Could It Be B12? successfully make the case that an epidemic of B12 deficiency exists and that guidelines for testing B12 deficiency are inadequate.
The American Standard Diet (SAD) (and the diet of many industrialized nations) is sugar-rich and nutrient-poor. Our government suggests our diet should be dominated by grains. We should replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat from seed oils. The processed food industry if very fond of refined grains and partially hydrogenated seed oils because of their long shelf life.
But grains and seed oils are two items that were unknown to our species 15,000 years ago. We’re seeing the results of these suggestions in increased obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic, degenerative diseases.
In this section we look at various diets and macronutrient ratios, which diets are good or not good for the human species as well as individual nutritional components of food.