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America's fondness for fast foods, low fat
foods, and fad diets has created a potentially lethal time
bomb for the health of baby-boomers, says one of North America's
leading nutritional researchers and authors.
Most degenerative conditions
can be reversed by supplementing the diet with the fatty-acid-rich
oils
In his book, Fats that Heal -- Fats that Kill, Dr.
Udo Erasmus predicts that lack of essential fats and other
nutrients in the foods American adults now consume will trigger
a variety of life-threatening illnesses that, if not corrected,
may result in premature death for seventy-five percent of
individuals currently thirty-five to fifty years old.
"Forty million premature deaths from nutritional deficiencies
may seem unbelievable," says Dr. Erasmus, "but the Surgeon
General's 1988 publication stated sixty-eight percent
of US deaths were diet-related, and that percentage is steadily
climbing."
Dr. Erasmus reports eight out of ten baby boomers are
getting too little of twenty-three of the forty-three
essential minerals, vitamins, aminos, and fatty acids that
must be present in the food supply for humans to sustain life.
"If not corrected, these deficiencies will snowball into
a nationwide health crisis for the adult population,"
says Dr. Erasmus
Of the nutritional deficiencies that Dr. Erasmus identifies
in his book, it's the lack of (or damage to) the essential
fatty acids "omega 3" and "omega 6" he claims will
create the most havoc with baby-boomer health. Lack of or
wrong fats in the diet are linked to cardiovascular disease,
cancer, and diabetes.
"Even though they're vital for human health, adequate amounts
of 'omega 3' and 'omega 6' fats are not present in 'fast foods'
-- and they're usually removed from the low fat foods we purchase
at the grocery store," says Dr. Erasmus.
Dr. Erasmus says that Madison Avenue has created a tragic
misconception about fats -- "low-fat is healthier." A
recent Harvard University study found those who avoided saturated
fats by using margarine instead of butter had twice as many
heart attacks.
"Essential fatty acid deficiency has become the biggest
and most dangerous nutritional deficiency of our time,"
says Dr. Erasmus.
For those who chide Dr. Erasmus for being a harbinger of
dietary doom, he has encouraging news: most degenerative conditions
can be reversed by supplementing the diet with the fatty-acid-rich
oils he recommends in his four-hundred and fifty page book
available in book stores or by calling 800-446-2110. SOURCE
Public Relations Group
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