tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post8564088927248568902..comments2024-02-13T17:04:02.351-05:00Comments on The American Menu: The Battle Creek IdeaHenry Voigthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318053634783305091noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5475164893058336118.post-62047489946757240322016-03-02T13:17:16.801-05:002016-03-02T13:17:16.801-05:00First, I wanted to thank you for posting this info...First, I wanted to thank you for posting this information. I teach people how to eat exercise and cook better for a lifetime of healthy living. I recently caught the movie "The Road To Wellness" (1994) on cable. This lead me to search for the possible menus from the "San". <br /><br />Looking over his menus, and knowing what he was supposed to be curing people from, there seems to be a high content of carbs and very little leafy greens. I would think this diet would be a short term cure, but long term exacerbate the very conditions he was trying to help. <br /><br />We now know that for a healthier diet, we must have about 50-70% of our intake from leafy greens, and other vegetables some fruits, 30% organic proteins, and the remaining be carbs and grains. <br /><br />His menus seemed to be very rich in high glycemic index foods which would eventually kill a diabetic. In fact, due to the sedentary lifestyle of most modern humans, we should all probably be following a diet closer to that of a diabetic. The government guidelines of the "food pyramid" are completely wrong and based on very outdated information. <br /><br />We now know how our bodies identify and digest and use the food we eat and why it's so important to present it with the highest quality of food. <br /><br />Dr. Kellog was onto something when it came to diet and exercise, but the type of diet and the intensity of exercise actually needed I believe eluded him, mostly because of the primitive nature of medicine at that time. <br /><br />This was a delightful page and a good history lesson as to where we are in the USA dietetically, why we are where we are, and how much un-learing and re-learning we need to do. Jeff Gross:https://www.blogger.com/profile/16611395314060088471noreply@blogger.com