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Under industry pressure, not only was the goal to “decrease meat consumption” removed from the report but the entire Senate nutrition committee was disbanded.
Food industry sources pay the ADA $20,000 per fact sheet to explicitly take part in the drafting process.
What are some of the truly potassium-rich foods? The healthiest common whole-food sources are probably greens, beans, and sweet potatoes.28
Compared with people who slept an average of seven hours per night, subjects who got four hours of sleep or less, or ten hours or more, had roughly a 50 percent greater likelihood of dying from a stroke.33
On average, plant foods contain sixty-four times more antioxidants than animal foods.
The food category that averages the most antioxidants is herbs and spices.
In the United States, those who don’t eat meat (including poultry and fish) appear to cut their risk of developing dementia in half.
The Mediterranean diet, for example, which is higher in vegetables, beans, fruits, and nuts, and lower in meats and dairy products, has been associated with slower cognitive decline and lower risk of Alzheimer’s.111
The bigger and more frequent your bowel movements are, the healthier you may be.
incidence of colon cancer appears to skyrocket as the average daily stool weight drops below about a half a pound.
Food goes through men eating plant-based diets in just a day or two, but this transit time takes as long as five or more days among those eating more conventional diets.
You can measure your own oral-anal transit time by eating some beets and noting when your stools turn pink. If that takes less than twenty-four to thirty-six hours, you’re probably meeting the healthy half-pound target.23
those eating strictly plant-based diets are three times more likely to have daily bowel movements.28 Looks like vegans are just regular people.
The healthiest sources of iron are whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, and green, leafy vegetables. Avoid drinking tea with meals, as that can inhibit iron absorption.
(thirteen states have so-called food-libel laws that make it illegal to make a comment that unfairly “implies that [a] perishable food product is not safe for consumption by the public”1).
Now the meat industry is trying to pass so-called ag-gag laws, which make it illegal to take pictures inside their operations. Presumably, they fear people might be less inclined to buy their products if they knew how these products are made.3
people who take probiotic supplements may indeed have significantly fewer colds, fewer sick days, and fewer overall symptoms.47 The
One study found that while elderly, sedentary women have a 50 percent chance of getting an upper-respiratory illness during the fall season, those randomized to begin a half-hour-a-day walking program dropped their risk down to 20 percent. Among conditioned runners, though, the risk was just 8 percent.53
“The American consumer is not going to pay that much. It’s as simple as that.” If the industry had to pay to make it safer, the price would go up. “The fact,” he said, “is that it’s too expensive not to sell salmonella-positive chicken.”99
The insulin-deficiency disease is called type 1 diabetes, and the insulin-resistance disease is called type 2 diabetes.
The study found that, calorie for calorie, those eating vegetarian diets were getting higher intakes of nearly every nutrient: more fiber, more vitamin A, more vitamin C, more vitamin E, more of the B vitamins thiamin, riboflavin, and folate, as well as more calcium, magnesium, iron, and potassium.
The poultry industry commonly injects chicken carcasses with salt water to artificially inflate their weight, yet they can still be labelled “100 percent natural.”
In addition to their anticancer properties, flaxseeds have been demonstrated in clinical studies to help control cholesterol, triglyceride, and blood sugar levels; reduce inflammation, and successfully treat constipation.127
If the kidneys are leaking protein into urine, it’s a sign that they may be starting to fail.
In the United States, eleven different types of phosphate salts are allowed to be injected into raw meat and poultry,82 a practice that’s long been banned in Europe.83
The food maker gets to determine whether or not its own product is safe for the public, a process the FDA refers to as “GRAS self-determination.” What’s more, these manufacturers can legally add things to our food supply without informing the FDA.92
Three of Washington’s largest lobbying firms reportedly now work for the food industry.95 For example, PepsiCo alone spent more than $9 million in a single year to lobby Congress.96
When people dramatically overestimate how much their prescription pills protect them, they may be less likely to make the dietary changes necessary to dramatically lower their risk.
Every time you put something in your mouth, it’s a lost opportunity to put something even healthier in there.
Not totally on board with this line of thought. People need to be able to be gentle with themselves and flexible. You won't be able to eat perfectly healthy all the time.
ForksOverKnives.com: This site of the wildly popular documentary and book of the same name offers hundreds of recipes. • StraightUpFood.com: Cooking instructor Cathy Fisher shares more than one hundred recipes on this site. • HappyHealthyLongLife.com: This site’s tagline reads: “A [Cleveland Clinic] medical librarian’s adventures in evidence-based living.” She used the e word—I think I’m in love!
