Comments on: The Experts Speak: Nutrition http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:56:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Andrew http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-308721 Fri, 29 May 2009 14:45:08 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-308721 The quote at the top is reasonable. Of course there will be exceptions and you've done a good job of highlighting some of them. But these are not the norm. One of the main problems with the typical Western diet these days though is that it's unbalanced, lacking adequate fruit and vegetables and very little food is eaten in its whole and natural state. The quote at the top is reasonable. Of course there will be exceptions and you’ve done a good job of highlighting some of them. But these are not the norm. One of the main problems with the typical Western diet these days though is that it’s unbalanced, lacking adequate fruit and vegetables and very little food is eaten in its whole and natural state.

]]> by: Random Links L « Random Musings of a Deranged Mind http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-307606 Tue, 26 May 2009 22:19:57 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-307606 [...] Random Links L Paleolithic Diet:  Why today’s “paleolithic diet” may not match that of yesteryear.  [...] […] Random Links L Paleolithic Diet:  Why today’s “paleolithic diet” may not match that of yesteryear.  […]

]]> by: Hyper-Links « Rhymes With Cars & Girls http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-303172 Fri, 15 May 2009 01:49:24 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-303172 [...] Seth Roberts says the experts get it wrong on nutrition. My rule of thumb for nutrition is that whatever the conventional New York Times-reading chatterbox/busybody wisdom thinks is good for you, eat the opposite. If you hear chiding and tsk-tsking from others about how many “grams of fat” or “bad cholesterol” or (this, that and the other bogeyman of the Oprah-watching crowd) that the food you’re eating has, you know you’re on the right track and indeed whatever you’re eating will probably be discovered to be good for you sometime in the next ten years. So just eat, and smile, and laugh and laugh at their ignorance and envy – that’s what I do. [...] […] Seth Roberts says the experts get it wrong on nutrition. My rule of thumb for nutrition is that whatever the conventional New York Times-reading chatterbox/busybody wisdom thinks is good for you, eat the opposite. If you hear chiding and tsk-tsking from others about how many “grams of fat” or “bad cholesterol” or (this, that and the other bogeyman of the Oprah-watching crowd) that the food you’re eating has, you know you’re on the right track and indeed whatever you’re eating will probably be discovered to be good for you sometime in the next ten years. So just eat, and smile, and laugh and laugh at their ignorance and envy – that’s what I do. […]

]]> by: bjarne http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-302848 Thu, 14 May 2009 07:25:32 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-302848 I think thats the AVERAGE lifespan Sean, I think it was lowered significantly by the fact that lots of young children died I think thats the AVERAGE lifespan Sean, I think it was lowered significantly by the fact that lots of young children died

]]> by: Sean http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-301284 Sun, 10 May 2009 16:54:23 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-301284 We're not designed to live much past 35; in fact dying around that time would historically mean more resources available for our progeny. A perfect paleodiet might just help us limp along to say, threescore and ten. Maybe what we actually need is a diet not found in nature at all. We’re not designed to live much past 35; in fact dying around that time would historically mean more resources available for our progeny.

A perfect paleodiet might just help us limp along to say, threescore and ten. Maybe what we actually need is a diet not found in nature at all.

]]> by: Etl World News | Assorted links http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-300783 Sat, 09 May 2009 03:23:59 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-300783 [...] 2. Seth Roberts on the paleolithic diet. [...] […] 2. Seth Roberts on the paleolithic diet. […]

]]> by: seth http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-300782 Sat, 09 May 2009 03:22:54 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-300782 Bennetta, that's fascinating. Certainly lack of fermented food can cause digestive problems, that's very clear. I will add bad breath and body odor to the list of things possibly caused by not enough fermented food. It makes a lot of sense that eating fermented fish would improve digestion of fish thus reducing body odor caused by incomplete digestion. (I believe that Asians often think that Americans, who never eat rotten meat, smell of meat.) In <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/01/26/the-inuit-paradox/" rel="nofollow">an earlier post</a> I drew attention to the rotten fish that Eskimos eat. Bennetta, that’s fascinating. Certainly lack of fermented food can cause digestive problems, that’s very clear. I will add bad breath and body odor to the list of things possibly caused by not enough fermented food. It makes a lot of sense that eating fermented fish would improve digestion of fish thus reducing body odor caused by incomplete digestion. (I believe that Asians often think that Americans, who never eat rotten meat, smell of meat.) In an earlier post I drew attention to the rotten fish that Eskimos eat.

]]> by: bennetta http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-300667 Fri, 08 May 2009 21:05:51 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-300667 Seth, I find it interesting that you mention the Eskimo diet. My roommate, who is an Alaskan native (and spends 3-6 months of the year there) often brings it up when discussing food we eat. She has noted that the Alaskan Eskimo diet is similar to what we consider to be the classic “low carb/Atkins” diet, with one exception: fermented food, which American low carb diets lack. Atkins/low carb diets are infamous for causing digestive problems, foul breath, and equally bad body odor. Eskimos do not have digestive problems or foul breath. Why? We think it’s because Eskimos eat rotten fish. I was curious about what you might have to say about this. Seth,

I find it interesting that you mention the Eskimo diet. My roommate, who is an Alaskan native (and spends 3-6 months of the year there) often brings it up when discussing food we eat. She has noted that the Alaskan Eskimo diet is similar to what we consider to be the classic “low carb/Atkins” diet, with one exception: fermented food, which American low carb diets lack. Atkins/low carb diets are infamous for causing digestive problems, foul breath, and equally bad body odor. Eskimos do not have digestive problems or foul breath. Why? We think it’s because Eskimos eat rotten fish.

I was curious about what you might have to say about this.

]]> by: James Hanley http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-300628 Fri, 08 May 2009 18:41:49 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-300628 <i>a wide range of diets, most violating one or more popular nutritional precepts, produced excellent health.</i> Humans are omnivores, after all, so it's not too shocking to find we're adapted to a variety of different diets. a wide range of diets, most violating one or more popular nutritional precepts, produced excellent health.

Humans are omnivores, after all, so it’s not too shocking to find we’re adapted to a variety of different diets.

]]> by: Maggie http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-300598 Fri, 08 May 2009 17:31:17 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2009/05/07/the-experts-speak-nutrition/#comment-300598 You should research out fruitarianism :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKeMgcLnV9s You should research out fruitarianism :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKeMgcLnV9s

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