Category: The Future of Food

Bro/Sis Casey & Calley Means.

Previous interview with Casey:

I am surprised this research was not mentioned: https://pmri.org/

Like a human encyclopedia, Dr. Means listed an array of alarming health statistics, and you won’t believe how bad the numbers are until you see them for yourself:

• Autism rates in kids are 1 in 36 nationally, compared to 1 in 1500 in the not-so-distant past.

• In California, it’s even worse: Autism rates are 1 in 22.

• 74% of American adults are overweight or obese.

• Close to 50% of children are overweight or obese.

• 50% of American adults have prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, when only 1% of Americans in the 1950s had the disease.

• 30% of teens now have prediabetes.

• Infertility is increasing by 1% per year.

• Sperm counts are decreasing by 1% per year.

• 40% of 18-year-olds have a mental health diagnosis.

• Young adult cancers are up 79%.

What’s causing all this? It’s simple: “Our toxic food system and our toxic environment.”

THIS DISCUSSION IS BEYOND ALARMING, LIKELY THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE OF OUR GENERATION… however, it remains your own responsibility to research & determine the specific benefits of lowfat plantbased nutrition.

The following starchy foods are high enough in calories that they can serve as the center of a meal:

Whole Grains
Barley
Oats
Brown Rice
Quinoa (Pronounced “Keen-wa”)
Buckwheat
Rye
Bulgur (Cracked Wheat)
Triticale
Couscous (Refined Wheat)
Wheat Berries
Corn
Wild Rice
Millet

Unrefined Flours
Barley
Rice
Buckwheat
Rye
Corn
Soy
Garbanzo Beans
Triticale
Lima Bean
Wheat
Oat
Whole Wheat Pastry
Potato

Egg-Free Pastas
Pastas come in many shapes including spaghetti, macaroni, lasagna noodles, flat noodles, spirals, wheels, alphabet noodles. Most of these are made from highly refined flours and therefore should play a small role in your diet.

Artichoke Pasta
Tomato Pasta
Corn Pasta (No Wheat)
Whole Wheat Pasta
Spinach Pasta
Rice Pasta (No Wheat)
Bean Pasta
Lentil Pasta

Asian Noodles
Most of these are made from highly refined flours and therefore should play a small role in your diet.

Bean Threads
Somen
Buckwheat Soba
Udon
Rice Noodles

Roots
Burdock
Sweet Potatoes
Celeriac (Celery Root)
Tapioca
Jerusalem Artichoke (Sunchoke)
Taro Root
Jicama
Water Chestnuts
Parsnips
White Potatoes
Rutabaga
Yams
Cassava

(Carrots, beets, turnips, daikon, and salsify are low in carbohydrates and calories and so are not considered starch staples.)

Winter Squashes
Butternut
Acorn
Hubbard
Banana
Pumpkin
Buttercup
Turban Squash

(Summer squashes usually cannot serve as the center of a meal because of their low calorie content. They are also lower in carbohydrates than winter squashes.)

Legumes

Beans:
Aduki (Azuki)
Red Kidney
Black
Mung
Fava (Broad)
Navy
Garbanzo (Chick-peas)
Pink
Great Northern
Pinto
Limas
White Kidney (Cannellini)

(Soybeans cannot be considered a starch staple because they are too high in fat to be allowed on the diet regularly.)

Lentils:
Brown
Red
Green

Peas:
Black-eyed
Split Yellow
Split Green
Whole Green

https://www.drmcdougall.com/education/free-mcdougall-program-legacy/starch-staples/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/17/glyphosate-weedkiller-sperm

March 19, 2024

For the first time in history, the IRS is weighing in on “the degree to which doctors should be recommending … food and exercise” to their patients, said health advocate Calley Means.

In an appearance on the “RFK Jr Podcast,” Means discussed a March 6 IRS “reminder” warning that people who use health savings accounts (HSAs) and flexible spending accounts (FSAs) will no longer be able to deduct “nutrition, wellness and general health” expenses — even if a doctor provides a note recommending them — unless they are “related to a targeted diagnosis-specific activity or treatment.”

Gym memberships can count as a medical expense only if recommended by a doctor for the sole purpose of treating an injury or a specific medical condition like obesity or hypertension, according to The Washington Post, which reported on the IRS alert.

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https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/calley-means-irs-prioritize-pharma-drugs-over-childrens-health-rfk-jr-podcast/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender-wk&utm_id=20240324

Ultra-processed food (UPF) is directly linked to 32 harmful effects to health, including a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, adverse mental health and early death, according to the world’s largest review of its kind.

The findings from the first comprehensive umbrella review of evidence come amid rapidly rising global consumption of UPF such as cereals, protein bars, fizzy drinks, ready meals and fast food.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/28/ultra-processed-food-32-harmful-effects-health-review