Why do you give space to the veggie missionary? Some words of balance

For me his veggie-writings reveals he cherry-picks references to support his already cemented views instead of referring to the newest studies. He is insulting many people with his moralising, among them me, coming from a part of the world where hardly nothing grows and people have survived from food from the sea, the tundra and the forest. 

There are also many critics to the diet Mr Bahrt prescribes, the Dr Dean Ornish diet. Apple’s Steve Jobs tried it –without success.

This is from US National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health. Recent findings: 

Fructose (fruit sugar) intake is associated with increased risk of pancreatic and small intestinal cancers, and possibly others. 

Fructose promotes flux through the pentose phosphate, which enhances protein synthesis and may indirectly increase tumour growth. Fructose treatment is associated with more aggressive cancer behaviour and may promote metastasis.

Summary: Whereas glucose favours overall growth kinetics, fructose enhances protein synthesis and appears to promote a more aggressive cancer phenotype. 

Fructose has become ubiquitous in our food supply, with the highest consumers being teens and young adults. Therefore, understanding the potential health consequences of fructose and its role in chronic disease development is of critical importance.

From plant sources, fructose is found in honey, tree and vine fruits, flowers, berries, and most root vegetables. A general saying as old as from the 1930s says that sugar feeds cancer cells. That may be something to think about for the mainly older male letter-writers well in the enlarging prostate-ages ...... or does an apple a day still really keep the doctor away? 

I believe the middle way is best for most of us and the world – but it’s up to you, as the saying goes.

A Johnsen

Chon Buri