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August 14 - September 3, 2016
weight loss due to calorie restriction rarely leads to long-term weight loss.
vegetarians consume the same amount or even significantly more calories than their meat-eating counterparts, and yet are still
The diet that helps to reduce weight in the short run needs to be the same diet that creates and maintains health in the long run.
The economic toll of diabetes in the U.S.: over $130 billion
One out of eight American women will be diagnosed with this disease during their lifetimes—one of the highest rates in the world.
Screening is merely an observation to see whether the disease has progressed to an observable state.
eat whole, complex carbohydrate-containing foods such as unprocessed fresh fruits and vegetables, and whole grain products like brown rice and oatmeal. These unprocessed carbohydrates, especially from fruits and vegetables, are exceptionally health-promoting.
Surprisingly, one of the most consistent, specific links between diet and prostate cancer has been dairy consumption.
an enormous body of evidence shows that animal-based foods are associated with prostate cancer.
These researchers explained that animal protein, unlike plant protein, increases the acid load in the body.3 An increased acid load means that our blood and tissues become more acidic. The body does not like this acidic environment and begins to fight it. In order to neutralize the acid, the body uses calcium, which acts as a very effective base. This calcium, however, must come from somewhere. It ends up being pulled from the bones, and the calcium loss weakens them, putting them at greater risk for fracture.
six-month study funded by the Atkins Center found that those people who adopted the Atkins Diet excreted 50% more calcium in their urine after six months on the
This study provides evidence that the health of the arteries and vessels that transport blood to and from your brain is dependent on how well you eat.
the combination of a diet high in animal-based foods and low in plant-based foods raises the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Goethe once said, “We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge doubt
Furthermore, it turns out that if we eat the way that promotes the best health for ourselves, we promote the best health for the planet. By eating a whole foods, plant-based diet, we use less water, less land, fewer resources and produce less pollution and less suffering for our farm animals.
The health damage that results from doctors’ ignorance of nutrition is astounding.
Twenty percent of all new drugs have serious unknown side effects, and more than 100,000 Americans die every year from correctly taking their properly prescribed medication.33 This is one of the leading causes of death in America!
How did we forget these lessons from the past? How did we go from knowing that the best athletes in the ancient Greek Olympics must consume a plant-based diet to fearing that vegetarians don’t get enough protein?
