An important question, surrounded with a lot of conflicting answers, and a lot of confusion. Why is that? Elucidation is at hand in the form of a talk given by the person many consider to be one of the most important nutrition research scientists of this (and perhaps any) age, T. Colin Campbell, the American biochemist who specializes in the effect of nutrition on long-term health, in a career spanning six decades of activity. If you're already familiar with Dr. Campbell's work this presentation is perhaps the best synopsis of his views I'm personally aware of, and I can't recommend it highly enough to you. Prepare to be surprised, and enjoy.
OK that was shameless clickbait:) I was having some trouble finding a title for this post that would convey my feeling of its importance without sounding cumbersome, so I gave up and went with the above. Thanks to the continuing efforts of Dr. Michael Greger and his team at Nutritionfacts.org, we see here in a single presentation a comprehensive compendium of research showing the outsized benefits of a Whole Foods Plant Based diet. It is significant in that it dispels uncertainty as it presents the facts. How can we be sure these are indeed facts? And if they are, why aren't we hearing more about them? Dr. Gregor handles both questions masterfully, so be sure to watch to the end. Prepare to be surprised along the way, and enjoy. OK perhaps not as groovy as sex, but...
I'm being just a wee bit subversive using the word slightly in the title of this blog; the word "radically" in its place would be more accurate. Are you curious? If so then you may find this presentation by Dr. John McDougall quite interesting. In it he shows why decreasing probability for developing detectable cancer in the first place is so desirable an idea and practice. File this under an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure:
And then, after watching, if you presented this information to your medical doctor (if you could get their attention long enough in the first place...an unlikely scenario) the response you'd probably get would be along the lines of harrumphing and sputtering. One thing they would not be able to produce is science countering the science presented here.
Information like this can be very unsettling. We do not want to know the man behind the curtain is no wizard after all. The truth is the responsibility for your health cannot be handed over to others, and you are, in fact, almost solely responsible for it yourself.
Information is power. The purpose of misinformation is to persuade one to give control of one's destiny over to others, in this case, for profit, at the expense of your health.
