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#1 09-13-2004, 12:24 PM

...whether or not sugar was "poison," check out these two links:

http://www.mercola.com/2004/sep/11/sugar_hazards.htm

http://www.mercola.com/article/sugar..._of_sugar.htm#

#2 09-13-2004, 01:24 PM

And, if you are still using vegetable oils, think twice!

http://www.mercola.com/2001/aug/1/oil.htm

http://www.mercola.com/2001/aug/4/oil.htm that is part 2. It was hard to find!

I especially liked this quote from part 2:

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In Framingham, Massachusetts," admitted Dr William Castelli, Kannel's successor, "the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more calories one ate, the lower people's serum cholesterol ... we found that the people who ate the most cholesterol, ate the most saturated fat, ate the most calories, weighed the least and were the most physically active.

and here:

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"Many physicians will see the advantages of using drugs for cholesterol lowering...," said Grundy, even though "a positive benefit/risk ratio for cholesterol-lowering drugs will be difficult to prove". In the US alone, the cost of cholesterol screening and cholesterol-lowering drugs now stands at $60 billion per year, even though a positive risk/benefit ratio for such treatment has never been established.

and....

[quote]Excess consumption of vegetable oils is especially damaging to the reproductive organs and the lungs - both of which are sites for huge increases in cancer in Americans.

In test animals, diets high in polyunsaturates from vegetable oils inhibit the ability to learn, especially under conditions of stress; they are toxic to the liver; they compromise the integrity of the immune system; they depress the mental and physical growth of infants; they increase levels of uric acid in the blood; they cause abnormal fatty acid profiles in the adipose tissues; they have been linked to mental decline and chromosomal damage; and they accelerate ageing.

Excess consumption of polyunsaturates is associated with increasing rates of cancer, heart disease and weight gain. The excessive use of commercial vegetable oils interferes with the production of prostaglandins, leading to an array of complaints ranging from autoimmune disease to premenstrual syndrome (PMS).

Disruption of prostaglandin production leads to an increased tendency to form blood clots, and hence to myocardial infarction - which has reached epidemic levels in the US
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and this one:

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Nevertheless, when the results were released, both the popular press and medical journals portrayed the Lipid Research Clinics trials as the long-sought proof that animal fats were the cause of heart disease. Rarely mentioned in the press was the ominous fact that the group taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs had an increase in deaths from cancer, stroke, violence and suicide.

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