PARTING THOUGHTS

Refined sugar should be avoided as completely as possible in all of its forms. It is a major reason for obesity and compromised immune function today. And remember that decreased immune function will make any underlying disease processes worse and enable any underlying toxins or toxic processes to have maximal negative im­pact. Cardiovascular disease, as well as other degenerative diseases, are more a result of refined sugar consumption than any other sin­gle dietary component.

Similarly, but not as critically, high glycemic index foods should be avoided as completely as possible. A baked potato will never be as harmful to you as a candy bar and a soda pop, but it will make and keep you fat. If you are going to eat a high glycemic index car­bohydrate, at least eat it as a single snack or food or with a veg­etable, but don't compound the problem by botching up the digestion of good animal protein eaten with it.

Finally, if you have to have a refined sugar dessert or snack, eat it alone, and don't destroy the proper digestion of good food eaten at the same sitting.

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72 Optimal Nutrition for Optimal Health

With all of these provisions, along with the existing legal mandates in America that all milk and dairy products be pasteurized, it's easy to see that owning your own cow would be the only way to make sure of getting healthy milk and milk products. The intervention of modern technology, with the support of the law, has made it effec­tively impossible for most of the population to ever drink a nutri­tious glass of milk. Because of these unavoidable realities, milk as it is presently available is far more toxic than it is nutritious. The tech­nology of the modern dairy industry has been especially effective in negating most of the positive nutritious effects that can be gained from milk. As you will also see, there is a disturbingly large body of scientific evidence to support the assertion that milk is not the won­derful nutrient that the dairy industry would have you believe it is.