Now that we live in an area where we can buy raw-milk cheese, I’ll be looking for raw milk next. My wife is (supposedly) lactose intolerant, but we’ve never tried the real stuff.

I’ll drink soy milk the day I see someone milking a soybean.

I have seen in a couple places on this blog that, in your opinion, soy and soymilk should not be consumed. I was wondering if you could elaborate more? I apologize if this was in another post. Personally, I have a sensitivity to regular milk where if I drink a glass straight it makes my stomach upset. For this reason I buy the soymilk and it gives me no problems.

I know there have been some reports done that show that soy, when eaten in massive quantities, can in fact be harmful to the body (unfortunately I don’t know the links to these studies that support this claim), but is soymilk honestly that harmful if one cannot drink regular milk? I do sometimes eat tofu and soy protein, but am not a vegetarian or anything so it isn’t that often.

Thanks, April

Soy contains anti-nutrients that can be detrimental for some people … messing up the thyroid, for example. Here are some links:

As with fat and cholesterol, there are researchers on both sides of the issue who claim the evidence is on their side. I suspect many people can consume soy products without any ill effects, but I avoid them. Thyroid issues aside, I’m concerned about the lectins, which can interfere with digestion and pass through the gut into the bloodstream, which in turn can cause auto-immune reactions.

I once read about a study that correlated the quantity of sunburns in childhood with all non-skin cancers. Basically the more you got burned while a kid, the less chance you had of getting cancer. Since sunburn would correlate with a higher Vitamin D level, once could make a connection there.

Also would like to point out that, while Melanoma is a pretty nasty cancer, most other skin cancers are treatable, and generally not life threatening. Also, Melanoma makes up about 6% percent of skin cancers, but is the cause of about 70% of skin cancer related deaths. Methinks the fuss to use sunscreen has been overblown.

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/ped_7_1_What_You_Need_To_Know_About_Skin_Cancer.asp?sitearea=&level=

Methinks you’re correct. We’re looking into getting some raw milk soon, since it’s available around here. I’ve already been enjoying raw-milk cheeses.

I think it’s a matter of balance. My skin comes courtesy of my Irish ancestors, and I’d get fried if I spent all day in the Tennessee sun without covering up. But I know now to get a little sunshine.

I still put sunscreen on my neck because I got a deep sunburn there a few years back (trying to fix my golf swing at the range … all day) and if I let that area get much sun exposure, it gets dark and blotchy again.

I’ve switched over to high fats since watching fathead, and my mood is much more leveled, my hair is growing faster, I find it almost impossible to overeat (I’ve had an issue with this for as long as I can remember), and it’s so much easier to follow a lower-calorie diet full of healthy vegetables-drizzling in buttah! Thank you for your work!

Olive oil a perfectly natural fat. You can squeeze olives to get the oil, no processing required. That’s not the case for corn oil, soybean oil, canola oil, etc.

My only problem with olive oil is the way it’s held up by some experts as the be-all-end-all of health-promoting oils because it’s monosaturated. Nearly half of the fat in lard is also monosaturated, and the fat that isn’t will likely raise you HDL.

I thought the doctor did an excellent job explaining the concept. And of course, I’m glad to have you aboard.

I put this post on StumbleUpon, Facebook, and Twitter. Everyone needs to see it and stop fearing the sun!

Glad you’re spreading the news, Vin. This is indeed important stuff.