Tuesday, June 10, 2008 . 6/10/2008
I used to like the website GalaDarling.com. That was until I found out this chick was both nuts and stupid.What I have linked to above is from a recent article, "The Raw Girl's Travel Guide". Yes, she has gotten into the awful, unhealthy fad of eating raw food and nothing else. Now, this girl used to be anorexic and if you ask me, eating raw isn't much better and seems to me to be the path back to that horrible illness.
Two ridiculous aspects of that article fall under Juice and Vitamins.
... [I]f you have a big ol’ juice in the morning, you’ll find that it will keep you going for quite a long time. Most raw foodists who have been “in the game” for a while find that a decent green juice in the morning means they don’t even think about eating again until late in the afternoon — somewhere around 3 or 4 o’ clock.
Juice in the morning and no lunch. I'm sorry, but this sounds like an eating disorder. And juice is not breakfast.
The second thing I would recommend is hitting up your closest health food store for some vitamins. If you don’t normally take them, now might be a good time to start. Holidays, while typically considered relaxing, can be anything but. People to meet, places to go, lots of walking to get there… it can be exhausting!
Being exhausted when you're busy is normal. A shitload of vitamins isn't going to help you there. Eating properly (aka not drinking juice for breakfast/skipping lunch) will provide you with all the vitamins you need. Many foods (such as veggies) need to be cooked/boiled/whatever in order to release all those nutrients, though, sorry.Also, never take a supplement unless your doctor says you need to! There is such a thing as getting too much of a vitamin and that can be dangerous. Then again, if you eat raw, I'm guessing you'd have a vitamin deficiency of just about everything.
Unfortunately she disabled comments to that article. She was getting her ass handed to her, too. Her last comment before she did this included:
I have my opinion, you have yours.
And since this raw food "diet" isn't healthy at all (and can even lead to osteoporosis), she is no better than an anorexic person having an "opinion" that anorexia is a lifestyle.
Byebye, GalaDarling.com. I've enjoyed your positive articles but in the end, you're just too stupid for me. 0 Comments - Post/view comments
Sunday, April 27, 2008 . 4/27/2008
I came across this load of steaming bullshit today out of pure boredom. It includes such gems as:Most women, including myself, experience menstruation because they are not truly clean on the inside. Menstruation is the body’s desperate attempt to free itself from toxins, and many females experience premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in addition to the needless bleeding.
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For almost six months in 2006, I ate a completely raw diet, and I only experienced two menstrual cycles.
I think it's ridiculous that women, of all people, are being misinformed about menstruation. It's just stupid and it boggles my mind.
Menstruation does not occur to get rid of "toxins". It occurs to shed uterine lining. Know what helps build it up in the first place? A good diet and enough nutrition. When you don't get enough nutrition, you stop menstruating. This is what happens to people with anorexia and other possibly serious conditions - see here.
Don't get me wrong though, periods aren't even very necessary as far as I'm aware. In fact, our ancestors probably spent more time being pregnant than we do now, and most likely didn't have the opportunity to eat as well as we currently can, thereby reabsorbing the uterine lining in an attempt to make up for it.
So while bleeding isn't necessary, a good diet is. 0 Comments - Post/view comments
