Fad Diets can Kill!Written by Dr. Donald A. Miller
Everything you read about diets should be "taken with a grain of salt". If something seems too good to be true, or not plausible, seek other sources, or ask at http://mayoclinic.com.You probably have heard about "anorexia", self-starvation, or "bulimia", binge eating followed by laxatives and/or induced vomiting. These disorders often affect females with poor self image. Death can result. You might not realize that some fad diets are also deadly to health or to life. Any diet that focuses on just a few foods, or mostly water or juices, except under personal medical supervision, can damage critical organs and nerve tissues beyond repair. Don't willfully make yourself into a starvation victim. Be cautious when reading about such things as "macrobiotic" diets. "Macrobiotic" is a combination of two words, created to mean great / long life achieved through diet of whole grains, vegetables, beans, limited quantities of animal foods. Some fanatics have taken this to mean nothing but grains and water. The "brown rice diet" is an example that has caused deaths.
| | High Energy Food IllustrationsWritten by Dr. Donald A. Miller
Take a raw carrot, and hold it to a bare flame. Nothing much happens except some charring and bad smell.Place some liquid fat (oils) in a shallow dish prepared with a wick. Touch a match to saturated wick, and observe heat and light that results. This is one of oldest kinds of light source known to humankind. Take some solid fat, meat trimmings or tallow, or left over fat globules from meat dishes. A match might be sufficient to start a flame, or a bit more heat might be needed. Take some sugar and treat as solid fat. Preheating might be needed, or start with chemical igniter or acid, but you can end up with a bad smelling carbon sponge. Mix sugar with potassium nitrate ("saltpeter", a source of oxygen) and sulfur in right proportions and you can make a weak form of gun powder.
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