Man’s Misguided Direction vs. God’s Way to Ultimate Health

This is worth repeating!!!  This is from Rev. Malkmus’s August 2007 newsletter. Just in case some of you did not read his newsletter, we felt we wanted to include this insightful, valuable information with you.  It shows you how man’s ways are not the wisest ways to follow.   This is a free Email newsletter given out each week – I hope you all have signed up for it.  You can do that at www.hacres.com .  Then  look for the newsletter section and sign up.  It has very valuable free information every week!

Psalm 118:8  “It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.”

“A few quotes from the news release announcing this massive 900+ page report say it all. Here is the first sentence in the news release: ‘To meet the body’s daily energy and nutritional needs while minimizing risk for chronic disease, adults should get 45% to 65% of their calories from carbohydrates, 20% to 35% from fat and 10% to 35% from protein.’

“’Further we find: added sugars should comprise no more than 25% of total calories consumed...added sugars are those incorporated into foods and beverages during production [and] major sources include candy, soft drinks, fruit drinks, pastries and other sweets.’

“Let’s take a closer look. What are these recommendations really saying? Remember, the news release starts off by stating the report’s objective of ‘minimizing risk for chronic disease.’ This report says that we can consume a diet containing up to 35% of calories as fat; this is up from the 30% limit of previous reports. It also recommends that we can consume up to 35% calories as protein; this number is far higher than the suggestion of any other responsible authority.

(Pages 306 and 307) “The last recommendation puts the frosting on the cake, so to speak. We can consume up to 25% of calories as added sugars. Remember, sugars are the most refined type of carbohydrates. In effect, although the report advises that we need a minimum of 45% of calories as carbohydrates, more than half of this amount (i.e., 25%) can be the sugars present in candies, soft drinks, and pastries.

“The critical assumption of this report is this: the American diet is not only the best there is, but you should now feel free to eat an even richer diet and still be confident that you are ‘minimizing risk for chronic disease.’ Forget any words of caution you may find in this report—with such a range of possibilities, virtually any diet can be advocated as minimizing disease risk...

“SAMPLE MENU THAT FITS INTO THE ACCEPTABLE NUTRIENT RANGES: BREAKFAST, 1 cup Fruit Loops, 1 cup skim milk, 1 package M&M milk chocolate candies, Fiber and vitamin supplements. LUNCH, Grilled cheddar cheeseburger. DINNER, 3 slices pepperoni pizza, 1 16 oz. soda, 1 serving Archway sugar cookies. . . .

(Pages 307 and 308) “Folks, I’m not kidding. This disastrous menu plan fits the recommendations of the report and is supposedly consistent with ‘minimizing chronic disease.’ ...At this point in the book, I don’t need to tell you that when we eat a diet like this day in and day out, we will be not just marching, but SPRINTING into the arms of chronic disease. In sad fact, this is what a large proportion of our population already does.