Comments on: Ancient Dietary Wisdom for Tomorrow’s Children http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/ancient-dietary-wisdom-for-tomorrows-children Wisdom to thrive by Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:37:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: el hawkins http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/ancient-dietary-wisdom-for-tomorrows-children#comment-13522 el hawkins Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:48:20 +0000 http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/?p=466#comment-13522 The lack of footnote / endnote references to the scientific literature referred to is more than irritating - it makes fact checking almost impossible. In relation to deaths from cancer / heart disease increasing etc: we now die less from accidents (and communicable diseases that still ravage the third world and, until the growth of antiobiotic resistance, complications such as infections etc) - and we have to die sometime ... and generally a lot later than in the 1800s... And in terms of individual examples (eg girls in photos)- we can all cite such eg my own mother died of heart disease at 71 - clot breaking loose - NEVER ate margarine only butter etc. Such examples are not statistical evidence and not necessarily example of cause and effect. However, enjoyed article and wanted to follow up ... lack of references made this impossible. The lack of footnote / endnote references to the scientific literature referred to is more than irritating - it makes fact checking almost impossible.
In relation to deaths from cancer / heart disease increasing etc: we now die less from accidents (and communicable diseases that still ravage the third world and, until the growth of antiobiotic resistance, complications such as infections etc) - and we have to die sometime … and generally a lot later than in the 1800s…
And in terms of individual examples (eg girls in photos)- we can all cite such eg my own mother died of heart disease at 71 - clot breaking loose - NEVER ate margarine only butter etc. Such examples are not statistical evidence and not necessarily example of cause and effect.
However, enjoyed article and wanted to follow up … lack of references made this impossible.

]]> By: George http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/ancient-dietary-wisdom-for-tomorrows-children#comment-12473 George Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:00:22 +0000 http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/?p=466#comment-12473 Hi Sally, Thanks for your valuable contibutions. It seems that the areas of weight control and nutrition are amongst the most popular of all reading materials, with many well-known stores stocking no fewer than 80 different dietary plans espousing the various virtues of high fat vs low fat, high protein vs low protein and high carb vs low carb. There quite simply has never been a time in history when so much information has been made readily available to us in the fields of human nutrition and biochemistry. Hi Sally, Thanks for your valuable contibutions.

It seems that the areas of weight control and nutrition are amongst the most popular of all reading materials, with many well-known stores stocking no fewer than 80 different dietary plans espousing the various virtues of high fat vs low fat, high protein vs low protein and high carb vs low carb. There quite simply has never been a time in history when so much information has been made readily available to us in the fields of human nutrition and biochemistry.

]]> By: Yummy and Nourishing » A Nourished Conception http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/ancient-dietary-wisdom-for-tomorrows-children#comment-12469 Yummy and Nourishing » A Nourished Conception Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:25:07 +0000 http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/?p=466#comment-12469 [...] her seminar, Sally presented the work of Dr Weston A Price – a dentist who had travelled the world in the late 1800s and early 1900s studying and [...] [...] her seminar, Sally presented the work of Dr Weston A Price – a dentist who had travelled the world in the late 1800s and early 1900s studying and [...]

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