[quote]Headhunter wrote:
Why are Americans fat if our consumption of butter and beef (NOT McDonald-shit) are way down?
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Well, I think we now know the answer to the above. However, here’s an intriguing question. What was the force driving the low-cholestrol, low-fat, low meat, vegetarian/semi-vegetarian trend? Was it a case of someone benefitting economically or was it just a case of bad science that continues to be imposed upon us by the FDA?
You are no doubt right about this in certain cases…check out Monsanto’s involvement in pushing soy as the health food. Also, better believe that certain corporations don’t like the implications that aluminum leads to alzheimer’s etc and are keen on having that toned down by a study by an independent scientific team (i.e. one that has an independent sounding name but is actually sponsored by the corporations in question).
my grandma just threw a crazy fit cause she said im not drinking the tap water with flouride in it lol
[quote]roadgrader71 wrote:
my grandma just threw a crazy fit cause she said im not drinking the tap water with flouride in it lol[/quote]
In High School (many, many moons ago) I started refusing to eat white sugar. My mother argued with me, stating that we need sugar to live. WHATEVER!
[quote]entheogens wrote:
Burn wrote:
I’ve always bought bottled water, and always will.
I’d rather spend my cash on quality nutrition than all the other stuff people are buying for the sake of “buying stuff.”
While you are right to spend your cash on quality nutrition, are you sure that bottled water is not just a scam? Much of the bottled water is just tap water in a nice looking bottle and is often less tested for impurities than the tap water you get at home.
Quality products are usually more expensive. However, more expensive products are not always quality ones.
Most Whole Foods offer reverse-osmosis water. You take your water jug and fill it up. I believe it’s around 69 cents a gallon, which isn’t too bad. Better might be to get your own reverse osmosis filter for your home.
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$0.69 sure isn’t cheap to me! I’ve seen $0.29 per gallon at local markets like King Soopers and Albertsons. Whole Foods charges too damn much for just about everything. 
I went in there to buy some organic red peppers and just about shit myself when I saw they were ~$5.00 each. I turned around and walked right back out, and then drove over to Vitamin Cottage (of course, I probably spent more $ on gas that day, but it’s the principle, ya know!?).
Personally, I don’t want to rely on reverse-osmosis water, as I’ve read some bad things about it. Here’s a link:
http://heartspring.net/water_filters_guide.html
I lurves me my Brita pitcher.
[quote]RhunDraco wrote:
Personally, I don’t want to rely on reverse-osmosis water, as I’ve read some bad things about it. Here’s a link:
http://heartspring.net/water_filters_guide.html
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Your link suggests that the problem with reverse osmosis is the lack of minerals and wrong ph levels. Again, though, it’s very common and easy to run the reverse osmosis filtered water through a mineralizing filter: this balances the water in terms of its ph and adds the minerals needed.
Don’t you love it when your government thinks that you’re too stupid to brush your teeth twice a day???
As far as I understand fluorine + H20 = Fluoride. Fluoride is like a lot of things, a small amount is believed to be of benefit in children, and a high amount toxic. But is that really any different than anything else on the planet? 2 or 3 pain relievers takes away your headache… 20 or 30 does the same thing by ending your life. Small amounts of vitamin A help your eyes, large amounts poison your body.
^^ Yes, but what if you’re drinking a 200 ounces of water a day? - I’d rather not be a flouride filter, eh?
Get the generic spring water for the nearest grocery store… I find that spring water is awesome, and taste refreshing and good, JMO