Guest guest Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 So did anyone catch 20/20 last night? Didn't think so as I hadn't seen anything posted here. While I did not watch it, someone did send me the link. (There are two parts about 6 minutes each.) http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Stossel/story?id=5735592 & page=1 John Stossel was quite rude to Viktoras Kulvinskas, in my opinion. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 I have found John Stossel to be very biased in his reporting and stopped watching 20/20 many years ago, except for specific " reports " of interest. If you remember, John Stossel did a horrible report on organics many years ago. He got in trouble for it and had to give an on-air apology. While " Orthorexia Nervosa " is actually about obsession, some may actually judge raw foodists as having the disorder simply because we choose healthful raw foods. Making such choices certainly doesn't require obsession, just choices! I spend less time thinking about food (one of the " symptoms " ) now, than before I was raw and before I was vegan. Some articles in the media seem to intimate that raw foodists suffer from O.N. or that raw foodism may lead to it, etc. They may not state that outright, but I've read many articles that seem to want to lump raw foodists with the O.N. disorder. Dr. Steve Bratman had actually decided that he, himself, was obsessing over the purity of his food and created the term and diagnosed himself with it. One article or web site I had read several years ago mentioned that Dr. Bratman had gotten to the point where he would only eat food picked within 15 minutes. One problem with articles making raw foods look dangerous or that it may lead to a dangerous condition or nutrient deficiency, etc., is that it may scare away a lot of people that may, otherwise, find and reap benefits from increasing their raw food intake. Jeff On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:00 PM, SV wrote: > So did anyone catch 20/20 last night? Didn't think so as I hadn't > seen anything posted here. While I did not watch it, someone did > send me the link. (There are two parts about 6 minutes each.) > > http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Stossel/story?id=5735592 & page=1 > > John Stossel was quite rude to Viktoras Kulvinskas, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 I agree about John Stossel being biased. We got rid of TV and only watch the news once a week online. We keep up to date without stressing over every little negative report. I watched these clips and although we are new to Raw I felt it did not resemble any of the raw foodies we have met. Anything can become bad when done obsessively, health and exercise included. One thing I did think about it though is it is hard enough raising high raw vegan kids without negative publicity that will give realtives ammo as to why we need to force them to eat meat. Also it is a little discouraging that in between 20/20 episodes I am sure there are plenty of fast food and drug ads. They should have shown some healthy raw fooders as well that would have been balanced and shown that there are ways of doing it 'right'. Peace and thanks for always spreading the latest info. Jeff Rogers <jeff Saturday, September 6, 2008 4:31:20 PM Re: 20/20 I have found John Stossel to be very biased in his reporting and stopped watching 20/20 many years ago, except for specific " reports " of interest. If you remember, John Stossel did a horrible report on organics many years ago. He got in trouble for it and had to give an on-air apology. While " Orthorexia Nervosa " is actually about obsession, some may actually judge raw foodists as having the disorder simply because we choose healthful raw foods. Making such choices certainly doesn't require obsession, just choices! I spend less time thinking about food (one of the " symptoms " ) now, than before I was raw and before I was vegan. Some articles in the media seem to intimate that raw foodists suffer from O.N. or that raw foodism may lead to it, etc. They may not state that outright, but I've read many articles that seem to want to lump raw foodists with the O.N. disorder. Dr. Steve Bratman had actually decided that he, himself, was obsessing over the purity of his food and created the term and diagnosed himself with it. One article or web site I had read several years ago mentioned that Dr. Bratman had gotten to the point where he would only eat food picked within 15 minutes. One problem with articles making raw foods look dangerous or that it may lead to a dangerous condition or nutrient deficiency, etc., is that it may scare away a lot of people that may, otherwise, find and reap benefits from increasing their raw food intake. Jeff On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:00 PM, SV wrote: > So did anyone catch 20/20 last night? Didn't think so as I hadn't > seen anything posted here. While I did not watch it, someone did > send me the link. (There are two parts about 6 minutes each.) > > http://abcnews. go.com/Health/ Stossel/story? id=5735592 & page=1 > > John Stossel was quite rude to Viktoras Kulvinskas, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Here's a link to an article about the show they did bashing organic foods years ago. I wonder if they or their predessors were part of the group promoting formula as better than breast milk not so long ago? What's next? fresh air poisons your system with too much oxygen or clean water flushes out too many nutrients? happiness makes you weak? Hey the online magazine the " Onion " could have fun with this one. Or maybe I'll send a quick note off to the " Daily Show with Jon Stewart. " http://www.vegsource.com/articles/organics.2020.htm Rawsome Chef Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2008 Report Share Posted September 8, 2008 John Stossel is a right wing asshole. He's totally biased against us. On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 6:00 PM, SV <shavig wrote: > So did anyone catch 20/20 last night? Didn't think so as I hadn't seen > anything posted here. While I did not watch it, someone did send me the > link. (There are two parts about 6 minutes each.) > > http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Stossel/story?id=5735592 & page=1 > > John Stossel was quite rude to Viktoras Kulvinskas, in my opinion. > > Shari > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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