(nutrition) What's the deal with Mercola/Fallon/Steiner?!
(nutrition) What's the deal with Mercola/Fallon/Steiner?
I'm reading some interesting books on so-called traditional eating (Fallon, Steiner, Waldorf, Amish). These ideas say that it is good to eat organic, whole foods, protein and get a lot of exercise. I don't understand the whole Rudolf-Steiner thing. Why do so many people object to it? One person told me that this was discredited pseudo-science, racist and should be shunned as "pagan". Is there somebody in the nutrition biz that can explain this to me? Is it really AMA versus the Mercola people? They always draw such battlelines, you know, soy versus not soy, whole milk versus low fat, eggs versus whole carbs.
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I think like anything else thats not scientific, its just a matter of opinion. I think Mercola mainly just wants to peddle his supplements and products, but he does have a valid point of view on some things. The AMA I have no faith in at all-they support the peddling of drugs for everything, and think everyone should fit into a neat little box and do exactly as they say-same as the FDA. I imagine they all sit around with a communal crackpipe to come up with some of the things they do. I feel like they dont give enough creedance to other opinions, and vote in whatever they think is okay, like carmine (crushed dead chochineal beatles and cloned meat that doesnt have to be labeled as such) who could think either of those were a good idea? I tend to give more thought to the opinion of someone who studies these things for a living, and will research their findings, but draw my own conclusions. As for the battlelines, if its not for this issues, its for something else. Just like the omnivores vs the vegetarians-sad fact of life that no one respects anyone who does not think JUST like they do. Have a great weekend!