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Originally Posted by jimbo2012
I think if you do a bit more research you will find few subscribe to that theory, try reading the China study, or Dr. Esselstyn's "The Last Heart Attack, Bill Clinton turned his high risk cardio issue around.
Watch "Forks Over Knives" a real eye opener (along with your arteries)
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And if you did a little more research you'd find that very few subscribe to vegetarianism. Read Grain Brain, Wheat Belly and Why We Get Fat. They are real eye openers (along with your arteries)
Most people including doctors and scientist agree that man is an omnivore. It is his natural state. One problem with a vegetarian diet is that, as Dr Esselstyn's cohort Dr Ornish freely admits, it is very difficult to stay on. Man craves meat and fat and needs fat, including saturated fat in his diet to remain healthy.
I personally also have a problem with a doctor that recommends us eating pure gluten in the form of seitan when we are finding more and more people are gluten intolerant. Gluten has been shown to cause all kinds of medical problems, yet Dr Esselstyn recommends it as a meat alternative.
I don't tell anyone what to do. I simple relate what's been working for me. If I eat a lot of starchy carbs, I gain weight, a lot and very quickly. My blood pressure goes up and my triglycerides go through the roof. The only way that I had any success on Dr Esselstyn's program was to eat lettuce and celery. And Like Dr Ornish says, most people aren't going to do that.
There are more and more scientist, doctors, nutritionists and regular people accepting the low carb high fat way of thinking.
My observation is that as we've gone more and more to a low fat diet, we, as a society have gotten fatter and less healthy. In my opinion that is because the fat in our diet has been replaced by sugar which is toxic.