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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- A group of current and former Southern Baptist leaders has signed a statement affirming what they call the "traditional Southern Baptist" understanding of the doctrine of salvation, with the goal of drawing a distinction with the beliefs of "New Calvinism."
The statement was posted May 31 at SBCToday.com and includes a preamble and 10 articles, along with signatures from two entity presidents (Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's Paige Patterson and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's Chuck Kelley), five state executive directors (Georgia's Bob White, Florida's John Sullivan, Mississippi's Jim Futral, Louisiana's David Hankins, Alaska's Mike Procter), and in addition to Patterson, five other former SBC presidents (Bailey Smith, Jimmy Draper, Jerry Vines, Morris Chapman and Bobby Welch).
The document was titled, "A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God's Plan of Salvation." (Read the entire document at the bottom of this story.)
"For the most part, Southern Baptists have been glad to relegate disagreements over Calvinism to secondary status along with other important but 'non-essential' theological matters," the document reads in the preamble. "The Southern Baptist majority has fellowshipped happily with its Calvinist brethren while kindly resisting Calvinism itself. And, to their credit, most Southern Baptist Calvinists have not demanded the adoption of their view as the standard. We would be fine if this consensus continued, but some New Calvinists seem to be pushing for a radical alteration of this long-standing arrangement."
The document further asserts that the "vast majority of Southern Baptists are not Calvinists and that they do not want Calvinism to become the standard view in Southern Baptist life."
"We believe it is time to move beyond Calvinism as a reference point for Baptist soteriology," the statement reads. Soteriology is the study of the doctrine of salvation.
Each of the 10 articles includes a statement of what the signers affirm and what they deny. For instance, on the article about the Grace of God, the document says:
"We affirm that grace is God's generous decision to provide salvation for any person by taking all of the initiative in providing atonement, in freely offering the Gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit, and in uniting the believer to Christ through the Holy Spirit by faith."
The statement then adds:
"We deny that grace negates the necessity of a free response of faith or that it cannot be resisted. We deny that the response of faith is in any way a meritorious work that earns salvation."
Eric Hankins, pastor of First Baptist Church in Oxford, Miss., wrote an introduction to the statement at SBCToday.com. He is a signer of the statement.
"The concern of the developers of this statement was that the viewpoint of this majority was not well-represented by the term 'non-Calvinist' and that an instrument was needed by which that majority might articulate positively what they believe vis-à-vis Calvinism," Hankins wrote. "... Its purpose is to engender a much needed Convention-wide discussion about the place of Calvinism in Southern Baptist life."
Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee, said he chose not to sign the statement.
"Southern Baptists have always found a way to work together, within the framework of historical Christian faith and Baptist doctrine, to support and promote our cooperative enterprises of global missions, theological education and benevolent ministries," Page said. "While I fully affirm any group of Southern Baptists to express their deeply held convictions about doctrinal matters, especially a matter as important as the doctrine of salvation, I would prefer that any collective document to which I affix my signature be a consensus statement, developed jointly with those of various soteriological persuasions, that expresses our core commitments to those matters we hold in common. The Baptist Faith and Message is such a document."
At the same time, Page also said he believes the convention needs a "consensus accord," and said he will announce at the SBC annual meeting in June plans for putting one together.
"Given the depth of the fracture lines around the issue of soteriology across the Convention," Page said, "I sense a need to assemble a representative group of Southern Baptists who can hammer out such a consensus 'accord' that will enable the majority of Southern Baptists to work together for the Kingdom purposes which initially bound us together, an initiative I plan to announce at this year's annual meeting."
The "Traditional Southern Baptist" document was widely discussed on Baptist-centric blogs in the hours after it was released. A post at SBCVoices.com quickly collected more than 100 comments. The comments section at SBCToday.com surged past 200.
Brent Hobbs, pastor of Severn Baptist Church in Severn, N.C., wrote at SBCVoices.com, "As a Calvinist, I barely recognize the theology they claim is Calvinism."
David Rogers, son of the late Adrian Rogers and senior editor at the Adrian Rogers Pastor Training Institute, wrote at SBCVoice.com that he doesn't know which group he'd fit in and that Southern Baptists are "likely never going to come to full agreement" on these issues.
"For the good of the work, the glory of the Lord, and the edification of the Body of Christ, though, I believe we need to agree to disagree over some issues, while constantly affirming that our agreement on the essentials trumps whatever disagreement we may have on more secondary (or tertiary) issues," Rogers wrote.
Others, though, applauded the statement.
"Eric, thank you for your leadership, thoughtfulness and wisdom," Brad Whitt, co-pastor of Abilene Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga., wrote at SBCToday.com. Whitt signed it. "This statement clearly expresses what I, and many other Southern Baptists, believe about the doctrine of salvation."
David Worley, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Greenfield, Tenn., also signed the statement.
"I love my Calvinists, Reformed Brothers and Sisters in Christ," he wrote at SBCToday.com. "I can work alongside of them, and worship with them, in the SBC. I do not want them to be kicked out, or left out of SBC life. But, I do agree with this document, and I think it's a step in the right direction for SBC life."
Jon Akin, pastor of Fairview Church in Lebanon, Tenn., wrote at BaptistTwentyOne.com that he does not consider himself part of the "New Calvinism" and that he agrees with much in the statement. But Akin said the document is fighting "straw men," such as implying that "'New Calvinists' believe that a person can be saved apart from personal repentance and faith." He did not sign it.
"I don't know a single Calvinist in the SBC alive who would argue that a person can be saved apart from repentance and faith," wrote Akin, who added he believes the statement is divisive.
The statement, he wrote, "inaccurately and unfairly describes the theology of the "New Calvinists." It implies that double predestination is the standard Calvinist position when it is "in reality" a minority position, Akin wrote.
"The SBC is big enough to include Calvinists and non-Calvinists," Akin wrote. "We agree on far more than we disagree on, so let's unite and fight a common enemy."
Tom Elliff, president of the International Mission Board, and Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board, released a joint statement about the document. It read:
"As the heads of the two SBC mission boards (IMB and NAMB), we and all our personnel have already affirmed the BF&M 2000 as prerequisites for employment. We do understand the sentiment behind the proposed statement, but we believe the BF&M 2000 effectively conveys the doctrinal positions traditionally held by Southern Baptists. While alternate doctrinal statements may occasionally arise, it is both our role and our intention to consistently lead in a manner that reflects those doctrines approved by the convention we serve."
Michael Foust is associate editor of Baptist Press. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).
Following is the full text of the statement, as posted at www.SBCToday.com:
A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of
God's Plan of Salvation
Every generation of Southern Baptists has the duty to articulate the truths of its faith with particular attention to the issues that are impacting contemporary mission and ministry. The precipitating issue for this statement is the rise of a movement called "New Calvinism" among Southern Baptists. This movement is committed to advancing in the churches an exclusively Calvinistic understanding of salvation, characterized by an aggressive insistence on the "Doctrines of Grace" ("TULIP"), and to the goal of making Calvinism the central Southern Baptist position on God's plan of salvation.
While Calvinists have been present in Southern Baptist life from its earliest days and have made very important contributions to our history and theology, the majority of Southern Baptists do not embrace Calvinism. Even the minority of Southern Baptists who have identified themselves as Calvinists generally modify its teachings in order to mitigate certain unacceptable conclusions (e.g., anti-missionism, hyper-Calvinism, double predestination, limited atonement, etc.). The very fact that there is a plurality of views on Calvinism designed to deal with these weaknesses (variously described as "3-point," "4-point," "moderate," etc.) would seem to call for circumspection and humility with respect to the system and to those who disagree with it. For the most part, Southern Baptists have been glad to relegate disagreements over Calvinism to secondary status along with other important but "non-essential" theological matters. The Southern Baptist majority has fellowshipped happily with its Calvinist brethren while kindly resisting Calvinism itself. And, to their credit, most Southern Baptist Calvinists have not demanded the adoption of their view as the standard. We would be fine if this consensus continued, but some New Calvinists seem to be pushing for a radical alteration of this long-standing arrangement.
We propose that what most Southern Baptists believe about salvation can rightly be called "Traditional" Southern Baptist soteriology, which should be understood in distinction to "Calvinist" soteriology. Traditional Southern Baptist soteriology is articulated in a general way in the Baptist Faith and Message, "Article IV." While some earlier Baptist confessions were shaped by Calvinism, the clear trajectory of the BF&M since 1925 is away from Calvinism. For almost a century, Southern Baptists have found that a sound, biblical soteriology can be taught, maintained, and defended without subscribing to Calvinism. Traditional Southern Baptist soteriology is grounded in the conviction that every person can and must be saved by a personal and free decision to respond to the Gospel by trusting in Christ Jesus alone as Savior and Lord. Without ascribing to Calvinism, Southern Baptists have reached around the world with the Gospel message of salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone. Baptists have been well-served by a straightforward soteriology rooted in the fact that Christ is willing and able to save any and every sinner.
New Calvinism presents us with a duty and an opportunity to more carefully express what is generally believed by Southern Baptists about salvation. It is no longer helpful to identify ourselves by how many points of convergence we have with Calvinism. While we are not insisting that every Southern Baptist affirm the soteriological statement below in order to have a place in the Southern Baptist family, we are asserting that the vast majority of Southern Baptists are not Calvinists and that they do not want Calvinism to become the standard view in Southern Baptist life. We believe it is time to move beyond Calvinism as a reference point for Baptist soteriology.
Below is what we believe to be the essence of a "Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of God's Plan of Salvation." We believe that most Southern Baptists, regardless of how they have described their personal understanding of the doctrine of salvation, will find the following statement consistent with what the Bible teaches and what Southern Baptists have generally believed about the nature of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
Articles of Affirmation and Denial
Article One: The Gospel
We affirm that the Gospel is the good news that God has made a way of salvation through the life, death, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ for any person. This is in keeping with God's desire for every person to be saved.
We deny that only a select few are capable of responding to the Gospel while the rest are predestined to an eternity in hell.
Genesis 3:15; Psalm 2:1-12; Ezekiel 18:23, 32; Luke 19.10; Luke 24:45-49; John 1:1-18, 3:16; Romans 1:1-6, 5:8; 8:34; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Galatians 4:4-7; Colossians 1:21-23; 1 Timothy 2:3-4; Hebrews 1:1-3; 4:14-16; 2 Peter 3:9
Article Two: The Sinfulness of Man
We affirm that, because of the fall of Adam, every person inherits a nature and environment inclined toward sin and that every person who is capable of moral action will sin. Each person's sin alone brings the wrath of a holy God, broken fellowship with Him, ever-worsening selfishness and destructiveness, death, and condemnation to an eternity in hell.
We deny that Adam's sin resulted in the incapacitation of any person's free will or rendered any person guilty before he has personally sinned. While no sinner is remotely capable of achieving salvation through his own effort, we deny that any sinner is saved apart from a free response to the Holy Spirit's drawing through the Gospel.
Genesis 3:15-24; 6:5; Deuteronomy 1:39; Isaiah 6:5, 7:15-16;53:6; Jeremiah 17:5,9, 31:29-30; Ezekiel 18:19-20; Romans 1:18-32; 3:9-18, 5:12, 6:23; 7:9; Matthew 7:21-23; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; 6:9-10;15:22; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Hebrews 9:27-28; Revelation 20:11-15
Article Three: The Atonement of Christ
We affirm that the penal substitution of Christ is the only available and effective sacrifice for the sins of every person.
We deny that this atonement results in salvation without a person's free response of repentance and faith. We deny that God imposes or withholds this atonement without respect to an act of the person's free will. We deny that Christ died only for the sins of those who will be saved.
Psalm 22:1-31; Isaiah 53:1-12; John 12:32, 14:6; Acts 10:39-43; Acts 16:30-32; Romans 3:21-26; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:10-14; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:13-20; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; Hebrews 9:12-15, 24-28; 10:1-18; I John 1:7; 2:2
Article Four: The Grace of God
We affirm that grace is God's generous decision to provide salvation for any person by taking all of the initiative in providing atonement, in freely offering the Gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit, and in uniting the believer to Christ through the Holy Spirit by faith.
We deny that grace negates the necessity of a free response of faith or that it cannot be resisted. We deny that the response of faith is in any way a meritorious work that earns salvation.
Ezra 9:8; Proverbs 3:34; Zechariah 12:10; Matthew 19:16-30, 23:37; Luke 10:1-12; Acts 15:11; 20:24; Romans 3:24, 27-28; 5:6, 8, 15-21; Galatians 1:6; 2:21; 5; Ephesians 2:8-10; Philippians 3:2-9; Colossians 2:13-17; Hebrews 4:16; 9:28; 1 John 4:19
Article Five: The Regeneration of the Sinner
We affirm that any person who responds to the Gospel with repentance and faith is born again through the power of the Holy Spirit. He is a new creation in Christ and enters, at the moment he believes, into eternal life.
We deny that any person is regenerated prior to or apart from hearing and responding to the Gospel.
Luke 15:24; John 3:3; 7:37-39; 10:10; 16:7-14; Acts 2:37-39; Romans 6:4-11; 10:14; 1 Corinthians 15:22; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 2:20; 6:15; Colossians 2:13; 1 Peter 3:18
Article Six: The Election to Salvation
We affirm that, in reference to salvation, election speaks of God's eternal, gracious, and certain plan in Christ to have a people who are His by repentance and faith.
We deny that election means that, from eternity, God predestined certain people for salvation and others for condemnation.
Genesis 1:26-28; 12:1-3; Exodus 19:6; Jeremiah 31:31-33; Matthew 24:31; 25:34; John 6:70; 15:16; Romans 8:29-30, 33;9:6-8; 11:7; 1 Corinthians 1:1-2; Ephesians 1:4-6; 2:11-22; 3:1-11; 4:4-13; 1 Timothy 2:3-4; 1 Peter 1:1-2; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 3:9; Revelation 7:9-10
Article Seven: The Sovereignty of God
We affirm God's eternal knowledge of and sovereignty over every person's salvation or condemnation.
We deny that God's sovereignty and knowledge require Him to cause a person's acceptance or rejection of faith in Christ.
Genesis 1:1; 6:5-8; 18:16-33; 22; 2 Samuel 24:13-14; 1 Chronicles 29:10-20; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Joel 2:32; Psalm 23; 51:4; 139:1-6; Proverbs 15:3; John 6:44; Romans 11:3; Titus 3:3-7; James 1:13-15; Hebrews 11:6, 12:28; 1 Peter 1:17
Article Eight: The Free Will of Man
We affirm that God, as an expression of His sovereignty, endows each person with actual free will (the ability to choose between two options), which must be exercised in accepting or rejecting God's gracious call to salvation by the Holy Spirit through the Gospel.
We deny that the decision of faith is an act of God rather than a response of the person. We deny that there is an "effectual call" for certain people that is different from a "general call" to any person who hears and understands the Gospel.
Genesis 1:26-28; Numbers 21:8-9; Deuteronomy 30:19; Joshua 24:15; 1 Samuel 8:1-22; 2 Samuel 24:13-14; Esther 3:12-14; Matthew 7:13-14; 11:20-24; Mark 10:17-22; Luke 9:23-24; 13:34; 15:17-20; Romans 10:9-10; Titus 2:12; Revelation 22:17
Article Nine: The Security of the Believer
We affirm that when a person responds in faith to the Gospel, God promises to complete the process of salvation in the believer into eternity. This process begins with justification, whereby the sinner is immediately acquitted of all sin and granted peace with God; continues in sanctification, whereby the saved are progressively conformed to the image of Christ by the indwelling Holy Spirit; and concludes in glorification, whereby the saint enjoys life with Christ in heaven forever.
We deny that this Holy Spirit-sealed relationship can ever be broken. We deny even the possibility of apostasy.
John 10:28-29; 14:1-4; 16:12-14; Philippians 1:6; Romans 3:21-26; 8:29,30; 35-39; 12:1-3; 2 Corinthians 4:17; Ephesians 1:13-14; Philippians 3:12; Colossians 1:21-22; 1 John 2:19; 3:2; 5:13-15; 2 Timothy 1:12; Hebrews 13:5; James 1:12; Jude 24-25
Article Ten: The Great Commission
We affirm that the Lord Jesus Christ commissioned His church to preach the good news of salvation to all people to the ends of the earth. We affirm that the proclamation of the Gospel is God's means of bringing any person to salvation.
We deny that salvation is possible outside of a faith response to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Psalm 51:13; Proverbs 11:30; Isaiah 52:7; Matthew 28:19-20; John 14:6; Acts 1:8; 4:12; 10:42-43; Romans 1:16, 10:13-15; 1 Corinthians 1:17-21; Ephesians 3:7-9; 6:19-20; Philippians 1:12-14; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Timothy 2:5; 2 Timothy 4:1-5


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Hampden is a town in Massachsetts. It was formed in 1878 and was previously called Wilbraham. It can be found in Hampden county. For more information, contact the county at 625 Main St., Hampden 01036. On the attached map, Hampden is shown as 19 in Hampden county.
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Katsudon (カツ丼), short for tonkatsu doburi or pork cutlet rice bowl, is a popular Japanese dish consisting of a fried pork cutlet with onions and egg on a bowl of rice. Although this dish is certainly tasty enough to make it worth making tonkatsu for, it is also a good way to use up any leftover tonkatsu that you may find yourself with. If you also have some leftover rice, this dish is super quick to make taking only a few minutes. I find that it is better to make the katsudon in a small pan rather that a sauce pan so that you can more easily slide the tonkatsu from the pan onto the rice such that the cutlet keeps its shape. You can easily add things like peas, green beans, spinach, shiitake mushrooms, grated carrots, etc.
Katsudon (Pork Cutlet Rice Bowl)
- 1 tonkatsu (sliced)
- 1 onion (sliced)
- 1/2 cup dashi
- 2 tablespoon soy
- 1 tablespoon mirin
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 egg (lightly beaten)
- 1 cup rice (Japanese, cooked)
- 1 green onion (sliced)
- Simmer the onions in the dashi, soy, mirin, and sugar in a small pan until the onions are tender.
- Add the tonkatsu.
- Pour the eggs over tonkatsu and onions.
- Turn the heat down, put the lid on and let the egg cook, about 1-2 minutes.
- Pout the tonkatsu onto the rice in a bowl.
- Garnish with green onions.


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The annual Ukes for Unicef ukulele festival attracted huge crowds of people to the Berkhamsted Civic Centre on Saturday.
Among the performing acts was Sam Brown's International Ukulele Club of Sonning Common – led by and named after the singer of the 1989 hit single Stop!
Another player, called Nico'o, came all the way from France for the festival.
But the performers to get what was perhaps the biggest cheer from the crowd were in the band from Berkhamsted's Thomas Coram School.
The festival was organised by the Berkhamsted Ukulele Random Players (BURP!).
Radio Dacorum covered it live, as the event coincided with the station's second birthday. BURP! also featured on the station during its opening day and its first birthday.
All of the acts were performing for free and proceeds from the event – where guests were encouraged to donate £5 for entry – will go to global children's charity Unicef.


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I first noticed this hidden iframe from hxxp://networkads .net/ grep/ on April 7. It instantly drew my attention with these weird "iframe_style" scripts in Unmask Parasites reports (I even thought it was a bug in Unmask Parasites, but when I checked the infected site, I found those scripts there).
However it was a single incident and I didn't see any obvious pattern back then. Two days later, when I noticed David's (Sucuri Security) article about this very issue and the follow-up by Brian Krebs, I decided to take a closer look at it. What I found is quite interesting and raises a few serious questions about security of websites on shared servers.
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Campbell triumphs in race for state Senate
Tea party favorite Donna Campbell, who started her campaign from the back of the pack in the Republican primary this year, won a seat in the Texas Senate on Tuesday.
Campbell, or "Dr. Donna" as she is known to her supporters, took a commanding lead over Democrat John Courage as early votes were reported, and she never looked back.
"It's a great experience to have the passion to do something, work hard and bring in a strong victory," Campbell said. "I am truly blessed. This is a God thing!"
She celebrated at Bexar County Republican headquarters, which was packed with supporters of Campbell and other GOP candidates.
Campbell, an emergency room doctor who lives in New Braunfels, will represent more than a million Texans in Senate District 25, which includes Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and Kendall counties and northern Bexar County and southern Travis County.
Campbell carried all counties with a commanding lead except Travis, where Courage seemed to eke out a small majority, according to unofficial results.
Courage, a high school teacher from San Antonio, conceded the race before 8:30 p.m. as early-voting results poured in. He said lack of money was his campaign's downfall.
"We didn't have the financial resources that my opponent had to get out our message," he said. "But that's politics."
Courage has run unsuccessfully for the San Antonio City Council and the 21st Congressional District.
During the primary election, Campbell, 58, capitalized on a wave of anti-government zeal — much of it generated by U.S. Senate Republican candidate Ted Cruz — to defeat seven-term incumbent Jeff Wentworth and former Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones, both favored to beat Campbell. She might also have benefited from the combativeness between Wentworth and Jones.
"I was a surprise to many political pundits, but I was not a surprise to the people of the district that were ready to have a change in government," Campbell said Monday.
Wentworth was targeted in the primary for being "moderate" by tea party groups, such as Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Campbell's largest campaign donor.
She ran unsuccessfully to unseat U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, in 2010.
Campbell has said she is hoping to provide "reinforcement" for veteran GOP senators in "the most conservative Senate in Texas history."
Jason Stanford, a Democratic consultant, said Campbell's goal to be part of the most conservative Senate in state history is "not good for Texans." He said Campbell is likely to take a far-right stance on every issue.
Campbell said she will focus on water and transportation issues, as well as school finance reform.


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The festive season brings with it a rise in scammers trying to trick us into giving away our personal details. One of the easiest ways to fool people is via a fraudulent competition scam.
According to Sarah Burns, SCAMbassador for National Trading Standards, these are the five most common scams we all need to be wary of this Christmas.
Facebook holiday competition
This scam tends offer a holiday as the prize, usually to a winter destination such as Lapland or somewhere warm to escape the cold, particularly in early January.
Facebook users will typically be asked to like or share the page in question. Scammers can then sell on pages with lots of 'likes', with the intention that the pages can then be used to trick people at a later date.
Facebook gift competition
This is similar to the scam outlined above, but instead the prize is this year's must-have toy or technology gift – or occasionally a mystery 'surprise' Christmas present.
After clicking on the link given, users are then directed to a website asking them to provide personal details. This often results in people being relentlessly spammed with unsuitable and unwanted marketing material.
Email or text competition scam which can also pop up on social media, sometimes through a direct message
The message tells you that you've won a competition and that to claim your prize you need to send a prize release payment or delivery fee. You will never see the money again, never mind your alleged 'prize'.
Advent giveaways are common at this time of year, but if you win something make sure you are giving your personal details to a reputable company and not a scammer.
Gift card giveaway scam
This scam usually takes place on social media or on messaging apps such as WhatsApp. A gift card is offered for a well-known brand, usually to 'celebrate' a special occasion such as Christmas.
You'll be asked for personal details in order to receive the gift card, and these will then being sold on to criminals.
Prize draw scam at Christmas events
A popular scam at Christmas involves you being asked to fill in your details to enter into a raffle or prize draw.
This scam relies on you being full of Christmas cheer, but if the promoter isn't a reputable business or organisation that you know, the personal details you give could potentially be used to steal your identity.
Telltale signs of a scam
"We are all busy at Christmas and scammers know this and use it to their advantage. Be very cautious about giving away personal details, particularly passwords and financial information – only deal with reputable companies" said Burns.
"Look for telltale traits like unverified pages on Facebook or Twitter and Instagram, poor grammar and spelling, asking for payment and web addresses that are almost but not quite right.
"If you're unsure, do an independent online search for a company's website – check if this mentions the competition or prize draw – or check social media to ascertain whether a promotion is genuine or a scam."


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This is probably one of the cutest chibi figures I have made in a while. Since the new Disney movie Frozen is making a name for itself before it's theater debut, I thought making a tut on "how to draw chibi Anna" would be something that some folks may look for after watching the animated film. Anna is one of the main characters in the movie, so is Sven, Kristoff, and Hans. There is also a female villain too but I don't want to spoil the story before you get a chance to see what's going on yourself. Like I said in the previous lesson on chibi Sven, I do have normal tuts on all the characters from the film so be sure to check them out. Adios people and I hope you enjoy drawing chibi Anna.
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The department of music at Hope College will host a student quintet concert on Wednesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The quintet," The Quintessential 5," has been in existence for four years at Hope, and the concert will be the current group's last as a quintet, as three of the members are graduating. The members of the quintet are: senior Matthew Brown of Flint, horn; junior Thomas Flath of Oconomowoc, Wis., clarinet; junior Kelsey O'Brien of Glen Ellyn, Ill., oboe; senior Christine Springer of Ann Arbor, flute; and senior Jessica Wells of Indian Creek, Ill., bassoon.
Repertoire for the concert includes "Quintet for Winds," by Carl Nielsen; "Mirrors," by Dana Wilson; a transcription of Mozart's "Horn Quintet," by Matthew Brown; and more.
Nykerk Hall of Music is located in the central Hope campus at the former 127 E. 12th Street between College and Columbia avenues.


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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Home Made Felt Chinese Food
I made this felt food for the girls
and their play kitchen a while back.
But never got around to posting it....
Chinese take-out and Sushi
are favorite foods
of the Frog Princess.
If you have older kids,
this would be super fun
to do with them...
(I could see mini versions of this food
for our American Girl-sized dolls!)
This is my easy-peasy
felt food.
To make the broccoli:
1. Fold over
a piece of green felt
roll it up
(like a cinnamon roll)
2. Glue the little stem
with some hot glue
(from your glue gun)
Don't burn your fingers
(I always do!)
3. Then carefully snip
the little folds
with some small
sharp scissors
to create the "loops".
The "Spring Roll"
was made by cutting up
long and skinny
bits of left over felt
from my scrap basket
in cream, green, orange
(like matchstick carrots)
Wrap it all up
in a piece of tan felt
Glue the ends and seam
when it looks like a spring roll.
Then, I carefully cut it in half.
For the "Fortune Cookies"
Just cut a circle of tan felt,
fold it in half
and secure the edges
with a bit of glue.
(ppssst...I used my Sizzix Circle template
so it was super-dooper easy!)
I did cheat and use
a tiny bit of thread
to sew the two ends
to make them touch....
but I'm guessing you
could do it with glue
if you REALLY don't want
to sew anything!
now where's my duck sauce?
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Brian Burke, ex-Canucks, Maple Leafs GM, files defamation suit in B.C. Supreme Court
Former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke attends a news conference in Toronto on Saturday, January 12, 2013 in the wake of his firing. Now he's launched a defamation suit over online comments about his personal life.
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VANCOUVER — Lawyers for former Vancouver Canucks general manager Brian Burke filed a defamation suit in B.C. Supreme Court on Friday against 18 unnamed people for allegedly spreading lies about Burke having an affair with sportscaster Hazel Mae and fathering her child.
According to Burke's notice of civil claim, the defendants — identified only by various Internet pseudonyms including "NOFIXEDADDRESS", "LOOB", "NAGGAH", "SLOBBERFACE", "NCOGNITO" AND "SIR PSYCHO SEXY" — spread false and defamatory statements by various means, "including through email, Internet bulletin board postings, Facebook pages and Twitter messages."
It said the defamation was made with "a reckless disregard for their truth" and that it was motivated by "actual and express malice."
The notice of claim said the offending statements including one in which the defendant or defendants wrote that the reason for Burke's dismissal from the Toronto Maple Leafs "was not his willingness to pull off the Roberto Luongo trade ….
"Well it didn't take long for Brain Burke and Hazel Mae to hook up. In the summer of 2012, Sportsnet removed her from the glass desk ... insisting that she stand while on air. As the summer wore on ... Sportsnet sent her home while they decided how to handle the impending scandal.
"Scandal, you say? Well yessirr......The father could have been any number of worthy candidates, but the lucky dad is, in fact, our very own Brian Burke."
The offending statement cited in Burke's claim also said that "Hazel and Burkie have been at odds as to if, how and when to release the news. Sportsnet still doesn't know what to do with her. On the other hand, new owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs in Bell Canada have little, if any, tolerance for egotistical, belligerent, sex-addicted senior executives and decided to eliminate the problem by gassing Burke."
According to Burke's notice of claim, the words in the offending statement meant that he "had a sexual relationship with the Rogers Sportsnet reporter Hazel", and that "(Burke) is the father of Hazel Mae's child."
"Both of these meanings are false and defamatory," the lawsuit concluded.
Meanwhile, Burke's counsel Peter Gall, of Heenan Blaikie LLP, said in a statement that while Burke has no issue with people disagreeing with his views on hockey matters, he will not tolerate lies that hurt his family and the families of others.
"The Internet has provided a great opportunity for the expression of opinions, and has mostly been positive for sports," added Gall. ",Unfortunately it also allows a small minority to create false stories about people and circulate them to a wider group. This is not just happening with public personalities — it has also given rise to cyber-bullying."
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Taniquetil (Quenya, pronounced [taˈnikʷetil]), the great Holy Mountain, said to be the tallest peak in the world, stood among the Pelóri Mountains on the borders of Valinor. According to the Annals of Aman, it was raised 3,450 Valian Years (or 33,000 solar years) after the Valar arrived in Aman. The mansions of Manwë and Varda were on this mountain, and the Vanyar came to dwell at its base.
Also known as {Oron} Oiolossë ("{Mount of} Everlasting Whiteness", pronounced [(ˈoron) ˌoɪ.oˈlosːe]) in Quenya and Amon Uilos in Sindarin (pronounced [ˈamon ˈuɪlos]). In Valarin it was called Dâhan-igwiš-telgûn, or less properly Dahanigwishtilgûn.
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Does anyone have experience with comparing both. Is the premium service better audio and worth paying for? My Marantz receiver requires a premium subscription so I connect my android phone using RCA cables.
Spotify Adds Features to its Free and Paid Services
From its initial launch in Sweden, Spotify has been known as a free music streaming service. There was much excitement when it came to the States in 2011. But once it launched here, limitations were placed on the free service, including a $10 per month subscription fee for accessing music on mobile devices. In 2012, Spotify Radio marked the return of free music on mobile devices. Like Pandora radio stations, you can choose an artist or song to create a "radio" station of similar music. You can't choose what songs or artists are played and are limited to skipping six songs in an hour. Also, like Pandora, you can customize a station's playlist using a thumbs up/down song-rating system
Shuffle Play provides more freedom to choose music from a specific artist or playlist. But there's a catch. Once you make a choice, you can't choose specific songs you want to hear. But if an album from a chosen artist chas fewer than 12 tracks, suggested tracks will be added to the mix. Similar to Spotify Radio, free subscribers are limited to six skips per hour. The updated service includes all music in the Spotify library including the newly added Led Zeppelin albums.
You still need a pay subscription to listen to specific songs on demand, but Spotify Connect makes it easy to enjoy music on your smartphone or tablet through connected receivers from Bang & Olufsen, Denon, Marantz, Philips, Pioneer, Yamaha and other brands. When you walk into the house playing Spotify on a smartphone or tablet, all you have to do is press the green speaker icon and the music will start playing through your home system. The Spotify app also becomes a remote control from which you can choose and control Spotify playback on the receiver.
For users who like the ability to search and listen to playlists created by friends or other users, Spotify is the best social music app available. Still, I'm a fan of Google Play Music with its ability to make playlists from radio queues to customize the upcoming song list. Google Play Music is also more flexible because it streams to a Chromecast dongle that can be connected to a TV or AV receiver. I will continue to use Spotify's free service, but I need to see more compelling features before I reinstate the premium pay service.
The free version has 96 kbps, while in the premium version you can choose 96, 160 or either 320 kbps. And you can listen to whatever song you want to...


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Gluten-Free Diets: Are They Healthier for You?By Whitney Provost
What do some celebrities, a former president, and the Old Spice® guy have in common? They've switched to gluten-free diets. These days, you can't swing a grocery bag without hitting gluten-free pasta, cookies, and even beer. So what's the deal?
It seems that gluten is the latest dietary demon to make headlines. Madonna served gluten-free food at her 52nd birthday party. Gwyneth Paltrow writes about gluten-free recipes on her Web site. The White House pastry chef says former president Clinton is allergic to wheat flour. And Isaiah Mustafa—the Old Spice guy—says he gave up gluten to stay lean (in addition to working out with Tony Horton!).
Some people eliminate gluten in hopes of alleviating digestive issues like abdominal pain and bloating. Others claim going gluten-free helps them overcome fatigue. Still more people think it'll help them lose weight faster. If you're wondering whether you should go gluten-free, let's explore the subject a bit further.
What is gluten?
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. It gives dough its elastic texture and acts as the "glue" that holds it together. It's also added to many processed foods. Some common sources of gluten are:
- Beer
- Bran
- Bread
- Candy
- Cereal
- Crackers
- Ice cream
- Ketchup
- Lunch meats
- Pasta
- Soups and sauces
- Soy sauce
Could you be allergic to gluten?
Most people have no trouble eating foods that contain gluten. For those with celiac disease, however, gluten is a toxin that can damage the small intestine and lead to nutrient deficiencies. Symptoms of celiac disease include abdominal pain, gas, bloating, diarrhea, fatigue, itchy rashes, and unintended weight loss. Over time, people with untreated celiac disease can experience iron-deficiency anemia, decreased bone density, irritable bowel syndrome, infertility, and vitamin B12 deficiency, among other health problems.
According to the Celiac Disease Center at The University of Chicago, true celiac disease affects only about 1 percent of the population. Proper diagnosis requires a blood test and a biopsy of the small intestine. So what about all the other people who believe that gluten makes them sick? They may actually be gluten sensitive, which is a less severe but more common reaction. The symptoms are similar (abdominal pain, bloating, fatigue) but they go away quickly after cutting gluten out of your diet for a while, and there's no lasting intestinal damage.
Giving up gluten to lose weight
Some people swear that going gluten-free has helped them lose weight. But according to Dee Sandquist, a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, their weight loss is probably a result of eating fewer calories. When people eliminate gluten, they're less likely to eat fast food and packaged foods and more likely to consume fresh fruits and vegetables. So in many cases, a healthier diet and lower calorie intake is likely the reason for the weight loss, not just giving up bread and cereal.
Here's something else to consider: If you give up gluten in hopes of losing weight, you may be putting your health at risk. Grains are excellent sources of B vitamins, fiber, folate, vitamin D, iron, zinc, and magnesium, and eliminating them completely can lead to nutritional deficiencies and possible illness. Gluten-free diets need to be carefully structured to make up for missing vitamins and nutrients.
The bottom line
If you've been diagnosed with celiac disease, it's very important to eliminate gluten from your diet. And if you think you're sensitive to gluten, you may want to cut back on grain-rich foods and see if you feel better. For the rest of us, however, gluten is a perfectly fine and healthy addition to a balanced diet. There's no reason to avoid it in moderation. So go ahead and eat your Wheaties® before your next P90X® or INSANITY® workout. Or better yet, drink Shakeology®. It's certified gluten-free!
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Cereal Killer: Are Grains Really That Bad for You?By Denis Faye
Everyone loves a good villain. Be it Darth Vader, Bernard Madoff, or Cruella De Vil, we feel better when we have someone to collectively hate. The same holds true for nutrition. It's great to have one evil, toxic food out there to despise, because if we can avoid that food, all will be well in our world. Health, fitness, and longevity will fall into place, just like that.
Over the years, these supervillain foods have run the gamut from tomatoes to trans fat to all fats to peanuts to HFCS to MSG to carbohydrates. Sometimes the hatred is founded, but other times, the food in question is the victim of a pointless witch hunt, such as the evildoer du jour, grains. While they're probably not required eating, blaming America's rising levels of obesity, diabetes, and general malaise on a little cereal is like blaming the sinking of the Titanic on an ice cube someone dropped over the railing during happy hour on the promenade deck.
From what I can tell, this grain/cereal-based fear and loathing started in the Atkins™ "low-carb" years, when all things carbohydrate were determined to make you fat. Eventually, people started to figure out that you need carbs to survive, given they are the body's primary source of fuel, so low-carb programs such as the South Beach Diet®—and even Atkins—began putting emphasis on the reintroduction of fruits and vegetables into your eating plan.
But not so much with the grains. The superfood of the 1980s Pritikin era is today's toxic enemy number one. My guess is that there are two reasons for this. First, celiac disease and other forms of gluten intolerance—the body's unwillingness to process a certain kind of protein found in wheat, barley, and rye—had become a morning-show talking point. Second, paleo, or primal, diets had come into vogue. For those not in the know, paleo dieting stems from the theory that people should eat the way our hunter-gatherer ancestors did, which means mostly fruits, veggies, and meat, while avoiding agriculturally generated foods such as grains and dairy.
Although Atkins, gluten intolerance, and paleo dieting have all instilled the notion that grains are problem-causers with little nutritional value, I don't buy it. Grain just doesn't deserve the across-the-board vilification it's getting. In moderation, for most people, it's a healthy part of a balanced diet.
But before I explain my thinking, I want to make a few things clear.
- I don't think grains are the be-all and end-all of nutrition. I wholeheartedly agree that the old USDA Food Pyramid, with its "6 or more servings of breads and cereals," was completely absurd. The recently revised pyramid, however, with its "3 ounces of whole grains" per day is much more realistic.
- I concede that some people genuinely need to avoid grains—or at least gluten—but this is a small population and the fact that they're gluten-intolerant doesn't mean we all should go without. I, personally, have lactose issues and keep cow's-milk products to a minimum, but that's just my body. While I'm not a huge dairy advocate, for me to categorically rule out cheese and yogurt for the entire human race would be absurd. If you have celiac disease or suspect you have it, you certainly should be tested, but that doesn't mean the rest of us should toss out our buckwheat pancake mix.
- If primal eating works for you, congratulations. Carry on! I don't think people need grains, especially if they're eating nuts and legumes, which can be extremely similar nutritionally. However, to pointlessly attack a perfectly nutritious food rankles me. This article isn't intended as an attack on grain-free eating. It's intended to defend grain. It may become a bit aggressive at times, but sometimes the best defense is a good offense.
With that in mind, let's get started.
What is grain?
For the purposes of this article, grains—or cereals—are the seeds of certain types of grasses. Better-known grains include wheat, barley, rice, oats, rye, and corn. In their whole form, they can be rich in vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates (including fiber), and, to some degree, protein. Whole wheat is a great source of manganese, tryptophan, magnesium, and fiber. Brown rice has all that plus selenium. Whole-grain oats add vitamin B1 and phosphorus to that list.
There are also studies, such as this one, in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1) showing that "whole-grain consumption was associated with a modest reduced risk" of colorectal cancer. And at least seven different studies (2) also indicate that people who ate three servings of whole grains a day have a 20 to 30 percent lower risk of both cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes than those who ate less.
Presumably, the people in the "ate less" group consumed refined grains, which are bad news. To refine a grain, you strip it of its bran (the outer shell filled with fiber) and its germ (the little nubby thing inside filled with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants). You're left with a nutrient-poor blob of un-fiber-regulated carbohydrates. The most common forms of refined grain are white flour and white rice. Without the fiber to slow absorption, refined grains can create insulin spikes, which in turn lead to excess body fat and diabetes. This is why eating whole grains is crucial. People opposed to eating grains often jumble whole and refined products together in their arguments, so in your research, please keep in mind that there is a vast nutritional difference between the two. In fact, some scientists theorize that Western societies' prolonged use of refined grains, which are more gluten-dense than whole grains, could be the reason that celiac disease is on the rise. (3)
Why are these carbs so complex?
The main thing that separates grain from most fruit or veggies is that grain consists primarily of complex carbohydrates, whereas produce tends to be a combination of complex carbs and simple carbs.
Simple carbs, or sugars, are single molecules that break down into glucose (the body's primary fuel) quicker. Complex carbs are three or more simple carbs linked together, so the body needs to break them down into simple carbs before it converts them into glucose. The benefit of this is that complex carbs can provide more of an energy slow drip because they take longer to enter the system.
Other primarily-complex-carb-based foods include legumes and tubers such as potatoes and yams, but even if you skip those, complex carbs are nearly impossible to avoid. They tend to show up in most carb-based foods. In broccoli, 50 percent of the digestible carbs are complex. Even a medium-sized banana contains 10 grams of digestible complex carbs.
Blame it on the farmers?
One of the main criticisms anti-grainers have of grain is that humans didn't start eating the stuff until the Neolithic revolution. Their thinking is that we spent our first 190,000 years hunting and gathering (Whew!) and we've only been farming from the last 10,000 years. Therefore, our bodies aren't suited for grains.
The problem is, grinding stones recently discovered in Italy, Russia, and the Czech Republic suggest that humans have actually been eating bread for more like 30,000 years, which technically gave us another 20,000 to get used to it. (4) And even if you choose to discount this inconvenient discovery, the naughty farmer theory still suggests we should also avoid all tropic fruit, given humans probably only got to Polynesia about 40,000 years ago. Furthermore, penicillin and various other medicines pioneered in the last couple centuries are completely out of the question.
Also, as I previously stated, the parts of grains that we eat are seeds—and they're strikingly similar to legumes and nuts, which Homo sapiens have been snacking on for millennia. And the argument that humankind became weaker and more prone to disease at the advent of grain-based agriculture grossly oversimplifies the situation. People were also suddenly establishing permanent settlements, which is something they'd never done before, so there was a lot of trial and error going on, including reduced physical activity, a lack of knowledge of sanitation, and living in larger groups in close proximity to livestock, which is a far greater source of disease than barley—unless you convert it to beer, but that's another article.
But you still want to blame the seeds? Well, technically, you might have a point. Suddenly, humans had easy access to one food source but no knowledge of nutrition, so of course, they were going to eat too much of it. If apples and asparagus were as easy to grow and preserve as rice, wheat, and corn, we'd have eaten too much of those instead and still suffered from nutritional imbalances.
Pooh-poohing fiber
Many anti-grainers claim that the body doesn't really need as much fiber as you'd think, thus eliminating one of whole grain's primary draws. The problem is, they have nothing to base this theory on. One popular primal-eating blog points to this article in Science Daily entitled "Scientists Learn More About How Roughage Keeps You 'Regular.'" (5) He points out this quote: "When you eat high-fiber foods, they bang up against the cells lining the gastrointestinal tract, rupturing their outer covering. What we are saying is this banging and tearing increases the level of lubricating mucus. It's a good thing."
He then goes on to mock the scientist for claiming this is a "good thing," basically because he doesn't like the sound of it. Apparently, the fact that the breakdown of bodily tissue can occasionally be a good thing bothers this blogger. I wonder what he'd think if he found out that lifting weights actually tears down muscle tissue. Heaven forbid.
And if the tearing up of cell lining is categorically a bad thing, that means we'd have to cut out other high-fiber food as well, including avocados, legumes, parsnips, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, and that evilest of all evil veggies, broccoli. Arguments regarding soluble fiber versus insoluble fiber don't hold up either, considering you get a mixed bag of both kinds with the various fruits, vegetables, and grains out there.
If you're still not sold on the benefits of fiber, have a look at this reference list for a rather pro-fiber entry in the Oregon State University's Micronutrient Information Center (6). Good luck debating the relevance of 160 separate studies and scholarly papers.
Toxic shockers!
Another concern is that grains contain a number of toxins, including lectins and phytic acid. Let's have a look at these two.
Phytic acid is a form of phosphorus found in many seeds, including grains, legumes, and nuts. It can be an antinutrient in that it binds to some minerals and prevents absorption. If that were the entire story, I could see why phytic acid would be viewed as a serious threat—but it's not.
First off, there's not as much phytic acid in grains as there is in almonds, Brazil nuts, or tofu—all considered healthy foods in many anti-grain circles.
Second, there are a host of potential benefits to phytic acid. It's been shown to ward off osteoporosis. It's an antioxidant that has prevented cancer in animal tests. It's been shown to lower glucose response in diabetes patients.
Third, even if it were a serious threat, you have to have an incredibly nutrient-poor diet for the mineral-blocking to be an issue—like third-world poor. And phytic acid is neutralized by cooking, fermenting, or sprouting, so if it's really an issue for you, you can eliminate it—and still get the nutritional benefits—by buying sprouted-grain breads and cereals.
Lectins are sugar-binding proteins present on most things we eat. True, they're more prevalent in grains, legumes, and dairy, but they're also highly evident in foods from the nightshade family, including tomatoes and eggplant, so if you decide lectins are the reason you want to stop eating grains, you'll probably be eliminating a number of other foods.
Anti-grain types point to lectins as being toxic, and while this is true to some degree, I couldn't find a single solid study or theory that justifies wiping out grains to solve the problem.
One study that gets pointed to a lot is "Lectin-Based Food Poisoning: A New Mechanism of Protein Toxicity" in the online journal PLoS ONE (7). It confirms "Lectins potently inhibit plasma membrane repair, and hence are toxic to wounded cells. This represents a novel form of protein-based toxicity, one that, we propose, is the basis of plant lectin food poisoning." However, there are several different types of lectin and the thesis—as well as the execution—of this study centers around the notion that "certain improperly cooked vegetables" can cause the poisoning. It has nothing to do with grains.
Furthermore, although it's never been scientifically proven, it is generally accepted that the toxic nature of lectins is curbed by cooking them. And while I don't know many people who eat raw wheat, I know many people, primal eaters included, who chow down on lectin-heavy goodies such as raw nuts and tomatoes.
That said, in the same way people can have gluten intolerances, it's highly likely that they can have lectin intolerances, so it is something to consider if you have one of the dozens of symptoms some anti-lectin people pin to the protein, including obesity, schizophrenia, ADD, and pretty much anything else you want to throw at it.
The Kitchen Sink of Miscellaneous Villainy
But these aren't the only attacks made on grains. If there's a flaw in the human condition, inevitably, someone will blame wheat, corn, or rice. Usually, the attack is based on, well, I'm not sure what it's based on because relevant scientific research is a little thin when it comes to the evils of consuming a moderate amount of whole grains. However, when a study is cited, if you take the time to read it, you discover that it has nothing whatsoever to do with grains.
For example, one popular primal-eating Web site claims eating grains can cause "inflammation" and then points to an article in Science Daily titled, "Low-Carb Diet Reduces Inflammation and Blood Saturated Fat in Metabolic Syndrome." (8)
The title alone explains that this is a study about how low-carbohydrate diets help to reduce inflammation in obese people. I'm not sure how that means grains in a healthy body will cause inflammation. Just because one nutrient has therapeutic properties in certain situations doesn't mean another nutrient is toxic. That's not just bad science, it's stupid. Furthermore, if you do read the study (9), you'll see it was a 12-week program, not a lifetime nutritional plan, in which low-fat and low-carb diets were compared. And even though the low-carb diet provided a greater decrease of inflammation, the low-fat diet, which contained 56 percent carbs, decreased some inflammation as well. So how could carbs be the problem?
And there's no mention of grains—particular whole grains—whatsoever in the study.
There's also this report in Science Daily (10) about a study out of Sweden showing that type 2 diabetes patients showed more improvement on a paleo diet than a Mediterranean diet. That's great news for diabetes sufferers out there and, again, I think paleo eating can be perfectly healthy, but once you've abused your system to the point that you have type 2 diabetes or you're close to getting it, you're playing by a whole different set of nutritional rules. The carbohydrates that a fit, active person needs to push their exercise regime can, admittedly, wreck havoc with someone whose ability to process glucose properly has been shot to pieces.
Anti-grainers also point to this review article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition discussing "Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism." (11) In truth, it does make some good points for lowering carb intake if you live a sedentary lifestyle. However, it makes no mention of grains and it features a large section on "Low-carbohydrate diets and exercise" in which it plainly states, "Therapeutic use of ketogenic (low carb) diets should not limit most forms of physical activity, with the caveat that anaerobic performance (i.e., weight lifting or sprinting) may be limited by lower-muscle glycogen concentrations."
If I were writing this article for the Couchbody Newsletter, I might let that slide, especially considering it says "therapeutic use," meaning "temporary and controlled use," but I'm not writing for a bunch of slackers. I'm writing for you, the ones who lift weights or run or jump around with Chalene Johnson or whatever else you do, so why on earth would I validate a way of eating that might limit your performance?
Americans got off to a bad start with grains. Lack of knowledge and an aggressive agriculture lobby arranged it so we ate too many of them in their worst possible form for too long. But we're better informed now and, as usual, moderation seems to be the shining path. Should you go through half a loaf of Wonder Bread® daily (or ever)? No. Is it okay to have a sandwich on sprouted rye for lunch and maybe a handful of Triscuits with hummus for a snack? Of course. It's important to do your own research and make your own nutritional choices, but just because you're doing that, it doesn't necessarily mean you always need to go against the grain.
- (1) http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/85/5/1353.pdf
- (2) http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/foods/grains/index.html
- (3) http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/09/27/130160161/adults-can-develop-celiac-disease-later-in-life-study-finds
- (4) http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/10/08/1006993107.abstract
- (5) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060823093156.htm
- (6) http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/phytochemicals/fiber/fiberrefs.html#ref22
- (7) http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0000687
- (8) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071203091236.htm
- (9) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18046594
- (10) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070627225459.htm
- (11) http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/86/2/276
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