Comments on: Barking up the wrong tree. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:42:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Kiva Rose http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-15798 Kiva Rose Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:26:43 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-15798 I do love your nutrition posts, you have a way of keeping everything so clear and unmuddied, exactly the opposite of most literature on the subject. I do love your nutrition posts, you have a way of keeping everything so clear and unmuddied, exactly the opposite of most literature on the subject.

]]> By: jim mcdonald http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16003 jim mcdonald Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:22:34 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16003 ah, but did you see the "correction" tacked ontot he bottom of the article: "Correction: January 18, 2008 A headline in Business Day on Thursday with an article about research involving two widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs misstated the issue raised by the results. It is whether using drugs to lower cholesterol at all costs is always medically effective, or even safe; there is no question that cholesterol itself can pose dangers." yeah... "no question"... right. ah, but did you see the “correction” tacked ontot he bottom of the article:

“Correction: January 18, 2008

A headline in Business Day on Thursday with an article about research involving two widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs misstated the issue raised by the results. It is whether using drugs to lower cholesterol at all costs is always medically effective, or even safe; there is no question that cholesterol itself can pose dangers.”

yeah… “no question”… right.

]]> By: El http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16004 El Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:22:37 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16004 Michael Pollan's new book is all over this, actually. The little conspiracy theorist on my shoulder whispers that we'll never ever hear anything about low-fat "foods" being bad for you. (They'll never come completely clean on transfats, either.) I just feel awful about the whole thing, because so many people are so sadly brainwashed that fat=bad. They continue to eat the highly processed crap they buy because they somehow think it's good for them, good for their heart, especially if they chase it down with some processed oatmeal. Sigh. Keep up the great work, Ms Crabapple! Michael Pollan’s new book is all over this, actually. The little conspiracy theorist on my shoulder whispers that we’ll never ever hear anything about low-fat “foods” being bad for you. (They’ll never come completely clean on transfats, either.) I just feel awful about the whole thing, because so many people are so sadly brainwashed that fat=bad. They continue to eat the highly processed crap they buy because they somehow think it’s good for them, good for their heart, especially if they chase it down with some processed oatmeal. Sigh.

Keep up the great work, Ms Crabapple!

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16007 crabappleherbs Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:07:02 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16007 Thanks, Kiva! jim -- The original title of the article was "Cholesterol as a Danger Has Skeptics." That was the headline that ran in the paper on Thursday. They changed the online title to the not-quite-so-dramatic "New Questions on Treating Cholesterol," but they didn't backtrack on the contents of the article. (Though the article itself calls that very "unquestionable" fact into question. Sigh.) Of course, it's interesting that this is all happening in the business section of the paper, not the health section. I doubt that headline would have made it past the health editors. Orthodoxy in action. El -- The interaction of marketing and incomplete research has had a pretty intensely awful effect on food culture in this country. I've been thinking a lot about the roots of it lately. More posts to come... (I love the photo on your blog header, by the way!) Thanks, Kiva!

jim — The original title of the article was “Cholesterol as a Danger Has Skeptics.” That was the headline that ran in the paper on Thursday. They changed the online title to the not-quite-so-dramatic “New Questions on Treating Cholesterol,” but they didn’t backtrack on the contents of the article. (Though the article itself calls that very “unquestionable” fact into question. Sigh.) Of course, it’s interesting that this is all happening in the business section of the paper, not the health section. I doubt that headline would have made it past the health editors. Orthodoxy in action.

El — The interaction of marketing and incomplete research has had a pretty intensely awful effect on food culture in this country. I’ve been thinking a lot about the roots of it lately. More posts to come… (I love the photo on your blog header, by the way!)

]]> By: Kiva Rose http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16123 Kiva Rose Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:22:40 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16123 oooohhhh, another nice pic, Rebecca! I do love the seasonal changes (i've already said that two or three times, haven't i? ah well...) oooohhhh, another nice pic, Rebecca! I do love the seasonal changes (i’ve already said that two or three times, haven’t i? ah well…)

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16416 crabappleherbs Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:25:00 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16416 Thanks, Kiva! Thanks, Kiva!

]]> By: Jan S. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16419 Jan S. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:19:35 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16419 I was wondering when you would get a snowscene down there. I like it too and the fact that it changes- like getting to look out your window every season. I was wondering when you would get a snowscene down there. I like it too and the fact that it changes- like getting to look out your window every season.

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16429 crabappleherbs Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:48:49 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16429 Thanks, Jan. This was our first real snow this year. (We had a bit in early December, but it melted almost immediately). So up until a couple of days ago, the other picture was accurate! Thanks, Jan.

This was our first real snow this year. (We had a bit in early December, but it melted almost immediately). So up until a couple of days ago, the other picture was accurate!

]]> By: Rachel R. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16488 Rachel R. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:00:08 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16488 I'm new to your blog (just found it through StumbleUpon - and added it to my feed reader!), so maybe this is a duplication, but...The Cholesterol Myths is a terrific book. :) (And if the author's theory about cholesterol is correct, then we just might be killing people more quickly by attacking their cholesterol levels without addressing the actual problems.) I’m new to your blog (just found it through StumbleUpon - and added it to my feed reader!), so maybe this is a duplication, but…The Cholesterol Myths is a terrific book. :) (And if the author’s theory about cholesterol is correct, then we just might be killing people more quickly by attacking their cholesterol levels without addressing the actual problems.)

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16497 crabappleherbs Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:33:25 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/01/17/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/#comment-16497 Thanks, Rachel! Yes, there are some really good books about Cholesterol out there. I haven't read the one you mention, but if you're interested in the history of the science, I recommend Gary Taubes's new book. (In the US it's called <i>Good Calories, Bad Calories</i>, but I prefer the UK title: <i>The Diet Delusion</i>.) I keep saying that I'm going to make a "recommended reading" section of this site, but it seems like such a big project. Thanks for the encouragement! Thanks, Rachel!

Yes, there are some really good books about Cholesterol out there. I haven’t read the one you mention, but if you’re interested in the history of the science, I recommend Gary Taubes’s new book. (In the US it’s called Good Calories, Bad Calories, but I prefer the UK title: The Diet Delusion.)

I keep saying that I’m going to make a “recommended reading” section of this site, but it seems like such a big project. Thanks for the encouragement!

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