Forums: January 2010 Kickstart Forum Archive: BoB Harper- Milk
Created on: 01/04/10 05:57 PM Views: 981 Replies: 3
junebug Joined: 01/04/10 Posts: 35	BoB Harper- Milk Posted Monday, January 4, 2010 at 5:57 PM As in the olive oil/ Bob Harper conversation let me preface this by saying I too love The biggest Loser and Bob Harper..but why is he listed with Today's message of how to avoid dairy products and why they are so harmful for you when he advocates and promotes milk products on the BLSR show? This always annoys me on the show when they talk about how great dairy is for you and how it can help you lose weight and the how good the calcium is for you. Now I know they need to pay for things thru advertising but IF he truly believes that why is he put on the anti-dairy day?
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Cinnamon Joined: 12/28/09 Location: Ohio Posts: 36	RE: BoB Harper- Milk Posted Monday, January 4, 2010 at 6:14 PM HOly moses - good question...
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shanna Joined: 12/30/09 Posts: 287	RE: BoB Harper- Milk Posted Monday, January 4, 2010 at 6:19 PM I think he only recently went vegan. Once I read that, I did watch more closely to see what he advised on the show--where I'm sure he's not only obligated to promote the sponsors, but also stick to the plans developed for the tie-in books, etc.--but last season he always seemed to do those "candid" spots with the contestants for Extra gum and Ziploc bags. The truth is there are lots of studies showing all kinds of things, including that the calcium in milk helps people lose weight, or olive oil helps your body absorb nutrients from salad, etc. The key is looking to see who paid for those studies--and it's almost always the industry board that stands to profit from the results. I used to listen to a podcast called Fitness Rocks by Dr. Monte, an MD who busted these kinds of studies, breaking them down for laypeople. (PCRM is good about this too! As is Dr. Joel Fuhrman's Disease-Proof blog.) He's stopped doing the show I think, but it was very enlightening. Marion Nestle's book FOOD POLITICS and T. Colin Campbell's The China Study have more info on paid-for studies...and political influence by industrial food interests that touches everything from curriculum to school lunch programs and WIC assistance. When I first started learning about this stuff I couldn't believe it. Sounds like a conspiracy theory. Unfortunately, it's not. I read a lot about health and nutrition...but I no longer believe everything I read without checking to see who is being paid to write it. Point is, "milk is good for you" is accepted wisdom. That's not an accident. Bob Harper seems to have recently learned differently after having accepted it as fact for a long time, just like most people doing this kickstart.
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junebug Joined: 01/04/10 Posts: 35	RE: BoB Harper- Milk Posted Monday, January 4, 2010 at 6:46 PM Shanna- thanks I didn't know he had become a vegan. I wondered but then didn't think it was possible after seeing the ads on the show. I know sometimes you have to do the advertising "thing" but I don't think a vegan could ever bring themselves to do a milk commercial; it would be immoral and then defeating one of the biggest reasons for being vegan. It makes more sense if saw the light after. Believe me I get the whole money making/lying thing it's in alot of different areas and I take nothing at face value.
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