ignoring the headlines.
Eat when you are hungry. Sleep when you are tired. Sugar, in most forms, is poison. Your body does not know the difference between sugar and splenda. Not all fats are equal or good for you.
Meat, fat, veggies and fruits (preferably local and in season) and a minimum of processed foods.
Move your body around and get as much sunlight as you can tolerate.
This formula has worked for eons. But since there is no money in it, THEY (big pharm, big ag and assorted busy body activist scum) keep psy oping the world into idiot behaviors.
I laughed out loud when I saw these articles and immediately turned the page.
LAST week, the "keto diet" and lots of protein were "very healthy!"
"Bobby Kennedy eats sauerkraut and beef, and lost xx pounds and is lean and mean!"
Suddenly, "less protein may be better for you! Film at 11!!"
And the gullible and credulous are throwing out their steaks and chicken and buying tofu and kale, "secure" in the "knowledge" that they now "know best."
Meanwhile, I'm trying to ferret out who's throwing out their meat and trying to get my hands on it. I have a couple of neighbors who I have caught throwing away bags of perfectly good food "...because fda says..."
All things old... I recall when the food pyrimid was announced in the fifties. Wheat at the bottom. No one asked who sponsored the project of course. Then I recall when coconut was pronounced as unhealthy based on a single article. Then I recall when coffee was deemed bad, no wait... good for you. Eggs bad...no wait... In the early 2000s when low carb was the rage and all people ate was meat I took a more logical view and rather than run off after the madding crowd I chose high value carbs - like fruit and vegetables - and reduced portions of everything including meat. Of course, avoiding highly processed food and sugar helps. We are all wonderfully and mysteriously made and no specific diet is going to be just right for everyone. Some things are just intrinsically true - if you need to lose weight, pick a diet you can live with.
In the 1980s when coffee was declared bad for us, I quit coffee and did not really replace the liquid I had been consuming with the coffee. I got kidney stones. Now that is something that got my attention. I went back to drinking coffee. Much better than getting caffeine from coca cola.
Thank you. Another gem of clarification. Summation, don’t read the so called news. Give them a scrap of information and they blow it all out of proportion for “clicks”.
treatments that improved laboratory measurements while ultimately failing to improve patients’ lives. Sometimes these even made outcomes worse. Biomarkers help us understand biology. They do not, by themselves, establish clinical benefit."
It encapsulates the ridiculousness of epidemiology (where an individual's uniqueness is subservient to a population's average). Modern medicine is the antithesis of holistic medicine which takes into account the daily environment in which the patient lives and is nourished (or not) and their vitality within it. The patient in front of me matters so much more than associative speculations of epidemiology.
"The truth is that this is hardly the first time the mainstream media has mistaken scientific consensus for scientific certainty. "
My scientific training suggests that there is no such thing as "scientific certainty". The best that one can say about any hypothesis is that "I am not aware of any valid evidence that contradicts this conclusion".
Stopped taking my protein shakes 4 years ago—not due to a article—lost 20#, and had to buy new pants, but in family pictures my face looks thin and gaunt. I always eat meat, beans, cheese, etc., but I need to gain back my strength back do I’m doing the protein shakes again.
I have considered testosterone for added stamina and strength, but the side effects have caused me to pause. Who knows what new issues it will bring. So I’m eating meat and taking protein powder—chocolate of course! 🤩
Politics can turn tho. Seems the Texas AG is opening an investigation into the,AAP profiteering off kiddie jabs. Referenced their jab schedule, that of ACIP and which favored big pharma
I wonder if the authors will freak out over the implications of being cited to advance the harmful purposes of others. Maybe they can put out a book refuting the media, during this brief period of relatively free speech.
My direct ancestors, who lived on a farm in Virginia, ate beef, drank whole milk (that tasted like garlic in the spring when the cow was eating wild onions), smoked hams with saltpeter, canned vegetables for the winter and only had fresh fruit in-season. They almost exclusively lived into their nineties. Not a single one of them had a mammogram, a colonoscopy, or a PSA test. Nor did they have a clue about their cholesterol level or A1C. Basically, they just tried to survive and were thankful they had food. I'm so weary of being bullied into altering my diet because of some scientist's agenda that most certainly involves financial incentives. I believed the lie about the food pyramid when I was in nursing school in the 70's but after the last six years, I am suspicious of everything coming out today with the narrative "studies show."
I remember the "spring onion" milk too! and the milkman who brought the glass bottles. We all need to live like your ancestors
We got a large batch of milk where the cows got into the stinkweed. Needless to say, we had lots of smoothies and baked stuff until it was gone.
That’s hilarious. Nothing like growing up on a farm😂
Amen! The question is: What is the motivation to push an anti-protein agenda. Two thoughts come to mind. Reinforce the climate change scenario that 100 million cows are the root cause. Peta is clapping! That if we reduce the red meat supplies then Gate's lab meat push becomes main stream. Gates is dancing. My view is that red meat sources are an important source of all the nutrients that humans need to support the myriad of biological functions that are being processed simultaneously in the body to keep the body whole. Personally, I avoid 6-Omega protein sources because the balance between Omega-3 and Omega-6 has been skewed in favor of Omega-6 which is artery clogging. Thanks to corn feed cattle. Therefore grass feed lamb or beef is preferred. I under consume protein as a result, and my biotin level is reduced and my muscle strength is impacted because L-leucine is an important amino acid to maintain muscle viability and red meat is a main source. Therefore I need to supplement with both. Listened to a heart surgeon recently who recognized his solution to his obesity was a red meat diet. Agree with his views.
The other thought that comes to mind is that the GLP-1 push creates weight loss through degradation of muscle mass, which is required to maintain body symmetry and heart muscle strength. Bottom line is that two thirds of weight loss is due to muscle mass destruction and is ignored by the FDA wizards. The question I have to ask is: When will we wake up to the fact that we have in the USA a sick care system masquerading as a healthcare system?
I was also wondering about Bill Gates' fake meat thing and this ofc goes right down the Climate freaks' alley as another reason to kill all the cows.
Gotta stop those damn cows from farting so much!
Agree Nancy. Graduated nursing school 1968 and believed everything! Now! Oh no, I won’t!!. Proof please and put the last paragraph of that article at the top of their article. My husband was a naturalist until his BP wasn’t under control and his sciatic nerve pain happened. He eventually had full blown dementia. He had several falls and never broke a bone. Exercise, a clean life and eating right helped him live 90 years 4 months. And now almost 80, I’m getting back to the gym and trying to find unprocessed foods to eat!!! Why does everything even crackers have “bioengineered food “ as an ingredient? Thanks, Dr. Malones, for this article. May many people find your Substack and think. Common sense!
I feel angry at all the protein and fat that I didn't eat for so many years on the advice of the "scientists". Now, I am trying to make up for it. I'm going to get some smoked brisket for dinner and enjoy every fatty bite.
That’s too funny. My son has a meat market stand and so we have various forms of delicious meat available for consumption. We don’t overdo it but we do consume!
How do you overdo eating meat? I used to pass on the chicken skin and only eat the breast. Now, I eat it all. I trimmed all fat on beef and bought low fat ground beef. I used to eat margerine because I was told it was healthier than butter. Now I put a tablespoon of butter in my 16 oz cup of coffee. I don't eat sugar, white flour or products made with white flour. I do eat a little sourdough bread made with Einkorn flour with lots of butter. I drink whole raw milk in the form of Keifer. I also eat homemade sauerkraut and some fruits and vegetables. I'm angry that I believed the lies and ate junk for so many years. I never bought into the lie about eggs, thankfully. If God made it to eat, then it is good for me.
Amen, sister. I’m thinking you’re eating like my ancestors!
I know. I was thinking about very thing. :)
“Whether by coincidence or not, a review suggesting that eating less protein might also increase longevity fits neatly into existing climate and sustainability narratives that encourage reducing consumption of animal-source foods.” Doc you are being too kind. When it comes to establishment narratives, there are no coincidences. For example when heuristic evidence indicated Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine were observed to be effective treatments against Covid, that didn’t support the establishment narrative, so the media ignored reporting on that and promoted lies that led in the opposite direction. Let’s just say they intentionally twisted this paper to fit their narrative…again. It’s what they always do.
I'm 71. I've been eating pretty much anything I want my whole life. Don't eat much processed garbage, or sweets, no sugary drinks, minimal alcohol, stay active, and feel a little bit guilty every time they come out with a new study. I just wait for a while and the science changes.
Turns out that I eat healthy by just listening to my appetite. and ignoring the headlines.
I used to joke that I took care to get my RDA of sugar, salt, fat, and caffeine!
Now, it’s protein, good fats, fruit/veg carbs, and, yes, still caffeine!
75 and hoping to last much longer.
Me, too. Amazing how that works...
Eat when you are hungry. Sleep when you are tired. Sugar, in most forms, is poison. Your body does not know the difference between sugar and splenda. Not all fats are equal or good for you.
Meat, fat, veggies and fruits (preferably local and in season) and a minimum of processed foods.
Move your body around and get as much sunlight as you can tolerate.
This formula has worked for eons. But since there is no money in it, THEY (big pharm, big ag and assorted busy body activist scum) keep psy oping the world into idiot behaviors.
I laughed out loud when I saw these articles and immediately turned the page.
LAST week, the "keto diet" and lots of protein were "very healthy!"
"Bobby Kennedy eats sauerkraut and beef, and lost xx pounds and is lean and mean!"
Suddenly, "less protein may be better for you! Film at 11!!"
And the gullible and credulous are throwing out their steaks and chicken and buying tofu and kale, "secure" in the "knowledge" that they now "know best."
Meanwhile, I'm trying to ferret out who's throwing out their meat and trying to get my hands on it. I have a couple of neighbors who I have caught throwing away bags of perfectly good food "...because fda says..."
Tofu and kale = sadness and despair. It seems to lead to pink, blue, and purple hair as well.
Too funny... :)
All things old... I recall when the food pyrimid was announced in the fifties. Wheat at the bottom. No one asked who sponsored the project of course. Then I recall when coconut was pronounced as unhealthy based on a single article. Then I recall when coffee was deemed bad, no wait... good for you. Eggs bad...no wait... In the early 2000s when low carb was the rage and all people ate was meat I took a more logical view and rather than run off after the madding crowd I chose high value carbs - like fruit and vegetables - and reduced portions of everything including meat. Of course, avoiding highly processed food and sugar helps. We are all wonderfully and mysteriously made and no specific diet is going to be just right for everyone. Some things are just intrinsically true - if you need to lose weight, pick a diet you can live with.
In the 1980s when coffee was declared bad for us, I quit coffee and did not really replace the liquid I had been consuming with the coffee. I got kidney stones. Now that is something that got my attention. I went back to drinking coffee. Much better than getting caffeine from coca cola.
Did Bill Gates have anything to do with this?? They even debunked whole report by admitting they don’t know how much protein people need??
There are no coincidences. It is clearly a response to RFK.
Thank you for this.
Thank you. Another gem of clarification. Summation, don’t read the so called news. Give them a scrap of information and they blow it all out of proportion for “clicks”.
And to keep America unhealthy.
Amen to that.
100% agreement on your statement:
"Modern medicine is filled with
treatments that improved laboratory measurements while ultimately failing to improve patients’ lives. Sometimes these even made outcomes worse. Biomarkers help us understand biology. They do not, by themselves, establish clinical benefit."
It encapsulates the ridiculousness of epidemiology (where an individual's uniqueness is subservient to a population's average). Modern medicine is the antithesis of holistic medicine which takes into account the daily environment in which the patient lives and is nourished (or not) and their vitality within it. The patient in front of me matters so much more than associative speculations of epidemiology.
"The truth is that this is hardly the first time the mainstream media has mistaken scientific consensus for scientific certainty. "
My scientific training suggests that there is no such thing as "scientific certainty". The best that one can say about any hypothesis is that "I am not aware of any valid evidence that contradicts this conclusion".
Amen to that!
Stopped taking my protein shakes 4 years ago—not due to a article—lost 20#, and had to buy new pants, but in family pictures my face looks thin and gaunt. I always eat meat, beans, cheese, etc., but I need to gain back my strength back do I’m doing the protein shakes again.
I have considered testosterone for added stamina and strength, but the side effects have caused me to pause. Who knows what new issues it will bring. So I’m eating meat and taking protein powder—chocolate of course! 🤩
Thanks for this article! I reposted it. Apparently not enough people learned much from the COVID Times!
Politics steers the science. Skepticism is the healthiest lifestyle in this day and age.
Politics can turn tho. Seems the Texas AG is opening an investigation into the,AAP profiteering off kiddie jabs. Referenced their jab schedule, that of ACIP and which favored big pharma
I wonder if the authors will freak out over the implications of being cited to advance the harmful purposes of others. Maybe they can put out a book refuting the media, during this brief period of relatively free speech.