The Road To Nowhere

Meat and Animal Products

America is a protein-centered nation. Foods high in protein are marketed as healthful based on the fact that they are high in protein. Most health food stores have shelves devoted to high-protein drinks and shakes. Weight-lifting magazines are inundated with advertisements for high-protein drinks and foods, with the not-so-subtle marketing message that protein in the… Read More Meat and Animal Products

The Road To Nowhere

Salt

The American Heart Association states that the average American consumes about 6 to 18 grams of salt daily, or roughly one to three teaspoonfuls per day. That means that some Americans eat close to 15 pounds of salt per year. Yet the same organization states that we need only about 200 mg to 500 mg… Read More Salt

The Road To Nowhere

Grains and Flours

With the exception of vegetable oils, few items in the American diet embody such idyllic notion of health as grains. For the average person who makes a conscious effort to start eating “healthy,” invariably this means cutting down on meat and animal products and to increase the amount of grains consumed, usually in the form… Read More Grains and Flours

The Road To Nowhere

Baby Formulas

For all the uncertainties surrounding the human diet, that babies are supposed to drink milk is one of the few things almost everyone can agree on. That this milk should be breast milk should also be a given, but unfortunately it isn’t. Although most literature put out by formula manufacturers starts out by saying that… Read More Baby Formulas