Quote Originally Posted by SpiritLevel
This thing is bigger than bread.

The pharmaceutical industry is the biggest money making industry in the world. This is isn't because we are all naturally prone to disease; but because just as much money being spent on the "so-called" cure is being spent on the manufacturing and advertising of "cheap & nasty" food products that contain slow killing poisons.

Almost gurantee yourselves that over 80% of processed food is designed to fk u up. It is not just the product itself that is goin to affect us but the way in which we eat them. I limit my processed food intake and certainly do no eat an evening meal consisting of manufactured garbage.

Because some of us prefer to eat processed food devoid of suffiecint balanced nutritional content, we get sick and wonder why like we're thick believing that a packet of crisp/chips is somehow healthy; a snickers is somehow healthy; white bread and brown bread which just looks whole wheat which we think is healthy; or deit coke; or juces made from concerntrate; or bottled sauces from huge name manufacturers; or tea bags; of coffee; or mcnasty's burgers or lots of thing we love are some how healthy. Liking theh taste is not the key to health. Believing the Ad designed to MAKE u buy stuff is not the key to health. Some of us grow weed and see how it copes under different conditions. Incorrect feeding results in deficiency. A common "cold is a difficiency; as is scratching and itch; yawning, sneezing, getting a pain; they are all signs of something occuring that isn't right. But we just think and believe its normal. The answer is to go back to nature.

:thumbsup: RIGHT ON!!!

I have just gone on the Atkins diet (5 weeks now), and also I am trying to stay as NATURAL as possible. I wnt on it to lose weight as have tried "MAINSTREAM" low fat diets on and off, for the past 20 years or with no success. Have also had deteriourating health, not to mention, my spine is stuffed from work related injuries, (which is why I use "the natural" painkiller).
I must say, I REALLY feel heaps better. I have stopped taking Nexium (for severe heartburn, chronic 12 years due to NSAIDs), Endep and Epilem (a combination used for nerve pain), and, have reduced the amount of Morphine I am on by at least half!! (my "necessary evil" painkiller as, I can drive legally on it but, not on weed unfortunately and, I live in a small country in Outbac South Australian town and, to get anything, you gotta drive) Now, I would NEVER have guessed that my diet could improve my back at all and yet, it has. Don't know why but, have found little info on helping injury. It may be that I have lost some weight (15kg in 5 weeks) but, the last time I actually managed to lose weight, I was worse!!! Although, I was on a VERY high Carb diet.
My wife got me onto this diet as she has been on it a few years because of Hypoglycemia (insulin resistance or, pacreatic burnout which leads to full blown insulin dependant diabetic) and, is now cured (yes CURED, medically confirmed). She suffered severe daily migrains, had no energy and, got sick heaps.
My wife and I have only managed to scratch the surface on the benefits of low carb, there is not much info on it as the "big companies", try to knock it any way they can. All I know from talking with other low carbers, they have all reported an improvement in overall health, even curing Type 2 diabeties, arthritis, heart disease, and so it goes on. The list is HUGE. As with MJ, there are huge amounts of data PROVING low carb but, is so often suppressed by drug companies, the food companies (the ones that make the high carb stuff, anyway ) even by the goverment (we re the people, for the people, yeah right!!!! )
The thing with Atkins is that basically, all "white" products eg, white flour, white bread, white rice, sugar (although ANY sugar is a BIG no no!!) are not allowed. This BASICALLY means that all proceesed food is not eaten at all although, this, I don't think this was Atkins intention but well, there it is, very possibly a "byproduct" of the diet:thumbsup: . All this CRAP about you only eat really fats, eggs, and meat is VERY misleading. This usually only happens in the INDUCTION phase, which gets your body into the low carb mode (ketosis it's called if you want to research more on it). Once on the diet, you have a whole range of foods. I have never eaten so many vegies in my life!!!
Anyways, I am waffling on and that at least 1 person benifts from this info, my time spent writing this is well wort it.
There are literly hundreds of sites and forums out there on Low Carb/Atkins and, I suppose a good place to starts is www.atkins.com or, use your fave search engine.

All the best to all:thumbsup: :smokin: :smokin: :smokin: