More Eggs and Less Biscuit

The one factor that is killing more Americans than anything else is their right hand ( or whichever hand they use to feed themselves ). If only everyone would start to be aware of what constitutes sugar...starch...carbs (carbohydrates ) and try to reduce them and especially avoid them unless consumed with some kind of protein (eggs, meat, fish, poultry, cheese etc. ). I know, I know...eggs are to be some kind of poison. The short answer is ... that's wrong. Your liver makes 10 eggs worth of cholesterol each day and GOD is no fool. Why would your body produce 2000 mg of a substance a day if it was bad for you. Cholesterol is used to make your hormones, cell walls, to repair wounds...the list goes on and on. The cholesterol that is found in people's arteries is there as a patch to keep the blood vessel wall from tearing. It's not the cause of the problem, it's there trying to solve a problem (inflammation the vessels). Eggs have been eaten by humans for 1000's of years. Does it make sense to you that in the last 50 years we have changed so that they are now poison. I don't think so. So here is the diet I suggest to people: Divide the body weight you would like to be by 50 , this is the number of protein oz. you should eat at each meal. For example a 150 pound person should eat 3 oz. of protein three times a day ( 9 oz. per day ) At each meal if you eat at least that much protein , you can have some carbs. That may be bread, corn, pasta fruit, wine, beer (spaghetti in a glass) or plain old sugar ( this is all written out on a handout you can get at my office). Two eggs equals 3 oz....3/4 a cup of cottage cheese equals 3 oz.... a piece of meat the size of a deck of cards equals 3 oz. For your 2 eggs , you can have a cup of pasta ( not a Jethro bowl, but a cup ), 2 slices of bread, 1/4 cup of raisins ( a lot of people think fruit is great, but you can overload on sugar quick if you eat too much...on a side note the best thing you can do with a juicer is pour the juice down the drain and eat the pulp, that's where the the most nutrients are). For people on the run ( that includes a lot of men and most all women) having a bowl full of boiled eggs handy is one the best things you can do to stay healthy-diet wise. Anyway enough for today. Next time I'd like to talk about how to find a good doctor ( hint a lot of times it's a nurse) Thanks for reading this

Ezra Edgerton, DC