Market Farming

["jay gee" <jgj23 AT mindspring.com>]

Jwf267 AT aol.com wrote:

> Regarding the Atkins diet,  I personally know 2 people who have had serious 
> heart attacks after being on the diet for a few months.  Also, ketosis is 
> what I understood to be the basis of the weight loss.

I know two people who drank bottled water who had heart
attacks.

Were the people you cite seriously obese?

Too much weight is a great heart attack provoker.

> The third point is that an over-intake of protein is one of the possible 
> causes of osteoporosis.

Where did you get that idea?  Cite serious sources
please

> What I have read is that the type of carbohydrate that a person eats 
> determines its effects-the more rapidly digested the carbohydrate, the 
> harder 
> on the body.  Beans, sweet potatoes, lentils and oatmeal are great, but 
> refined flour (white or whole wheat), white potatoes, and quick rice are 
> quite hard on the human system.

The science does not show that carbohydrates are hard on
the human system when taken in small quantities and
without other high energy foods making up a large part of
the diet.  The problem in the wealthy parts of the developed
world, especially the U.S. and now apparently a big problem
in Australia (as far as kids go), is that we eat too much of
everything.  If you eat a lot of fat, you don't need carbs
to make up a large part of your caloric intake.  As for proteins,
they are necessary for cellular repair, etc., etc., etc.

PS:  Jwf267 AT aol.com

It is a courtesy on this list to identify yourself to the group.
Have you contributed before?  You didn't say who you are
and I don't recognize your email address.


Jay Gee
not a farmer -- but interested in farming