I write this in love and without judging any person.
There is plenty of evidence that we can live and thrive on a plantbased diet. I gathered references here: http://bloganders.blogspot.no/.../humans-can-live-and...
A key is a starch-based varied diet with vegetables and fruits, and that it contains B-12-supplement/foods fortified with B12.
Previously
in my life I could use and exploit animals in various other ways,
treating them as my resources/property and ignoring their interests,
instead of respecting them as sentient beings and respecting their
interests.
Then
I woke up. I became aware. I decided that I don’t want to be a part of
exploiting, harming and killing sentient beings. I realized that I have
to leave behind my egoistic and self-centered ego that could justify
exploiting animals for convenience, pleasure, tradition or justifying it
with other various excuses; and I decided to live a life of nonviolence
and justice. I decided to stop victimizing and bullying other animals. I
rejected speciesism and chose to be vegan.
Now
I realize how many lives I have murdered, how many families that I have
destroyed, how many animals that I have exploited and harmed. I am
truly and sincerely sorry and regretful for all of the harm that I have
caused others.
https://www.facebook.com/anders.branderud/posts/10202733986965417
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tisdag 10 juni 2014
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But 'The starving people in Africa don't have a choice to go vegan'
A person wrote: "I
think veganism is a cause with merit, but is also a cause you will only
find in wealthy first world countries where we have the time and luxury
of choosing. Go to the favelas in Brazil and ask them to choose between
no food or food with meat ."
It is true that many people in the ‘Third world’ don’t have a choice to eat a 100% plant-only-diet. The cause of this to a large extent is that we are making choices in the “First world” that are depriving people e.g. in many countries of Africa and Asia of their choices to live a life without poverty and starvation.
As I wrote in the previous comment: I wish and work for a world where we don’t exacerbate the poverty, starvation, injustices, environmental destruction involved in/exacerbated by the production and consumption of animal foods, which involves breeding up, using, unnecessarily harming and killing animals for food; and giving them feed that could have been used to feed starving people; while taking their land, driving them out of their homes and growing feed and raising “cattle” on land that could have been used to feed the indigenous population [2]. The feed that feeds the animals only in USA could be used to feed 800 million people. At the same time several million people die of starvation and 870 million suffering from chronic undernourishment [4]. And we have no nutritional need for this (see below).
Learn more here: http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2013/12/happy-new-vegan-year-free-of-violence.html
These countries certainly have all the resources they need to do vegan permaculture. But we in the so-called ‘developed world’ (e.g. multinational corporations and the vast majority of people in the west supporting these corporations and who do nothing to change the system) are driving people out of their homes, driving these people into poverty and debt and then takitng their lands.
So some people don’t have a choice of what to eat. E.g. they are living deprived in slum quarters and need to kill fish to sustain themselves. They choose between starving to death or killing someone else. This is of course a situation that is different morally from the situation that you and I are in. We are not choosing to starve by refusing to consume animal foods. We will only temporarily miss a couple of tastes/convenience/we may lose some friends because of our choice, etc. Whatever harsh consequences we may face, we certainly do have a choice, and we can live and thrive on a plant only-diet.
But if we who do have a choice to live a vegan life (not using animals for food, clothing, entertainment, etc.) used our choice, stopped supporting the system of capitalism and multinational corporations, stopped supporting animal agriculture and using animals in other ways, stopped supporting and buying from monocultures and instead obtained produce grown using sustainable vegan permaculture-methods, started non-consumerist self-sustained communities that were off-the-grid and self-sustained on vegan permaculture – then we could reverse the damage and harm that our countries have done to create this devastation and poverty in the ‘Third world’.; and they would truly have a choice to eat a plant-only diet and to make other choices that don’t inflict suffering and death on other sentient beings. The choice that they have is largely proportional to us making choices that don’t harm and kill animals, and that don’t harm the environment – and thus that don’t harm and kill people and animals that depend on the environment. Some important documentaries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drS5hHdelR8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU
I recommend this resources which touch on monocultures and other important environmental issues, etc.: http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2014/04/vegan-permaculture-vegan-ecological-and.html
It is true that many people in the ‘Third world’ don’t have a choice to eat a 100% plant-only-diet. The cause of this to a large extent is that we are making choices in the “First world” that are depriving people e.g. in many countries of Africa and Asia of their choices to live a life without poverty and starvation.
As I wrote in the previous comment: I wish and work for a world where we don’t exacerbate the poverty, starvation, injustices, environmental destruction involved in/exacerbated by the production and consumption of animal foods, which involves breeding up, using, unnecessarily harming and killing animals for food; and giving them feed that could have been used to feed starving people; while taking their land, driving them out of their homes and growing feed and raising “cattle” on land that could have been used to feed the indigenous population [2]. The feed that feeds the animals only in USA could be used to feed 800 million people. At the same time several million people die of starvation and 870 million suffering from chronic undernourishment [4]. And we have no nutritional need for this (see below).
Learn more here: http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2013/12/happy-new-vegan-year-free-of-violence.html
These countries certainly have all the resources they need to do vegan permaculture. But we in the so-called ‘developed world’ (e.g. multinational corporations and the vast majority of people in the west supporting these corporations and who do nothing to change the system) are driving people out of their homes, driving these people into poverty and debt and then takitng their lands.
So some people don’t have a choice of what to eat. E.g. they are living deprived in slum quarters and need to kill fish to sustain themselves. They choose between starving to death or killing someone else. This is of course a situation that is different morally from the situation that you and I are in. We are not choosing to starve by refusing to consume animal foods. We will only temporarily miss a couple of tastes/convenience/we may lose some friends because of our choice, etc. Whatever harsh consequences we may face, we certainly do have a choice, and we can live and thrive on a plant only-diet.
But if we who do have a choice to live a vegan life (not using animals for food, clothing, entertainment, etc.) used our choice, stopped supporting the system of capitalism and multinational corporations, stopped supporting animal agriculture and using animals in other ways, stopped supporting and buying from monocultures and instead obtained produce grown using sustainable vegan permaculture-methods, started non-consumerist self-sustained communities that were off-the-grid and self-sustained on vegan permaculture – then we could reverse the damage and harm that our countries have done to create this devastation and poverty in the ‘Third world’.; and they would truly have a choice to eat a plant-only diet and to make other choices that don’t inflict suffering and death on other sentient beings. The choice that they have is largely proportional to us making choices that don’t harm and kill animals, and that don’t harm the environment – and thus that don’t harm and kill people and animals that depend on the environment. Some important documentaries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drS5hHdelR8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU
I recommend this resources which touch on monocultures and other important environmental issues, etc.: http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2014/04/vegan-permaculture-vegan-ecological-and.html
söndag 13 april 2014
Do I get enough proteins on a vegan diet / protein deficiency?
You can only get deficient on proteins if you don't consume enough calories:
" The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that men and women obtain 5% of their calories as protein. This would mean 38 grams of protein for a man burning 3000 calories a day and 29 grams for a woman using 2300 calories a day. This quantity of protein is impossible to avoid when daily calorie needs are met by unrefined starches and vegetables. For example, rice alone would provide 71 grams of highly useable protein and white potatoes would provide 64 grams of protein.8
Our greatest time of growth—thus, the time of our greatest need for protein—is during our first 2 years of life—we double in size. At this vigorous developmental stage our ideal food is human milk, which is 5% protein. Compare this need to food choices that should be made as adults—when we are not growing. Rice is 8% protein, corn 11%, oatmeal 15%, and beans 27%.8 Thus protein deficiency is impossible when calorie needs are met by eating unprocessed starches and vegetables.
The healthy active lives of hundreds of millions of people laboring in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America on diets with less than half the amount of protein eaten by Americans and Europeans prove that the popular understanding of our protein needs is seriously flawed. "
http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2007nl/apr/protein.htm
B12 is made by microorganisms that are found in the soil: http://books.google.no/books?id=Fn_EAmODnIkC&pg=PT202&lpg=PT202&dq=colin+campbell+microorganism+b12&source=bl&ots=5kzTTuMrlE&sig=xdee6LkL8OOG-nfknVeDbJrKIUc&hl=sv&sa=X&ei=vZNKU_vjKaqo0QWRloDwCA&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=colin%20campbell%20microorganism%20b12&f=false
You are healthier on an average vegan diet compared to an average omnivore diet:
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/omnivore-vs-vegan-nutrient-deficiencies-2/
Humans can be healthy on a varied vegan diet (with B-12-supplement or B-12 fortified foods):
http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2013/08/humans-can-live-and-thrive-on-healthy.html
" The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that men and women obtain 5% of their calories as protein. This would mean 38 grams of protein for a man burning 3000 calories a day and 29 grams for a woman using 2300 calories a day. This quantity of protein is impossible to avoid when daily calorie needs are met by unrefined starches and vegetables. For example, rice alone would provide 71 grams of highly useable protein and white potatoes would provide 64 grams of protein.8
Our greatest time of growth—thus, the time of our greatest need for protein—is during our first 2 years of life—we double in size. At this vigorous developmental stage our ideal food is human milk, which is 5% protein. Compare this need to food choices that should be made as adults—when we are not growing. Rice is 8% protein, corn 11%, oatmeal 15%, and beans 27%.8 Thus protein deficiency is impossible when calorie needs are met by eating unprocessed starches and vegetables.
The healthy active lives of hundreds of millions of people laboring in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America on diets with less than half the amount of protein eaten by Americans and Europeans prove that the popular understanding of our protein needs is seriously flawed. "
http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2007nl/apr/protein.htm
B12 is made by microorganisms that are found in the soil: http://books.google.no/books?id=Fn_EAmODnIkC&pg=PT202&lpg=PT202&dq=colin+campbell+microorganism+b12&source=bl&ots=5kzTTuMrlE&sig=xdee6LkL8OOG-nfknVeDbJrKIUc&hl=sv&sa=X&ei=vZNKU_vjKaqo0QWRloDwCA&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=colin%20campbell%20microorganism%20b12&f=false
You are healthier on an average vegan diet compared to an average omnivore diet:
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/omnivore-vs-vegan-nutrient-deficiencies-2/
Humans can be healthy on a varied vegan diet (with B-12-supplement or B-12 fortified foods):
http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2013/08/humans-can-live-and-thrive-on-healthy.html
Reply to 'But a vegan diet costs too much'
Regarding cost of the food:
"ADVENTURES IN THE "ELITISM" OF A VEGAN DIET
Sarah K. Woodcock did the following comparison:
organic vegan dinner:
organic white rice: .60 (based on $2.39 for 4 servings)
organic navy beans: $1.20 (based on $2.39 for 2 servings)
organic bananas: .50 (based on .99 per pound serving 2)
organic carrots: .25 (based on .99 per pound serving 4)
Total: $2.55
A Big Mac, fries, and coke would cost $6.10
And, as I have often said, and will say again now: There is *nothing* more elitist than believing that your palate pleasure can ever justify imposing suffering on, or taking the life of, another."
Quote from: http://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach
"ADVENTURES IN THE "ELITISM" OF A VEGAN DIET
Sarah K. Woodcock did the following comparison:
organic vegan dinner:
organic white rice: .60 (based on $2.39 for 4 servings)
organic navy beans: $1.20 (based on $2.39 for 2 servings)
organic bananas: .50 (based on .99 per pound serving 2)
organic carrots: .25 (based on .99 per pound serving 4)
Total: $2.55
A Big Mac, fries, and coke would cost $6.10
And, as I have often said, and will say again now: There is *nothing* more elitist than believing that your palate pleasure can ever justify imposing suffering on, or taking the life of, another."
Quote from: http://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach
måndag 2 september 2013
A vegan diet can cure Chron's disease
Chron's disease:
" Inflammatory bowel diseases occur almost exclusively in parts of the world where the diet is high in meat and dairy foods, and are rare in countries where people still consume starch based, almost entirely vegetarian meals. Severe "allergic-type" reactions to some of those rich foods have been suspected as being the causes of these conditions."
The condition is improved/cured by consuming a vegan starchbased diet (e.g. rice, potatoes, beans, lentils) with fruits and vegetables:
http://www.drmcdougall.com/med_colitis2.html
See also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqYZ8Iu_fUc
" Inflammatory bowel diseases occur almost exclusively in parts of the world where the diet is high in meat and dairy foods, and are rare in countries where people still consume starch based, almost entirely vegetarian meals. Severe "allergic-type" reactions to some of those rich foods have been suspected as being the causes of these conditions."
The condition is improved/cured by consuming a vegan starchbased diet (e.g. rice, potatoes, beans, lentils) with fruits and vegetables:
http://www.drmcdougall.com/med_colitis2.html
See also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqYZ8Iu_fUc
onsdag 7 augusti 2013
Reply to Vegan diets are unnatural because not all vegetables vegans need are not all naturally occuring in the area
This is a reply to:
"Vegan diets are unnatural because not all vegetables vegans need are not all naturally occuring in the area"
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"Unnatural"???
" This “But” is like saying that God wants us to eat animals but we don’t need to bother with God. Something else that is big and important—nature— wants us to eat animals. If we don’t eat animals,we are acting against nature. We are behaving in
an unnatural way. That’s powerful stuff—even if you’re an atheist. In fact, “But Natural” is like “But God” without God. It seeks to establish necessity, but without God."
You can get all the plants you need to live and thrive on a vegan diet in mosts part of the world (not in the very cold areas). But even if you couldn't, so what???
It doesn't address the ethical argument.
Eating meat is not ethical, because that you can live and thrive and get all nutrition on a vegan diet.
Thus, the only justification for consuming meat, instead of a vegan diet, is pleasure/convenience, and this is not a legitimate reason for hurting and killing an animal.
"Vegan diets are unnatural because not all vegetables vegans need are not all naturally occuring in the area"
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"Unnatural"???
" This “But” is like saying that God wants us to eat animals but we don’t need to bother with God. Something else that is big and important—nature— wants us to eat animals. If we don’t eat animals,we are acting against nature. We are behaving in
an unnatural way. That’s powerful stuff—even if you’re an atheist. In fact, “But Natural” is like “But God” without God. It seeks to establish necessity, but without God."
You can get all the plants you need to live and thrive on a vegan diet in mosts part of the world (not in the very cold areas). But even if you couldn't, so what???
It doesn't address the ethical argument.
Eating meat is not ethical, because that you can live and thrive and get all nutrition on a vegan diet.
Thus, the only justification for consuming meat, instead of a vegan diet, is pleasure/convenience, and this is not a legitimate reason for hurting and killing an animal.
tisdag 6 augusti 2013
Eating a vegan diet does not take hours of planning every week
If you eat a starchbased diet with fruits and vegetables (and without oils) you don’t need to worry about protein at all: http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/105/25/e197.full and http://drmcdougall.com/misc/2007nl/apr/dairy.htm
There is no planning required in order to get all essential amino acids.
And you don’t need to worry about Omega-3 either: http://www.drmcdougall.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=35660
Following a starch-based diet with fruits and vegetables (and possibly B12-supplement) - e.g. this diet: http://www.drmcdougall.com/ :
You don’t need to do hours of planning of your diet every week. And as you said, even if you would need this, convenience is no justification in order to needlessely harm and kill animals, which you do when you choose to consume a diet of animal foods instead of a vegan diet.
I would like to recommend http://www.vegankit.com/ and http://www.abolitionistvegansociety.org/
There is no planning required in order to get all essential amino acids.
And you don’t need to worry about Omega-3 either: http://www.drmcdougall.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=35660
Following a starch-based diet with fruits and vegetables (and possibly B12-supplement) - e.g. this diet: http://www.drmcdougall.com/ :
You don’t need to do hours of planning of your diet every week. And as you said, even if you would need this, convenience is no justification in order to needlessely harm and kill animals, which you do when you choose to consume a diet of animal foods instead of a vegan diet.
I would like to recommend http://www.vegankit.com/ and http://www.abolitionistvegansociety.org/
måndag 5 augusti 2013
Raw milk vs a starch-based vegan diet, health benefits?
If you want are willing to study I recommend you to read this debate, which includes people who once in their lifetime thought raw milk was good for the human body: http://www.drmcdougall.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=27604
Milk is very nutrient dense for baby calves. Just because that it contains nutrients doesn't mean that the human body is able to absorb all these nutrients, and that it isn't detrimental for human health.
A vegan starch-based diet prevents stiffness in the joints, see e.g.: http://www.drmcdougall.com/stars/star06_jean-brown.html
and doesn't harm any animals, as is done in the dairy industry, and which the milk consumer pays for.
http://drmcdougall.com/med_hot_arthritis_diet.html
Learn more here:
http://abolitionistvegansociety.org/tavs-initiatives/tavs-articles/why-veganism/
Milk is very nutrient dense for baby calves. Just because that it contains nutrients doesn't mean that the human body is able to absorb all these nutrients, and that it isn't detrimental for human health.
A vegan starch-based diet prevents stiffness in the joints, see e.g.: http://www.drmcdougall.com/stars/star06_jean-brown.html
and doesn't harm any animals, as is done in the dairy industry, and which the milk consumer pays for.
http://drmcdougall.com/med_hot_arthritis_diet.html
Learn more here:
http://abolitionistvegansociety.org/tavs-initiatives/tavs-articles/why-veganism/
Vegan diet cures fibromyalgia, type-2-diabetes, heart issues
My reply to Sarah:
Fibromyalgia, heart issues and diabetes are all caused by a diet of animal foods:
You can learn more here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDopSo4BBds and http://www.drmcdougall.com/
Dozens of people with fibromyalgia have successfully been treated by eating a vegan starch-based vegan diet with fruits and vegetables, and without animal foods. Here is one: http://www.drmcdougall.com/stars/star13_cheryl_lambert.html
Type-2-diabetes is also cured with the same diet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iosoXlr3ZVI
Not only you benefit, but it is also the ethical thing to do, not to harm and kill animals without any necessity for it, and not for palate pleasure/convenience:
http://blog.nj.com/njv_guest_blog/2013/08/are_we_the_animal-lovers_we_th.html
Good luck!! All the best!
Fibromyalgia, heart issues and diabetes are all caused by a diet of animal foods:
You can learn more here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDopSo4BBds and http://www.drmcdougall.com/
Dozens of people with fibromyalgia have successfully been treated by eating a vegan starch-based vegan diet with fruits and vegetables, and without animal foods. Here is one: http://www.drmcdougall.com/stars/star13_cheryl_lambert.html
Type-2-diabetes is also cured with the same diet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iosoXlr3ZVI
Not only you benefit, but it is also the ethical thing to do, not to harm and kill animals without any necessity for it, and not for palate pleasure/convenience:
http://blog.nj.com/njv_guest_blog/2013/08/are_we_the_animal-lovers_we_th.html
Good luck!! All the best!
Why vegans can't respect meat eaters and non-vegans choice to eat meat and animal foods
Being vegan,
i.e. not treating animals as resources and refusing to participate in the
exploitation of animals, including the exploitation of animals for “palatable
pleasure”/convenience (i.e. animal products), is not a matter of ‘personal
choice’. I will explain why.
“One of the main arguments that I make is that although almost everyone accepts that it is morally wrong to inflict “unnecessary” suffering and death on animals, 99% of the suffering and death that we inflict on animals can be justified only by our pleasure, amusement, or convenience. For example, the best justification that we have for killing the billions of nonhumans that we eat every year is that we enjoy the taste of animal flesh and animal products. This is not an acceptable justification if we take seriously, as we purport to, that it is wrong to inflict unnecessary suffering or death on animals, and it illustrates the confused thinking that I characterize as our “moral schizophrenia” when it comes to nonhumans.”
Quote: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/vivisection-part-one-the-necessity-of-vivisection/#.UchssJxW6nk
Animal abuse is wrong because animals have a moral value. But if animals have a moral value, they also have the right to not be used as a resource, including the right not to be killed by humans.
Please show some respect to the animals and don't harm and kill them for palate pleasure/convenience.
Please consider this:
“Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But in a patriarchal, racist, homophobic, and ableist society, there are social pressures to participate and engage in sexism, racism, homophobia, and ableism. At some point, you have to decide who you are and what matters morally to you. And once you decide that you regard victimizing vulnerable nonhumans is not morally acceptable, it is easy to go and stay vegan”
― Gary L. Francione
“Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and refusing to participate in the exploitation of the vulnerable”
― Gary L. Francione
söndag 4 augusti 2013
Humans can live and thrive on a healthy plantbased diet (diet without animal foods)
Just
as an additional statement of the facts. Aside from 'exercise is
generally better than not exercising' there are not that many things
that enjoy more widespread consensus in public health than the
suitability of a plant-only diet.
In addition to the American Dietetic organization, "private and public sector health organizations across a continuum of care agree that a well planned, plant-only diet can be healthy. Organizations that have made public statements of the healthiness of a plant-only diet include dietetic associations, governmental bodies and private clinics.
The American Dietetic Association (1), Dietitians of Canada (2), the British National Health Service (3), the British Nutrition Foundation (4), the Dietitians Association of Australia (5), the United States Department of Agriculture (6), the National Institutes of Health (7), the Mayo Clinic (8), the Heart and Stroke Foundation (9), among others, all provide information on healthy living as well as nutritional suggestions for plant-based diets."
1. See: http://www.eatright.org/about/content.aspx?id=8357
2. See: http://www.dietitians.ca/Nutrition-Resources-A-Z/Factsheets/Vegetarian/Eating-Guidelines-for-Vegans.aspx
3. See: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Vegetarianhealth/Pages/Vegandiets.aspx
4. See: http://www.nutrition.org.uk/publications/briefingpapers/vegetarian-nutrition
5. See: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/healthy-eating-tips/tips-for-vegetarian.html
6. See http://daa.asn.au/for-the-public/smart-eating-for-you/nutrition-a-z/vegan-diets/
7. See:www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_120152.html
8. See: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vegetarian-diet/HQ01596
9. See: http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ikIQLcMWJtE&b=4016859&ct=6636807
In addition to the American Dietetic organization, "private and public sector health organizations across a continuum of care agree that a well planned, plant-only diet can be healthy. Organizations that have made public statements of the healthiness of a plant-only diet include dietetic associations, governmental bodies and private clinics.
The American Dietetic Association (1), Dietitians of Canada (2), the British National Health Service (3), the British Nutrition Foundation (4), the Dietitians Association of Australia (5), the United States Department of Agriculture (6), the National Institutes of Health (7), the Mayo Clinic (8), the Heart and Stroke Foundation (9), among others, all provide information on healthy living as well as nutritional suggestions for plant-based diets."
1. See: http://www.eatright.org/about/content.aspx?id=8357
2. See: http://www.dietitians.ca/Nutrition-Resources-A-Z/Factsheets/Vegetarian/Eating-Guidelines-for-Vegans.aspx
3. See: http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Vegetarianhealth/Pages/Vegandiets.aspx
4. See: http://www.nutrition.org.uk/publications/briefingpapers/vegetarian-nutrition
5. See: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/healthy-eating-tips/tips-for-vegetarian.html
6. See http://daa.asn.au/for-the-public/smart-eating-for-you/nutrition-a-z/vegan-diets/
7. See:www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_120152.html
8. See: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vegetarian-diet/HQ01596
9. See: http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ikIQLcMWJtE&b=4016859&ct=6636807
Quote: Vincent Guihan
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*Note* The term 'vegetarian,' as used by these organizations, does not distinct itself from a 100% plant-based diet, lacto/ovo, pesc etc. It encompasses all plant-based diets*
1) The Mayo Clinic: the first and largest integrated not-for-profit medical group practice in the world, employing more than 3,800 physicians and scientists and 50,900 allied health staff. It spends $500 million dollars on research a year.
“A well-planned vegetarian diet can meet the needs of people of *all ages*, including children, teenagers, and pregnant or breast-feeding women. The key is to be aware of your nutritional needs so that you plan a diet that meets them.”
2) The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. The Academy is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy.
“... [vegetarian diets] are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases...are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes.”
3) Kaiser Permanente: the largest managed care organization in the United States, published an article supporting the adoption of a plant-based diet earlier this spring.
"Healthy eating may be best achieved with a plant-based diet, which we define as a regimen that encourages whole, plant-based foods and discourages meats, dairy products, and eggs as well as all refined and processed foods. Research shows that plant-based diets are cost-effective, low-risk interventions that may lower body mass index, blood pressure, HbA1C, and cholesterol levels. They may also reduce the number of medications needed to treat chronic diseases and lower ischemic heart disease mortality rates. Physicians should consider recommending a plant-based diet to all their patients, especially those with high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or obesity."
4) A follow up written by Dr. John McDougall and his son, Dr. Craig McDougall concerning Kaiser Permanente's warning about potential nutrient deficiencies:
"In our experience of treating more than 5000 patients with a low-fat, whole foods, plant-based (vegan) diet, with follow-up lasting as long as 28 years, we have not seen any deficiencies of protein, iron, calcium, or essential fatty acids."
"More than a half-century of creative marketing by the meat, dairy, egg, and fish industries has produced fears surrounding nonexistent deficiencies, which in clinical practice need no patient monitoring by physicians and dietitians. Hopefully our concerns for overemphasizing the importance of largely theoretical risk will remove an unnecessary hindrance to the acceptance and practice of scientifically sound plant-based diets as recommended by Tuso and associates."
http://www.thepermanentejournal.org/.../fall/5552-diet.html
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Lurking in the background behind sensational headlines, like the elephant in the room, are the epidemics of obesity and illness caused by eating too many animals and insufficient plants. Major medical organizations, including the World Health Organization and the US Burden of Disease Collaborators, have identified consumption of meat and dairy products as the leading cause of illness and death in Western countries. Heart disease and stroke top the list of diet-induced illnesses worldwide.
http://www.drmcdougall.com/2013/08/31/gmo-foods-a-potentially-disastrous-distraction/
Animal Foods are unhealthy (includes References to peer-reviewed studies):
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/uprooting-the-leading-causes-of-death/
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/more-than-an-apple-a-day-preventing-our-most-common-diseases/
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All animal foods raise cholestorol and increase risks of heart disease: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqKNfyUPzoU
The Oxford Study also tells this 'The most striking results from the analysis were the strong positive asso- ciations between increasing consumption of animal fats and ischemic heart disease mortality"
Health articles that show animal foods are unhealthy, and a plantonly diet is healthy:
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*Note* The term 'vegetarian,' as used by these organizations, does not distinct itself from a 100% plant-based diet, lacto/ovo, pesc etc. It encompasses all plant-based diets*
1) The Mayo Clinic: the first and largest integrated not-for-profit medical group practice in the world, employing more than 3,800 physicians and scientists and 50,900 allied health staff. It spends $500 million dollars on research a year.
“A well-planned vegetarian diet can meet the needs of people of *all ages*, including children, teenagers, and pregnant or breast-feeding women. The key is to be aware of your nutritional needs so that you plan a diet that meets them.”
2) The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. The Academy is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy.
“... [vegetarian diets] are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases...are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence, and for athletes.”
3) Kaiser Permanente: the largest managed care organization in the United States, published an article supporting the adoption of a plant-based diet earlier this spring.
"Healthy eating may be best achieved with a plant-based diet, which we define as a regimen that encourages whole, plant-based foods and discourages meats, dairy products, and eggs as well as all refined and processed foods. Research shows that plant-based diets are cost-effective, low-risk interventions that may lower body mass index, blood pressure, HbA1C, and cholesterol levels. They may also reduce the number of medications needed to treat chronic diseases and lower ischemic heart disease mortality rates. Physicians should consider recommending a plant-based diet to all their patients, especially those with high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or obesity."
4) A follow up written by Dr. John McDougall and his son, Dr. Craig McDougall concerning Kaiser Permanente's warning about potential nutrient deficiencies:
"In our experience of treating more than 5000 patients with a low-fat, whole foods, plant-based (vegan) diet, with follow-up lasting as long as 28 years, we have not seen any deficiencies of protein, iron, calcium, or essential fatty acids."
"More than a half-century of creative marketing by the meat, dairy, egg, and fish industries has produced fears surrounding nonexistent deficiencies, which in clinical practice need no patient monitoring by physicians and dietitians. Hopefully our concerns for overemphasizing the importance of largely theoretical risk will remove an unnecessary hindrance to the acceptance and practice of scientifically sound plant-based diets as recommended by Tuso and associates."
http://www.thepermanentejournal.org/.../fall/5552-diet.html
-------------------------
Lurking in the background behind sensational headlines, like the elephant in the room, are the epidemics of obesity and illness caused by eating too many animals and insufficient plants. Major medical organizations, including the World Health Organization and the US Burden of Disease Collaborators, have identified consumption of meat and dairy products as the leading cause of illness and death in Western countries. Heart disease and stroke top the list of diet-induced illnesses worldwide.
http://www.drmcdougall.com/2013/08/31/gmo-foods-a-potentially-disastrous-distraction/
Animal Foods are unhealthy (includes References to peer-reviewed studies):
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/uprooting-the-leading-causes-of-death/
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/more-than-an-apple-a-day-preventing-our-most-common-diseases/
----
All animal foods raise cholestorol and increase risks of heart disease: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqKNfyUPzoU
The Oxford Study also tells this 'The most striking results from the analysis were the strong positive asso- ciations between increasing consumption of animal fats and ischemic heart disease mortality"
Health articles that show animal foods are unhealthy, and a plantonly diet is healthy:
- General Cancer:
- Prostate Cancer:
- Breast Cancer:
- Colon Cancer:
- Pancreatic Cancer:
- Ovarian Cancer:
- Diabetes:
- Heart Disease:
- Osteoporosis:
- http://www.pcrm.org/good-medicine/2012/autumn2012/got-truth-the-dairy-industrys-junk-science
- Obesity:
- Hypertension:
- Chronic:
- B12 Deficiency:
- Urinary Tract Infection:
- Acne:
- Asthma:
- Depression:
- Other:
- Human Biology:
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