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From: chai@utflis.UUCP
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Subject: Re: the food groups vs. the chinese
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Date: Mon, 17-Feb-86 14:17:27 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 17 14:17:27 1986
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Reply-To: utflis!chai@utcsri.UUCP (Henry Chai)
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Organization: Faculty of Library & Info. Sci., Univ. of Toronto
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Summary: 

[Hello again, world!]

I just picked up a book from a public library: _Everything_You_Wanted
_to_Know_about_Nutrition_, by David Reuben, M.D. (author of _The_
Save-Your-Life_Diet). He pooh-poohed just about EVERYTHING in the food
industry. Regarding milk, he gave it a very low opinion.  His claims:
calcium (and Vit. D) you can get from dozens of other foods, e.g.
turnip greens, whole wheat bread, peanuts, beans, olives etc.  The
human body rejects 80% of all the calcium you eat to keep the blood
concentration low.  Also, in the States milk makes a lot of money:
it's the only basic food which has a reverse price control, ie "there
is a minimum price for milk and  it cannot be legally sold for less."
So, it's the dairy people who did all the pushing that made us believe
that milk is necessary for EVERYBODY.

Of course, I don't believe everything I read, but last Saturday there
was this supplement which came with the newspaper: a glossy, four-page,
full-colored ad on milk. The big letters which ran across two pages
read CALCIUM.  Then it goes on to tell you just how good milk is in
supplying you with CALCIUM and VIT D.  Finally, in small print at the
end, it sez "brought to you by the Dairy Farmers of Ontario".  Hmm, I'm
beginning to have my doubts and I no longer feel guilty about not
having milk at least once every day....

ps I believe tofu is rather rich in calcium and eggs are rich in Vit. D,
so these nutrients are indeed present in the Chinese diet.
--
Henry Chai ( guest on suran@utcsri )
{watmath,ihnp4,allegra}!utcsri!utflis!chai        chai%utflis@TORONTO