Animal Protein, a Poison?

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If you’re like most people in the United States, you would say meat, dairy and/or fish. In this country, the word “protein” is synonymous with animal-based food. Most people are not aware that plant-based foods also contain protein; hence, when they hear of someone who doesn’t eat meat, dairy or fish, they naturally wonder where they get their protein. The fact of the matter is that there are three primary macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates and fat) and plants have some of all three; whereas animal foods have only fat and protein.</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> But guess what? All proteins are NOT the same. It turns out that proteins from plant-based food <I>promote health</I> and proteins from animal-based food <I>promote disease</I>. WHAT? That’s right, <B>animal protein kills</B>. Alarmingly, we have recently learned from <I>The China Study</I> by Cornell’s T. Colin Campbell, PhD, and other research that animal protein is clearly associated with top killer diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke and others. How could that be? If that’s true, why haven’t we heard that before?</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> Recently, on his popular TV show, Larry King asked Dr. Campbell why someone would not want to include some animal foods in their diet. My answer would be: </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Five diseases, Larry: Heart Disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Stroke and Osteoporosis. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Then, three words, Larry:  Prevent, Arrest, and/or Reverse </div> <bR> <div> That's right; there is abundant documented proof that those five diseases fall in the category that Dr. Campbell would call “nutritionally controllable” with a simple shift to a whole foods, plant-based diet.</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> There is certainly no wonder that confusion about diet and health is widespread. We constantly hear conflicting information...from the media, our doctors, our friends and our families. During the early stages of my quest to learn about diet and health back in 2003, I was reading everything I could find...from Joel Fuhrman, MD (who I know and admire) to Robert Atkins (who I never did admire). And I certainly found a lot of confusion; so much in fact that I actually started writing a book to try to explain what I believed to be "the big picture truth" about diet and health. Then, I suddenly stopped writing when <I>The China Study</I> came out and presented a comprehensive summary of what science has to say about what we should be eating...a whole foods, plant-based diet.</div> <bR> <div> For me, it was a thrill when I first learned about the simplicity of the relationship between diet, health and disease. It really all boils down to simply eating the natural diet for our species. Lately, I have been thinking of the concept of "preponderance of evidence." As any scientist will tell you, it's difficult to prove something with 100% certainty, but when you consider all the evidence pointing toward the appropriateness of a plant-based diet for humans -- it's like a blinding flash of the obvious. Consider these five points:</div> <bR> <div> <B>1. Animals most like humans</B> (gorillas) eat nothing but raw plants. They and the strongest animals in the world (elephants, giraffes, horses, etc.) eat only plants and apparently get plenty of protein.</div> <div> <B>2. Plant eating cultures.</B> Heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other diseases of affluence are almost non-existent in cultures where the percentage of animal foods in the diet approaches zero.</div> <div> <B>3. Migrant studies</B> clearly show that our propensity for developing disease is not based on genes. When people from plant-based diet cultures move to countries where animal-based foods are the norm, they develop the same disease frequency that exists in their new country.</div> <div> <B>4. Animal Protein Kills.</B> There are numerous scientific studies (cited in The China Study) showing the unmistakable association between animal protein in the diet and cancer.</div> <div> <B>5. Disease Reversal.</B> We have numerous well-documented examples of the successful reversal of heart disease and diabetes from prominent MD's like Caldwell Esselstyn, Dean Ornish and Neal Barnard. Dr. Esselstyn of the Cleveland Clinic says that heart disease (our #1 killer) is a "toothless paper tiger" that need never exist.</div> <bR> <div> How much more evidence do we need? The problem is that we have all bought into a lifestyle based on false information for so long that we simply can't believe the above information...even with the <I>preponderance of the evidence</I> that exists. And why don't we ever hear any of this world-changing information on the evening news? Because of our "media filter" and the fact that millions of jobs and trillions of dollars depend on maintaining the status quo. What is the answer? Kind of like the importance of location in real estate; the key is EDUCATION - EDUCATION - EDUCATION!</div> <bR> <div> Where does that education begin? I recommend <I>The China Study </I>as a good starting point. Documented in this best-selling book, Dr. Campbell provides scientific proof that whole plant foods promote health; animal foods promote disease. Several charts in the book show that the problems begin at even the lowest levels of animal foods in the diet. We’re essentially talking about a very nasty word here…we’re talking poison. Wikipedia says, ”in the context of biology, poisons are substances that can cause disturbances to organisms.” I don’t know about you, but I would classify something that promotes heart disease and cancer in my body as “causing disturbance” to my organism. </div> <bR> <div> Okay, so you don’t believe me…and why should you? What I have said here goes against everything you have been told about nutrition…from your parents, your teachers, your friends, the media and your friendly USDA. Again, I recommend that you read <I>The China Study</I>; Dr. Campbell spends the final one third of the book explaining why you have never heard any of this before. Just in case I’m right, you owe it to your children to begin your education by reading this book and then acting accordingly. The evidence is clear, the stakes are HUGE, and the choice is yours!</div> <bR> <div> In closing, the situation that we now have with animal foods is frighteningly similar to what has happened to smoking in the last fifty years. What was once considered normal, cool and hip just about everywhere; smoking is now widely known for what it is…a nasty habit that is hazardous to your health. Many people continue to smoke; that is their choice, even though they know that it’s not good for them. Hopefully, it won’t take fifty years for the truth about nutrition to be embraced by the mainstream. It’s beginning to happen now and the potential implications on our health, the cost of health care and the environment are enormous. Unlike smoking, we’re not just talking about a few million people giving up a nasty habit that just causes problems for themselves; with this diet issue, we’re now talking about the future sustainability of life on this Earth as we know it. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Posted on October 27, 2009</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>Eating for Health and Ecology on Planet Earth</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>