The Food Connection
“We are what we eat”
Our diet has a profound effect on our health, we are indeed “what we eat” and our food can truly be our best medicine. Likewise, our food can be the main reason or most significant factor causing us ill health. This page aims to give some of the scientific evidence. Why not get a rapid assessment of your own diet with our latest system DietID? It takes a little over a minute! You will have a detailed record of all the major nutrients in your diet and indications of deficiencies or excesses and much more! Click on the image below to get started:
The question often asked is “What will I be able to eat if I leave out the meat, dairy, and fish?” Why not check out the hundreds of mouth-watering recipe dishes HERE
Note the schematic diagram gives a very simplified risk assessment of various mixed diets. Remember that even a 100% Whole Plant Diet (WPBD) does not guarantee freedom from any health risk, a very small % age is due to our genetic makeup, environmental factors, etc. Likewise, a 100% Animal-Based & Dairy Diet (ABFD) does not guarantee you will suffer a major modern disease, just as some people have been able to live an active life to 95 years of age smoking 40 a day and heavy drinking, but they are the exception!
Some of the many conditions and issues associated with poor nutrition.
Food for thought FAQ’s
Some frequently asked questions & answers
An Animal – Based Diet (ABD) will guarantee higher intake of cholesterol versus a Plant-Based Diet (PBD)
Protein content is the same for both ABD & PBD
PBD gives ten times more iron than ABD
Calcium content is doubled with a PBD and essential magnesium is ten times higher with PBD
Anti-oxidants (vitamins) negligble quantity in ABD our principal source of anti-oxidants is from PBD
No fibre in ABD more than RDA in PBD. Fibre is essential for healthy digestive functioning.
The only potential deficiency is B12 and possibly Vitamin D if living in northern climates or severely protected from the sun. Here supplements may be advisable.
Ulcerative colitis
Dr. Michael Greger discusses how this may condition respond to simple dietary changes.
Help your gut flora, your friendly microbiomes, protect you from many health problems,
Cateracts
Of all our sensory systems our eyes are perhaps the most affected by our general health and in particular by our dietary habits. Inadequate nutrition of specific essential nutrients has been shown to have a damaging effect on our eyesight whether causing the accelerated development of cataracts or macular degeneration. The most important nutrients seem to be carotenoids that are readily available in a whole plant diet but are almost nil in an animal based diet. Other antioxidents have a beneficial effect on our sight and what research has been done points to a very similar picture. Overall it would seem that serious eyesight degeneration can be reduced by as much as 88% by simply eating a diet rich in antioxidents primarily found in a whole plant diet. See the chart showing nutritional content of foods below: Further information may be seen in this short video br Dr. Greger.
Macular degeneration
It would seem reasonable to at least check out this possible factor as well as dietary factors. Click on the PDF below to see more information:
For a more detailed introduction to this question of diet watch the video below, click on the image of Dr. T Colin Campbell:
Kidney stones
Chart 10.4 shows one part of his findings, that a small increase of animal protein from around 21 grams per day to 25 grams per day (a mere 4 gram increase) increased incidence of urinary calculi by 50%. He found by simply getting patients to shift from animal protein to all plant protein their kidney stone problems resolved.
Chart 10.5 shows how the excretion of calcium and oxalates in the urine dramatically increase when any excess of animal protein is consumed.
A further factor has also been shown to be involved, free radicals can trigger stone formation in the kidneys, as has been pointed out before free radicals are mopped up by antioxidants found only in to any significant extent in a plant diet.
From “The China Study” by T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell p214
Watch this video by Dr. Michael Greger on diet & kidney stone formation.
Diverticulosis
For more information on this topic watch the video below by Dr. John McDougall,
Gall bladder
A Stone-Free and Happy Gallbladder
You would never know you had a gallbladder unless it became filled with stones and angry, then you might find yourself rolling on the floor in agony – wishing you knew more about this little pear shaped sack attached to your liver’s under surface, and how to keep it healthy and happy. If your gallbladder acts up you are not alone. An estimated 20 million people have gallstones or have a history of surgery for gallstones in the United States. While most cases cause no symptoms, there are a half million-gallbladder removals (cholecystectomies) and 800,000 people are hospitalized for gallbladder disease annually.1 Approximately 30% of Americans over the age of 60 years have gallbladder disease. 2 This is a $5 billion dollar a year business. Fortunately, serious symptoms and complications, such as inflammation, infection, pancreatitis, and bile duct obstruction, develop annually in only about 1% to 2% of patients.3
Gallstones are solid, rock-hard formations in the gallbladder made from crystals of cholesterol. The medical term for these is cholelithiasis. In medical school we had a saying for likely gallstone candidates, “female, fat, and forty.” Gallstones are more common in women and in people who are overweight. Over 90% of the gallstones found in Americans are considered cholesterol gallstones. For gallstones to be considered cholesterol stones, 70% to 90% of their material by weight must be cholesterol.
Dr. John McDougall explainds the connection between our diet and the development of gall bladder problems in this video. (3 minutes) Just click on the image.
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
This may be due in part to the fact that increased dietary protein (usually animal based) causes increased urinary secretion of calcium. See chart below. The second factor may be the impact of diet on hip fractures related to the proportion of animal protein to plant protein consumed, the lowest rates of hip fractures are found with the highest proportion of plant based protein.
See chart below. Finally the belief that the higher our calcium intake, the lower our hip fractures does nor prove to be true. See chart below.
All these contradictions to established thinking are in part due to the complexity of calcium metabolism and lack of good quality research.
The left axis shows %age Incresed Urinary Calcium excretion.
From "The China Study" by T Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell p206.
From "The China Study" by T Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell p207.
From "The China Study" by T Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell p209.
All you need to know about osteoporosis and your diet from a number of experts in this field of nutrition.
Marc Jauode "The End of Osteoporosis" a 30 minute video that covers the science and more.
Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Liver cancer
Major research with animal subjects has shown animal protein will increase liver cancer development once triggered by any carcinogen and that plant-based protein does not.
Rats were given a know carcinogen, half of them were fed a diet of plant based protein, the other half were fed on a animal based protein. Every rat developed the expected liver cancer that had been given animal protein but none of the rats fed on plant protein developed cancer.
The increased liver cancer development is related to the quantity of animal protein consumed. Reduction in animal protein consumed has the effect of slowing or stopping the cancer development. It was found the cancer could be switched off and on by changing the level of animal protein consumed. The impact of animal protein on potential cancer development maybe implicated in humans as well, (See Breast Cancer & Animal Food Diet)
Lung Cancer
Click on image for more information
Colon cancer
There is a wide variation of colorectal or large bowel cancer between countries, deaths from this cause is roughly 3 times greater in developed countries than underdeveloped countries. From many studies meet has been found to be the prime factor linked to these wide variations. The chart below shows incidence of female colon cancer and dietary meat consumption by country:
From "The China Study " by T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell p.85
For an overview visit or just click on the image to watch Dr McDougal on the subject of "The Foods We Were Born to Eat".
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer rates vary widely between different countries.
High prostate cancer rates primarily exist in societies with Western diets and lifestyles.
Those men from developing countries who adopt Western eating habits or move to Western countries suffer more prostate cancer.
The relationship is, a plant-based diet is associated with lower rates and an animal-based diet with higher rates of prostate cancer.
The most specific link between diet and prostate cancer is dairy food consumption.
This association may be related to higher intake of calcium and phosphorus.
There is a hormonal link; a hormone our bodies produce as needed, namely Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 or IGF -1, appears to be as good a predictor of prostate cancer as cholesterol is for heart disease.
Studies show men with higher than normal levels of IGF-1 have a fivefold risk of advanced stage prostate cancer. An added risk factor is due to low levels of vitamin D. Vitamin D is produced by the body when we are in the sun and the production of the highly activated vitamin D is controlled by our body. This process is conditional on what we eat, animal protein tends to block the production of supercharged vitamin D and persistently high levels of calcium reduce the production of this important vitamin. Lower levels of this supercharged vitamin D can lead to prostate cancer.
The commonest animal-based protein that contain substantial calcium is dairy produce.
Prostate Cancer and Diet - Reluctance of men to change their love of meat. Video by Dr. Michael Greger.
Breast Cancer
There are a number of generally agreed risk factors connected with breast cancer and include the following
1. Early age of first menstruation
2. Late menopause
3. High blood cholesterol
4. High levels of female hormones
5. The proportion of animal-based food to whole plant-based food in diet. The evidence gathered over the last two decades shows that factor 5 influences all the other factors and that the incidence of breast cancer appears to be linked to the level of animal-based food in the diet. As the diagram below shows:
or a detailed explanation and overview of the 40 plus years of research into the food connection with cancers and a multitude of other conditions take a little time out to watch this YouTube video of
Dr T Colin Campbell presenting his third lecture in Hawaii.
Dr. Michael Greger gives a lecture on the dramatic effect of diet on combating cancer.
Cancers
Billions of pounds have been spent researching the origins and treatment of cancer. The war on cancer has been as tough a campaign as the war on terrorism. It has always been difficult to isolate the enemy and traditionally past wars have clearly defined who the enemy was. It has been said that the war on “terrorism” was the first time in history that war has been declared against an abstract noun. The war on cancer has suffered this problem as well, identifying the specific agent that causes this cancer or that cancer has proved unrewarding and much effort has therefore been directed at the treatment of cancer instead.
Cancer has come to be accepted as inevitable health problem of modern society. An exception to this failed approach might be the association of lung cancer and smoking. It is taken over 50 years to finally satisfy everyone of the causative connection and socially to affect a change in society and the underlying behaviour & attitude to smoking. Why did it take so long? Perhaps in part because people enjoyed smoking and felt deprived if they had to give it up and also because of powerful commercial interests that could fund campaigns to mitigate the adverse effects on profits, using advertising, lobbying the government and buying respectable scientists to question the evidence of the health hazards of smoking.
We are at historic stage in the understanding of cancer and its prime cause but unlike the anti-smoking reaction the opposition to these findings will be far more powerful.
It would appear the very food we eat is perhaps the major factor underpinning cancer development. It was fairly easy for people to see that inhaling large amounts of toxic fumes from smoking cigarettes was an unusual and clearly unhealthy habit, but how could eating food from reputable sources of supply be a health problem?
The truth seems to be that it is. Food is defined as anything that we can eat that gives energy and provides nutrition for our bodies it covers anything from simple refined carbohydrates such as sugar or white flour to complex mixtures of meat, vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains and fats. The schematic diagram below shows how the risk of developing most chronic diseases relates to the kind of diet we eat.Obviously there are other factors such as stress, environmental health hazards, our genetics and more. Also it is quite correcft to note that anyone on a 100% animal food based diet might live to a ripe old age and not develop any such disease (there are the few heavy smokers, heavy drinkers who manage to survive to their 90's, but very few) and even those who follow the 100% whole plant diet might succumb to any of the chronic diseases because of the other factors. It does seem a "no brainer" on the basis of the evidence gathered so far, not to shift from the far right towards the far left to reduce the risk of most modern diseases. This is not a case of all or nothing! Every shift in the right direction will lower the risk of developing the common chronic diseases of modern society and there are no adverse side-effects!
Dr. Joel Furman.
"Eat for Health"- The Anti Cancer Diet
If you really want the background science & research underpinning this work you must watch this video by Dr. T Colin Campbell below.
Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Heart disease
The most common cause of death in the West is a heart attack; in America over 40% of deaths are caused by a heart attack more than any other disease or injury including cancer.
Every 24-hour is some 3000 Americans will have a heart attack roughly the same number that died in the September 11th terrorist attack in 2001.
Heart disease used to be a condition of old age, today it is increasingly found among young people and even children. A study of 300 male soldiers in their 20’s who had died in action had their hearts examined and it was found that 77% had evidence of gross heart disease.
What is heart disease?
Most heart disease is associated with a narrowing of arteries supplying blood to the heart due to the slow the position of fatty plaque. At some point this hidden problem goes critical and for blockage on vital artery ensues causing the heart attack.
We now know what are the main causes of a heart attack. Risk factors include the following:
High cholesterol level in the blood.
Dr. Augustin de Livois
Statins are not the answer: View this video by French Doctor Augustin de Livois HERE If your French is not up to the task read on here!
Stress
High blood pressure
Smoking
Lack of physical exercise
Overweight or obesity
Of all these factors the most reliable predictor of heart disease is elevated cholesterol levels in the blood.
Elevated blood cholesterol is linked to consumption of animal based fats.
Smoking and high blood pressure are also related to stress in people’s lives and as stress has a profound effect on our health this should always be addressed and managed. Visit “the Breath Connection” website to discover a proven way of combating the ill effects of stress through breath training.
Thousands of scientific papers been published concerning the dietary impact on heart disease and perhaps the major relationship that is almost universally agreed as a predictor of heart disease is the cholesterol levels in the body.
The graph below shows the link from one study men aged 55 to 59.
All patients who had agreed to angiograms showed reduced narrowing of the arteries supplying the heart. Since Dr. Esselstyn’s study similar results have been reproduced by others and all show the same dramatic improvement to the patient's condition and reversal of heart pathology in most cases.
Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr.
An eminent American surgeon was concerned about the poor treatment of cancer and heart disease as there was little effort at prevention but most research work focused on treatment.
He began a major study looking at the effect of reducing fat and cholesterol intake of his patients. This meant almost eliminating all animal products, refined oils, dairy produce, fish and foul. Of the group of patients that are adhered to this dietary change, the average cholesterol levels fell from 246 mg/dL at the start to below 132 mg/dL. Over the 11 years of the study only one participant had a coronary event and this was a patient who had strayed from the diet for two years; after this incident he returned to the plant-based diet and ceased to have any symptoms or further events.
Now watch this video by Dr Esselstyne Jr. click on the image below:
HeartStrong
An in depth guide to a healthy heart HERE
Circulation
Normal healthy circulation depends upon healthy blood vessels, normal blood pressure, a healthy heart and normal breathing.
All factors influencing the heart, blood vessels and blood pressure are covered in the individual topics. Visit Heart Diseases, CHD on this site. Click on the image below to hear from Dr. Michael Greger on this subject in detail.
More information showing the connection bertween circulation and breathing can be found HERE
Heart disease
The most common cause of death in the West is a heart attack; in America over 40% of deaths are caused by a heart attack more than any other disease or injury including cancer.
Every 24-hour is some 3000 Americans will have a heart attack roughly the same number that died in the September 11th terrorist attack in 2001.
Heart disease used to be a condition of old age, today it is increasingly found among young people and even children. A study of 300 male soldiers in their 20’s who had died in action had their hearts examined and it was found that 77% had evidence of gross heart disease.
What is heart disease?
Most heart disease is associated with a narrowing of arteries supplying blood to the heart due to the slow the position of fatty plaque. At some point this hidden problem goes critical and for blockage on vital artery ensues causing the heart attack.
We now know what are the main causes of a heart attack. Risk factors include the following:
High cholesterol level in the blood.
Dr. Augustin de Livois
Statins are not the answer: View this video by French Doctor Augustin de Livois HERE If your French is not up to the task read on here!
Stress
High blood pressure
Smoking
Lack of physical exercise
Overweight or obesity
Of all these factors the most reliable predictor of heart disease is elevated cholesterol levels in the blood.
Elevated blood cholesterol is linked to consumption of animal based fats.
Smoking and high blood pressure are also related to stress in people’s lives and as stress has a profound effect on our health this should always be addressed and managed. Visit “the Breath Connection” website to discover a proven way of combating the ill effects of stress through breath training.
Thousands of scientific papers been published concerning the dietary impact on heart disease and perhaps the major relationship that is almost universally agreed as a predictor of heart disease is the cholesterol levels in the body.
The graph below shows the link from one study men aged 55 to 59.
All patients who had agreed to angiograms showed reduced narrowing of the arteries supplying the heart. Since Dr. Esselstyn’s study similar results have been reproduced by others and all show the same dramatic improvement to the patient's condition and reversal of heart pathology in most cases.
Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr.
An eminent American surgeon was concerned about the poor treatment of cancer and heart disease as there was little effort at prevention but most research work focused on treatment.
He began a major study looking at the effect of reducing fat and cholesterol intake of his patients. This meant almost eliminating all animal products, refined oils, dairy produce, fish and foul. Of the group of patients that are adhered to this dietary change, the average cholesterol levels fell from 246 mg/dL at the start to below 132 mg/dL. Over the 11 years of the study only one participant had a coronary event and this was a patient who had strayed from the diet for two years; after this incident he returned to the plant-based diet and ceased to have any symptoms or further events.
Now watch this video by Dr Esselstyne Jr. click on the image below:
HeartStrong
An in depth guide to a healthy heart HERE
Angina
Visit "Heart Disease" to gain a broad understanding of the dietary impact on the heart.
Angina is a condition that produces debilitating chest pain due to restricted blood flow to the arteries of the heart. This reduced blood flow is in part due to a build up of fatty deposits within the walls of the cardiac arteries and may also involve the consequent constriction of arterial blood vessels throughout the body due to lowered carbon dioxide levels arising from hyperventilation.
The damage and narrowing of the blood vessels is explained in the Heart Disease section and information on the effect of hyperventilation on circulation can be seen HERE
An interesting presentation on "Your health and the planet's" is this video by Dr. Dean Ornish. Just click on the image below:
Strokes
The Best Foods to Avoid a Stroke
(click on above image of Dr. Michael Greger)
In a famous research study, The Framingham Study, researches found that for every three additional servings of fruit and vegetables per day the risk of a stroke was reduced by 22%.
Increasing the proportion of vegetables and fruit in our diets not only offers increasing protection against strokes but protection is given against vascular dementia or
Alzheimer’s Disease because of healthier arteries.
Watch short video on Stroke (HERE)
Surely here are two good reasons to start altering our diets? Read also Hypertension section as chronic hypertension raises the risk of strokes.
Stress can also play a part in the development of this disease, download a pdf on this subject here: <www.thebreathconnection.com/images/CardiacTBC.pdf>
Hypertension
Hypertension is often seen as a predictor of more serious health problems such as CHD, a stroke or heart attacks. All the factors leading to heart disease affect blood pressure as well as chronic hidden hyperventilation usually arising from chronic stress. The evidence points to our diet being the key to this health problem and all that follows .
Watch the video below for an presidential insight into this problem: Just click on the image of Dr.Esselstyn below:
For more information on the effect of stress & chronic hidden hyperventilation read the pdf HERE
Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Dementia
Progressive impairment of brain activity whether memory loss or impaired ability to think clearly is not due to a single factor. There are many links between minor strokes, cardio-vascular diseases, hypertension, high blood cholesterol, inadequate physical and mental activity, genetics, low levels of antioxidants in the blood, and high levels of free radicals.
Of all these factors there is a common thread running through most of them and that involves the diet.
A whole plant diet offers increased protection against minor strokes, cardio-0vascular diseases, hypertension, high blood cholesterol, poor levels of antioxidants, and reduced levels of free radicals. Whereas a predominantly animal based diet does just the opposite.
All research of groups eating a high plant based diet show lower rates of Alzheimer disease, this surely is a useful guide to improved long term health?
Dr. Neal Barnard explains the significanceof our diet in reducing the risk of Dementia & Alzheimer's
Autism
Dr. Michael Greger has compiled a series of short videos on this subject.
Depression
Lord Horder speaking at The Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh in 1936 suggested that we should have not a Ministry of Health but rather a Minstry of Happiness!
It is good that today we are becoming more aware of the need to study more about health & less about disease, more about happiness and less about misery.
Are Happier People Actually Healthier?
Dr Michael Greger has compiled short videos about recent research into depression, click on any of the titles below to view:
Fighting the Blues with Greens?
Can Dehydration Affect Our Mood?
Music for Anxiety: Mozart v Metal
Anti-inflammatory Diet for Depression
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Could Improved Breathing Ease Depression?
Many research papers have associated poor brain functioning with poor oxygenation which is reasonable, is it possible that severe depression could be associated with poor oxygenation due to poor breathing? What we do know is that people who breathe normally are generally more relaxed, less anxious and sleep better.
Check your breathing HERE
If your Control Pause (CP) is less than 20 seconds you would be well advised to improve your breathing.
If your Control Pause is under 20 seconds you will be suffering from impaired oxygenation of the entire body. You can be trained to normalize your breathing in just a few weeks.
Parkinson's Disease
Chapter 14 of Dr Michael Greger’s book “How Not to Die” ISBN 978-1-4472-8244-0.
Treating Parkinson's Disease with Diet.
Berries v Pesticides
Could Lactose Explain the Milk Link with Parkinson's Disease?
Essential Tremor and Diet.
Alzheimer's disease
Of all these factors there is a common thread running through most of them and that involves the diet.
A whole plant diet offers increased protection against minor strokes, cardio-0vascular diseases, hypertension, high blood cholesterol, poor levels of antioxidants, and reduced levels of free radicals. Whereas a predominantly animal based diet does just the opposite.
All research of groups eating a high plant based diet show lower rates of Alzheimer disease, this surely is a useful guide to improved long term health?
A detailed examination as to how plant antioxidants may benefit this condition may be seen here:
Dr. Neal Barnard explains the significanceof our diet in reducing the risk of Alzheimer's
Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Environmental Destruction
Demand for Meat is Driving Water Shortage Affecting Four Billion People
Click HERE to go to full article:
UN urges global move from meat and dairy diet
Lesser consumption of animal products is necessary to save the world from the worst impacts of climate change, UN report says "a cattle farm at Estancia Bahia, Mato Grosso in BrazilAn cattle ranch in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The UN says agriculture is on a par with fossil fuel consumption because both rise rapidly with increased economic growth."
A global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, a UN report said today. As the global population surges towards a predicted 9.1 billion people by 2050, western tastes for diets rich in meat and dairy products are unsustainable, says the report from United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) international panel of sustainable resource management. It says: "Impacts from agriculture are expected to increase substantially due to population growth increasing consumption of animal products. Unlike fossil fuels, it is difficult to look for alternatives: people have to eat. A substantial reduction of impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away from animal product."
Professor Edgar Hertwich, the lead author of the report, said: "Animal products cause more damage than [producing] construction minerals such as sand or cement, plastics or metals. Biomass and crops for animals are as damaging as [burning] fossil fuels."
Industrial production of pigs in the USA- video
Famine & Malnutrition
HERE
Global warming or Enviromental Destruction?
It would seem we have been given much misleading information on the question of Global Warming and its relationship to
Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere from human activities.
The reality is that climate change has been going on since earliest geological times, the above graph gives two of the atmospheric factors,
carbon dioxide concentration and global temperatures.
We are presently in a cooling period.
More important than the concern over global warming is the more sinister environmental pollution and destruction arising from human activity;
the loss of soil, forest and fresh water and chemical and waste pollution of our atmosphere, land, oceans and rivers.
Much of this is due to non-sustainable agricultural practices and our changing dietary habits.
As people become more affluent they are shifting from a plant based diet towards a meat and dairy based diet that requires vastly more energy,
land and water per calorie of food consumed along with increasing use of artificial fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides that further contribute
to the pollution of our natural habitat.
Kill Two Birds with One Stone
Improve the world environment and relieve the suffering of factory farmed animals, oh yes and improve the health of every individual
taking this step towards a plant based diet
Check out Compassion for Farm Animals HERE
Rheumatoid arthritis
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Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is just one of many autoimmune diseases that all have common features that include:
A dysfunctional body immune system that attacks itself, they are more common in higher latitudes where there is less sunshine and consequently lower levels of Vitamin D, they tend to associated with other autoimmune conditions in the same people, all those diseases that have been studied for a nutritional connection show an association eith consumption of animal protein, especially cow’s milk, and there is evidence that a virus may trigger the disease.
At this time there is no clear evidence from research that the above factors raise the risk of autoimmune diseases but there is a simple idea that some might agree with; if by changing our dietary habits and by carefully increasing our time in the sun there may be a beneficial effect of protecting us from these diseases, why not, if there are no risks from doing so?
For those individuals already afflicted with an autoimmune disease a change of diet could be tried for a month or so and they could then ascertain for themselves whether or not they experienced any health improvement or reduction in symptoms. Nothing would be lost.
Dr. John McDougall explains the link connection between our diet and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.
Dr. Michael Greger explains how rheumatoid arthritis may be triggered by autoimmune friendly fire against a urinary tract infection bacteria called Proteus mirabilis, which could help explain why sufferers randomized to a plant-based diet experience such remarkable benefit.
Diabetes
There are two types of diabetes, Type 1, sometimes called juvenile onset diabetes as this affects young children and Type II used to be termed adult onset diabetes. In the past decade the age classification has been dropped as children represent almost half of Type II diabetics now. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease unusually incurs massive damage to the pancreas with an inability to produce adequate insulin. Type II diabetes rarely shows such severe pancreas damage and is responsive to dietary changes. Repeated trials of low fat, high unrefined carbohydrate diet has shown marked improvements in both Type 1 and Type II diabetic patients. The insulin dosage reduced by 40% to nil in some cases and the cholesterol levels showed a dramatic fall. The graph below demonstrates these relationships.
From "The China Study" by T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell p153
A second major "side-effect" recorded of those following a high carbohydrate, high fibre diet was a substantial fall in their cholesterol levels, as shown in the chart below:
From "The China Study" by T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell p154.
Now take a few minutes to watch this video by Dr. Neal Barnard:
atch Dr. Michael Greger discuss this approach,
American J.ofClinical Nutrition 32. 2312-2321, 1979
High Carbohydrate, high fibre diets for insulin-treated men with diabetes mellitus. James W. Anderson, M.D. & Kyleen Ward. R.D.
Animal protein increases insulin secretion with cabohydrates
The graphs below show how insulin secretion is accentuated when animal protein is added to carbohydrates.
Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis MS has been an enigmatic disease. There has been no consensus of its cause or origins besides factors such as genetics, viruses and environmental factors but little attention has been paid to the role diet.
Some of the earliest research on this concept was done by Dr Swank in the USA. Remarkable long-term study of 144 MS patients involved the patient consuming a diet low in saturated fats.
He classified patients as good dieters who maintained this restricted regime those who strayed from the diet poor dieters.
Dr. Roy Swanto link to a recent interview with him and his work with MS psatients.k
Dr John McDougall giving a talk on MS and diet.
Arthritis
See osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis
Lupus
Lupus is just one of many autoimmune diseases that all have common features that include:
A dysfunctional body immune system that attacks itself, they are more common in higher latitudes where there is less sunshine and consequently lower levels of Vitamin D, they tend to associated with other autoimmune conditions in the same people, all those diseases that have been studied for a nutritional connection show an association eith consumption of animal protein, especially cow’s milk, and there is evidence that a virus may trigger the disease.
At this time there is no clear evidence from research that the above factors raise the risk of autoimmune diseases but there is a simple idea that some might agree with; if by changing our dietary habits and by carefully increasing our time in the sun there may be a beneficial effect of protecting us from these diseases, why not, if there are no risks from doing so?
For those individuals already afflicted with an autoimmune disease a change of diet could be tried for a month or so and they could then ascertain for themselves whether or not they experienced any health improvement or reduction in symptoms. Nothing would be lost.
There maybe another factor involved , your breathing or in particular your breathing dysfunction arising from stress. To learn more about this visit
Dr. John McDougall explains the link connection between our diet and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.
Fighting Lupus with Turmeric :
Autoimmune diseases
A dysfunctional body immune system that attacks itself, they are more common in higher latitudes where there is less sunshine and consequently lower levels of Vitamin D, they tend to associated with other autoimmune conditions in the same people, all those diseases that have been studied for a nutritional connection show an association eith consumption of animal protein, especially cow’s milk, and there is evidence that a virus may trigger the disease.
At this time there is no clear evidence from research that the above factors raise the risk of autoimmune diseases but there is a simple idea that some might agree with; if by changing our dietary habits and by carefully increasing our time in the sun there may be a beneficial effect of protecting us from these diseases, why not, if there are no risks from doing so?
For those individuals already afflicted with an autoimmune disease a change of diet could be tried for a month or so and they could then ascertain for themselves whether or not they experienced any health improvement or reduction in symptoms. Nothing would be lost.
To learn more about diet and the autoimmune diseases watch Dr John McDougal here.
Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Gut & Bladder problems and IBS
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Longevity
All mammals, and that includes man, appear to have the same number of heart beats and breaths in a lifespan.
An interesting analysis of the breathing relationship as a PDF HERE and can be seen PDF HERE
An interesting video by Dr. Michael Greger giving the latest research findings connecting heart rate with lifespan can be viewed HERE
A further factor that may extend our healthy lives is our breathing. Visit TheBreathConnection site above or you may find this pdf on lifespan of mammals related to their breathing rate interesting, HERE
The above information on breathing rate and lifespan has been given even more credibility with this research on heart rate (respiratory rate and heart rate are closely linked)
Michael Lingard BSc DO BBEC Cert PBN
Lose weight
Creeping weight gain has been a problem as affluence develops.
The chart below shows the vast changes since 1978 in various countries.
The solution is relatively easy and it doesn't mean starving yourself! Eat a low fat, whole plant based diet and enjoy a moderate amount of exercise.
Watch this video interview with ex President Bill Clinton and his weight reduction experience. Just click on the image.
A number of studies have shown significant weight loss from following such a diet varying from 2 to 5 pounds over 12 days to 24 pounds over a year. However other factors are involved such as how overweight the person starts the diet, not eating refined carbohydrates, doing adequate physical exercise and the particular metabolism or body type of the person.
This relationship could be seen in the China Study where rural Chinese ate far more calories per pound of body weuight but were slimmer than their American opposites.
Dr. John McDougall explains how a high starch diet will lose you weight! Just click on the image.
Finally there needs to be a more important reason for diet change other than just weight loss, improved general health is what really counts.
Can Morbid Obesity be Reversed with Diet? Dr. Michael Greger explains how! Just click on image.
Dr.Neal Barnard. What the Dairy Industry Doesn't Want You to Know. Why we are addicted to cheese and fat .
Click on image for video
Calorie Density Eating
Calorie density is simply a measure of how many calories are in a given weight of food, most often expressed as calories per pound. A food high in calorie density has a large number of calories in a small weight of food, whereas a food low in calorie density has much fewer calories in the same weight of food. Therefore, one can
consume a larger portion of a low-calorie dense food than a high-calorie dense food for the same number ofcalories.
On a day-to-day basis, people generally eat a similar amount of food, by weight. Therefore, choosing foods with a lower calorie density allows us to consume our usual amount of food (or more) while reducing our caloric intake.
Foods low in calorie density also tend to be higher in satiety so by consuming foods lower in calorie density, one can fill up on much fewer calories without having to go hungry andwithout having to weigh, measure or portion control our food. In addition, the foods that are lower in calorie density (fruits, veggies, starchy veget-
ables, intact whole grains and legumes) are also the foods highest in nutrient density.
By following a diet lower in calorie density, one also automatically consumes a diet higher in nutrient density.
More energy
The question is, would it make good sense to change ones lifestyle and eating habits if all or most of the following benefits were likely to ensue?
Live longer
Look and feel younger
Have more energy (ME/CFS View short video oneffect of chocolate HERE)
Lose weight
Lower your blood cholesterol
Prevent or even reverse heart disease
Lower your risk of prostate, breast or other cancers
Preserve your eyesight in your later years
Prevent and treat diabetes
Avoid surgery in many instances
Vastly decrease the need for pharmaceutical drugs
Keep your bones strong
Avoid impotence
Avoid a stroke
Prevent kidney stones
Keep your baby from getting Type 1 diabetes
Alleviate constipation
Lower your blood pressure
Avoid Alzheimer's Disease
Beat arthritis
And improve your sports performance....
Perhaps the whole plant diet would be worth your consideration?
Discover how a USA leading athlete Bendan Brazier found a plant based diet optimized his performance.
Just click on the image below.
Better health
More energy, feel younger & enjoy better health
The question is, would it make good sense to change ones lifestyle and eating habits if all or most of the following benefits were likely to ensue?
Live a longerhealthy life / Look and feel younger
Have more energy / Lose weight, if you're overweight
Lower your blood cholesterol / Prevent or even reverse heart disease
The End of the Ketogenic Debate (Click above)
Lower your risk of prostate, breast or other cancers / Preserve your eyesight in your later years
Prevent and treat diabetes / Avoid surgery in many instances
Vastly decrease the need for pharmaceutical drugs / Keep your bones strong
Avoid impotence / Avoid a stroke / Prevent kidney stones
Keep your baby from getting Type 1 diabetes / Alleviate constipation / Lower your blood pressure
Avoid Alzheimer's Disease / Beat arthritis / Control teenage acne (See short video HERE)
What we eat affects how we breathe!
The 4LeafSurvey that estimates the %age of calories derived from Whole Plant Foods (Ranges from -40 to +40) (www.4leafsurvey.com)
Breathing measure used: The Control Pause that estimates the degree of chronic hidden hyperventilation (CHHV) or the %age of CO2 in the lungs. (Ranges from 0 to 60 +)
Why not give yourself all the background and hard facts then you 'll be able to make an informed decision as to whether it is worth making a progressive change to your eating habits over the next few weeks or years? Watch the indepth video by Dr. T Colin Campbell, it is just over an hour in length but in that time Dr. Campbell covers 40 years of research and study that not only has given us, I believe, the best information on nutrition this century but led to his changed eating habits from a young farmer's son eating a big real American diet to the healthy diet he enjoys today.
Dr. T. Colin Campbell
Watch this great debate on "Don't Eat Anything With A Face"HERE
and then decide for yourself the merits or not of a move to an all plant diet.
Reductionism and Deficiency Nutrition Research is not Improving Our Health
Watch this short video by Dr. Michael Greger. Click on the image
Is your Whole Plant Diet a Good Mixed Diet?
Download the Excel sheet HERE, insert "1" if you eat the particular food in either the 1st (R), 2nd (S) or 3rd (O) column if you eat the food regularly (most weeks), in season, or rarely (just a few times per year) respectively. Leave blank if you never eat the food.
At the end you will see :
Gross Variety Index (The %age of all the listed foods you eat at all)
Weighted Variety Index (The %age of the listed foods adjusted for frequency of eating them)
You will also be able to see where your low consumption is, Vegetables, fruits, grains etc.
The results will guide you when shopping to add foods you dont eat very often or not at all.
WHOLE PLANT DIET VARIETY INDEX
GP Reference Centre
GP Reference Centre
It is with the hope that a number of doctors may want to expand their therapy base beyond the confines of their medical training that we have added this rapid reference section. There is no reason why your patients should not try to help themselves to improve theiir health or try to alliviate the symptoms of their condition whilst receiving any mainstream medical care. In fact most would agree that to engage the patient in their healing process can only be good medical practice.
Diet is the number one risk factor for all major diseases yet is not taught to doctors watch this short video by Dr. Michael Greger HERE and HERE
The first step in educating and motivating your patients in this way has to be make yourself aware of what they might be able to achieve by some research and study on your part.
The Doctor as "Teacher"
The very term "doctor" used to mean teacher when doctors were not equipped with the vast array of medicines and procedures available today, they had to rely heavily on this aspect of their practice. Perhaps the time has come to revived this role of the doctor to try to develop a new generation of "informed patients" who will begin to take on more responsibility for their own health.The Condition listing opposite will take you to the most relevant areas of therapy/support or training that might assist your patient to either help prevent the condition developing or aid in the managing of the condition once established.Whether you simply make these possible options known to your patient, refer to a qualified practitioner or provide this service in house will depend on the circumstances and your own judgement.The concept of Holistic therapy is becoming well accepted by NICE and all health workers, it simply means trying to expand our understanding of the "sick person"; that involves far more than simply diagnosing a specific named pathology and treating the same without reference to the wider life of the person.
The 4Leaf Survey Information
Dr. Graff's Letter to all Doctors
Calling All Doctors (contains the main letter from Dr. Graff)
Physician Heal Thyself (How Dr. Graff became inspired)
About The Authors (A brief background of the authors of the 4Leaf Guide to Vibrant Health)
Any doctor wanting to learn more about this subject I would be delighted to give a short talk at your clinic for your staff or your patients. I am passionate that this information should reach as many people as possible, it has been my life's work.
Michael Lingard BSc. DO. WPNut.Cert. (eCornell University)
Orthopath Buteyko Educator & Plantrician
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