Welcome to Second-Opinions
One must attend in medical practice not
primarily to plausible theories but to experience
combined with reason.
Hippocrates
Can you remember when food was something you
could eat and enjoy — without having to worry
about it?
It's unlikely unless you are over 50, because everything changed for the worse in 1984. Before then we could eat butter, and meat, and put cream on our fruit without feeling guilty. And we were all slimmer and healthier than we are today.
In the 1980s all that changed. Health today has become an obsession. We are beset by intolerant beliefs that at best
are unproven hypotheses, and at worst, fraud.
For example: if a fatty diet really does cause heart
disease, why has none of the fifty or so studies
published to date managed to demonstrate any convincing
evidence of it? And why, when we are eating 20% fewer
calories than we were 30 years ago, and slimming and
exercise clubs are mushrooming, are we getting fatter?
Although the 'healthy' or 'prudent' diet to combat
heart disease is probably the most widespread deception
today, there are other equally important schemes
designed to delude. The online nutritional
information and nutritional facts explained in
the articles on this website explore some of them.
Most have gained a foothold because modern medicine and
dietary advice have given people less than their
expectations. Others because the media, in exploiting
to the full any story of disaster, and tending to blow
it up out of proportion, give a base from which
commercial concerns, anxious to protect and increase
their share of the market exploit our confusion to the full.
FACT: Civilised humans are the only chronically sick animal on the planet
Fact: No wild animal or human culture living on its natural diet suffers the chronic diseases we do
Fact: Our pets suffer the same diseases we do — and for the same reasons
Fact: Wherever we travel in the world, we export our dietary dogma
Fact: Previously healthy populations are made ill by contact with us.
Diseases such as obesity and diabetes have really 'taken off' since 'healthy eating' was introduced in the 1980s. THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE; these are classic cases of cause and effect.
This website aims to expose dietary and medical misinformation.
It includes nutritional information and nutritional facts about the various recommendations coming from governments. It also lists a wide range of over 70 diseases from the serious such as cancer, to the less serious such as acne, all of which are caused or exacerbated by a so-called 'healthy' diet.
And it looks at other scams and misinformation
I have written these works because:
"On the large scale, history shows that an uncritical
and misinformed populace is a breeding ground for all
manner of intolerant beliefs and practices. The
discovery that truth has to fight for its survival is
not a pleasant one, but is an essential realisation
in maintaining civilisation. And in a society as open
and susceptible to fraud as ours is, truth needs all
the help it can get." Anthony Garrett.
All articles are fully supported by citations and references to mainstream, peer-reviewed medical, nutritional and other scientific journals to allow you to check that what is written here is correct.
Independent articles
21 July 2011
Healthy eating boosts a positive mind
It may sound far-fetched to suggest that there are foods that boost your
confidence while some can knock it for six, but feeling good about yourself is
more than just what is on the outside.
Last updated 1 December 2011
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