In regards to eating meat

[Monica]

Here is an excerpt from one of the nutrition books I used in school. This is long. I am not posting this simply to be wry. I see that several people in various ways have expressed a keen interest in the topics of digestive enzymes, lipase, and fat metabolism.

I like to cross-reference established info with cutting-edge, unproven info, because I usually find truth in both camps.

For example, it's a given that the colon functions in the capacity of eliminating waste. But conventional MDs often speak as though the idea of doing a colon cleanse is totally unnecessary, because "that is the function of the colon...it already does this so any additional cleansing isn't necessary."

But what they're missing is that the established function of an organ doesn't mean everyone's organs work the way they are supposed to. Look at how diabetics' pancreases aren't working properly, or any number of other examples.

Thus, the alternative health community's views on cleansing the colon are very reasonable, in light of the fact that many people's colons have become clogged and aren't functioning as they should.

In the process of offering solutions, the alternative community might pose theories that haven't yet been 'proven' by the scientific community. That doesn't make them false. It just means that further research is warranted.

And, it's important to remember that the drug companies fund the research and write the textbooks.

I'm not saying that what you posted is false. I'm just suggesting that it not be taken as 'canon' and that it be cross-referenced with cutting-edge pioneers like Viktoras Kulvinskas, Gabriel Cousens and the like.

I don't think established, conventional textbook definitions of anything are automatically, irrefutably 'truth' or 'fact.'