Alternatives to What? - Roger Mason

Dr. David Williams writes a “natural health” newsletter called Alternatives. Alternatives to what? is a good question. His letter is so full of misinformation, nonsense, and stupidity it is pitiful. The sad thing is that tens of thousands of people pay real money to read this foolishness every month. It's not free- he charges for this abomination! 
 
“Lowering cholesterol won't prevent a heart attack!” is his latest claim. “Cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease”,  “cholesterol is innocent”, and “eating less cholesterol won't help your heart”, are others. He actually tells you that, “The cholesterol in your diet has very little effect on the cholesterol in your blood.” Folks, your total cholesterol and triglyceride levels are THE most important diagnostic indicator of heart health we have. And you only get cholesterol in your diet from animal foods.Yes, your homocysteine and CRP (C-reactive protein) levels are also important, but cholesterol (and triglyerides) is the most important factor of all. Please read my book Lower Cholesterol WithoutDrugs to see massive, inarguable, published, international clinical proof this is true.  
 
Your total cholesterol level should be about 150 mg/dl. The average American adult is about 240 or almost100 points higher than they should be. Places like Life Extinction who tell you cholesterol doesn't count are moronic. People who tell you low cholesterol is dangerous should be in an institution. The Framingham study is the largest and longest ongoing cardiovascular health study in history that included over 100,000 people. This study proved beyond any doubt that the lower your cholesterol the less heart and artery disease you suffer from. People with cholesterol levels of about 150 simply don't suffer from heart disease generally. Americans with an average level of 240 have the highest rates of heart disease in the world. Rural Asians in general with the lowest levels of cholesterol (about 150) have the lowest rates of heart and artery disease. How can you argue with facts based on billions of real people?  
 
David also exposes the, “secret reason we're so fat!” He doesn't mention that Americans eat twice the calories they need, twice the protein we need, eight times the fat we need, and over 160 pounds of various sugars every year. He doesn't notice the food we eat is so refined and devoid of nutrition. In fact he says foods like butter and eggs are good for you! “If you're like me, you love the taste of a big juicy hamburger straight from the grill.” He says the “secret” is we are deficient in CLA (conjugated linoleic acid)- “the fat that makes you slim”. Where do you find CLA? In beef, milk and dairy products- exactly the foods we shouldn't be eating. He thinks it's just terrible that we aren't eating more beef and dairy products! What an idiot this guy is. Just take CLA and lose 20% of your flab he says. Good luck! You can drink CLA by the quart and you aren't going to lose weight or body fat. CLA doesn't work folks. Never did and never will. 
 
In another newsletter he talks about body pH, blood pH, and how we are too acidic. He says we shouldn't eat healthy whole grains such as brown rice, corn, oats, wheat, rye, or barley. The truth is whole grains should be the very basis of your diet. He doesn't like beans (pinto, navy, lentils, black, chickpeas, aduki, red, etc.) either. Beans are another staple of a healthy natural diet. He doesn't like other healthy foods like sunflower seeds or fish because they “acidify our blood”. Instead he wants you to eat fruits (all fruits cause acidity) including citrus fruits (he says these are alkalizing!!!), potatoes (Nightshades full of solanine), butter (95% saturated fat), MILK (the worst allergen known), cream, eggs, yogurt (has more lactose than milk), honey, sugar (yes, sugar), brewer's yeast, and vanilla extract. No, I didn't make any of those things up. He pushes such useless supplements as MGN-3 (please see the article in the library What About AHCC and MGN-3 under “W”) and spirulina (see that article too, please) and chondroitin (useless). What at idiot this guy is.  
 
Does he say anything worthwhile? To his credit he says estrogen therapy for women causes cancer, soy isoflavones help prevent cancer, Alzheimer's is correlated with aluminum intake, aspirin is not good for heart health, and a few other worthwhile things. Not much though. 
 
How do fools like this actually sell newsletter? Are so many people this stupid as to pay for this babble? Guess so.