I hate the narrow mindedness of the mass culture. They always want a quick fix
to their problems rather than to read from the individuals who know this stuff
through and through. I was looking for something definitive and found Sally
Fallon, Mary Enig, and then Weston A. Price and then others. There have always
been massive limitations to many of the authors I've read beforehand. Always
introducing poor science and saying "that's all you need to do". So the
individual will just stop there and stop questioning things. Then the same
cycle of problems manifest in a different way. That's the reason why I don't
think she will gain that much interest or even gain the right type of deserved
interest even if she is featured. I genuinely like what WAPF represents. It's
my theory, but it could hurt the reputation as the EatFatLoseFat will become
another fad. It will be just another "one of those fad diets". What it will do
is help many of it's
supporters as perhaps professionals that support WAPF and the traditional ways
will get more clients. Which is good. I think the true values that we'd like
to instill on the mass media will be overlooked. I don't know if I'm being
overly skeptical about the outcome or too optimistic of the meaning of it. I
hate the fact that everything is in a pill now and find out you get more balance
from natural wholesome sources. My reality is so artificial. So many people
are unaware and exposed to all these modern poisons. I feel if we don't become
extinct in the next decade it will happen in sometime during this century as
we're all being lead more and more astray by our "shortcuts" of modern society..

I know it represents traditional ways and that's probably one of the reasons
Oprah may reject it. We live in a fast paced society and many people just do
not have time to slow down. We live in hectic times. There are still many good
points, like raw milk and teaching just how warped our modern views can be, how
it's being manipulated. How we're being mislead about proper fat sources and
other various political issues. That's definately a big issue. I theorize one
bad outcome could be that if raw dairy is legalized many of the farmers that
aren't capable of grasping the concept of wholesome farming will be forced to
push poor quality perhaps dangerous raw milk. That will also make the WAPF
movement look bad. I would definately like these subjects be thoroughly looked
into by Oprah and WAPF advocates such as Sally Fallon, Mary Enig, Chris
Masterjohn, etc. Naw, it would just be a shallow stint.

Kinda more like ramblings, oh well.

Thank you,
Daniel Holt

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 13, 2009, at 6:32 AM, "paulsonntagericson" <paulsonntagericson@...>
wrote:

Someone should send her "Eat Fat, Lose Fat". I would guess she gets
tons of books and has a team to screen them. I think she's at a point
now where she might consider alternatives to the old ways she's been
following that have failed her up to this point.

Who are the two "experts" you are referring to? (I only follow Oprah
on the covers of gossip magazines while I wait in line at the store)

Cheers,

Paul

--- In native-nutrition@yahoogroups.com, Michael <slethnobotanist@...>
wrote:
>
> Lisa,
>
> > Does this drive anyone else crazy as well? I don't watch much tv or
> > read much mainstream material, but when I see Oprah advocating a low
> > fat diet to her millions of viewers after repeated attempts herself to
> > lose weight and stay healthy, I get so frustrated! Wouldn't it be
> > great if Oprah would at least look at the WAPF site? This is the
> > second e-mail I have sent her. I am hoping someone on her team at
> > least takes a look. Wow, it could be so life changing for not only
> > Oprah, but for so many people. I wonder if it's even possible at this
> > stage for her to recommend a WAPF diet to her viewers?
>
> What does Oprah weigh these days, two fidy? And a goiter problem to
> boot. Sadly she is surrounded by and taking advice from two "gurus"
> who would find the WAPF site sacrilegious.
>
> Michael
> --
> "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired
> signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are
> not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is
> not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers,
> the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children…. Under the
> cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of
> iron."
>
> ~ Dwight Eisenhower
>





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