Waaaay off topic: Diet and Health
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 10:07 pm
Unfortunately, it is becoming more and more common that there are posts about members shuffling off this mortal coil. No one lives forever, and our membership skews up in age.
Many of the ills that afflict and take the lives of people are entirely preventable: heart disease, strokes, the vast majority of cancers, diabetes, obesity, etc.
What is this magic prevention I am talking about? It is simply fixing your diet: plant-based nutrition with no oil. That's right, humans are not built to regularly consume meat. We don't have the physiology of carnivores or omnivores.
I am certain this will be a controversial topic for many if not almost all of the readers here. And very few will have an open mind. Fair enough. In large measure a willingness to consider something like this is a generational thing. Therefore I will be brief and then just point to two website.
Why don't you hear anything from your regular physician, cardiologist, rheumatologist, etc. about the importance of nutrition? Two main reasons: first, almost all physicians receive essentially no training in nutrition. Second, guiding a patient to fixing his or her diet is not very profitable. I am not a cynic but am a skeptic. People, including those in the medical profession, respond to incentives. The incentives lie strongly in promoting expensive pills and procedures, whether they are effective or not. Fixing your diet is too simple, yet it is by far the best and most powerful thing you can do to improve your health.
What about getting enough protein? The fixation on protein is almost exclusively an American phenomenon (thanks to advertising and lobbying by the beef, dairy, and egg industries). It is almost impossible for anyone eating any kind of reasonable diet and getting enough calories to not get enough protein. And don't fall for the complete protein nonsense. That dates back a hundred years to experiments done on rats, not human beings. Lettuce (!) is 17% protein by calories.
The two websites are http://www.dresselstyn.com and http://www.drmcdougall.com. Both espouse plant-based nutrition with no oil.
Esselstyn is a world-famous physician working at the Cleveland Clinic. His emphasis is on arresting and preventing atherosclerotic heart disease. There can be reversal also. On his website are arteriograms showing plaque reversal - amazing stuff. He is basically the first to ever prove that this can happen.
McDougall is a world-famous board-certified physician practicing in Northern California. He emphasizes combating autoimmune disorders, obesity, type-2 diabetes, heart disease- a host of chronic illnesses. There are several very inspirational videos and case histories on his website.
If you listen beneath the din, you can hear this message in many places.
Pills and procedures can not provide a cure because they do not address causation. Fix the fuel!
Many of the ills that afflict and take the lives of people are entirely preventable: heart disease, strokes, the vast majority of cancers, diabetes, obesity, etc.
What is this magic prevention I am talking about? It is simply fixing your diet: plant-based nutrition with no oil. That's right, humans are not built to regularly consume meat. We don't have the physiology of carnivores or omnivores.
I am certain this will be a controversial topic for many if not almost all of the readers here. And very few will have an open mind. Fair enough. In large measure a willingness to consider something like this is a generational thing. Therefore I will be brief and then just point to two website.
Why don't you hear anything from your regular physician, cardiologist, rheumatologist, etc. about the importance of nutrition? Two main reasons: first, almost all physicians receive essentially no training in nutrition. Second, guiding a patient to fixing his or her diet is not very profitable. I am not a cynic but am a skeptic. People, including those in the medical profession, respond to incentives. The incentives lie strongly in promoting expensive pills and procedures, whether they are effective or not. Fixing your diet is too simple, yet it is by far the best and most powerful thing you can do to improve your health.
What about getting enough protein? The fixation on protein is almost exclusively an American phenomenon (thanks to advertising and lobbying by the beef, dairy, and egg industries). It is almost impossible for anyone eating any kind of reasonable diet and getting enough calories to not get enough protein. And don't fall for the complete protein nonsense. That dates back a hundred years to experiments done on rats, not human beings. Lettuce (!) is 17% protein by calories.
The two websites are http://www.dresselstyn.com and http://www.drmcdougall.com. Both espouse plant-based nutrition with no oil.
Esselstyn is a world-famous physician working at the Cleveland Clinic. His emphasis is on arresting and preventing atherosclerotic heart disease. There can be reversal also. On his website are arteriograms showing plaque reversal - amazing stuff. He is basically the first to ever prove that this can happen.
McDougall is a world-famous board-certified physician practicing in Northern California. He emphasizes combating autoimmune disorders, obesity, type-2 diabetes, heart disease- a host of chronic illnesses. There are several very inspirational videos and case histories on his website.
If you listen beneath the din, you can hear this message in many places.
Pills and procedures can not provide a cure because they do not address causation. Fix the fuel!