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Sorry this just made me lol, lookup "gamechangers" and watch the trailer.
I’ll pass, thanks. I have enough evidence, anecdotal and from my physician and from experience, that a plant-only diet would be extremely unhealthy for me. I’ll stick to my steaks.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8075769 "In-depth chromatographic analyses of illicit cocaine and its precursor, coca leaves. " At this point I can't tell if you're trolling or just can't handle disagreement. > And does that invalidate my point that some consumption of sugar is one way to keep the body functioning healthily That certainly wasn't your claim. The above is a very vague statement that no one would di…
>> "In-depth chromatographic analyses of illicit cocaine and its precursor, coca leaves." ...And your point is? Why do you get the impression that we disagree on this? I have already known this for many years. >> "natural occurring" is in no way sufficient to suggest that a substance is healthy or not This is not something I claimed at all. It is absurd to extrapolate this from my argument. If you read closely, it wa…
I now realize you don't quite pass the Turing test but honestly it was close, hats off to the programmers.
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>excepting breastmilk of course Seems to be a ... rather glaring exception.
how? vegans believe using animal products is wrong because there is no possible way to get consent from the animals. Breastmilk has 100% consent from the mother providing the milk.
Survival instinct is not allowed since you wont allow humans survival instinct to eat everything and anything to be part of the situation.
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Evidence does not appear to bear that out. "... a meta-analysis of seven studies involving a total of 6,250 subjects in the American Journal of Hypertension found no strong evidence that cutting salt intake reduces the risk for heart attacks, strokes or death in people with normal or high blood pressure." [1] [1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-time-to-end-t...
The relative amounts of sodium and potassium in blood regulate blood pressure. Too much sodium can increase blood pressure and high blood pressure is a major cause of cardiovascular disease. This is a well-understood process with much data to back it up and it will take a lot more than one meta-analysis of 6k people to provide evidence against it. Note also a common mistake of studies that test correlations between a…
[1] https://bmccardiovascdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11...
Harvard Response: "The panel declared “considerations of environmental impact” out of the scope of their recommendations. This is a missed opportunity because climate change and environmental degradation have serious effects on human health, and thus is important to consider when making recommendations on diet, even if this is addressed separately from direct effects on individual health." My response: should we appl…
I guess this study gives credence to the relatively old idea that modern bad health (chronic inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, dental problems, etc.) is driven by the high levels of carbohydrate and linoleic acid (omega 6, found in large quantities in sunflower and other seed oils) in our diets and not the traditionally "bad" foodstuffs like red meat and foods containing high cholesterol and saturated fat. I'm l…
As someone trying to lose weight, all the conflicting advice out there is so frustrating. Should I eat ‘n’ times a day or just once? Is fasting good, or will it put me in ‘starvation mode’? Why is it that when I was young I didn’t even need to think about my food intake and stayed really, really lean? Do we have a set-point and if so, has mine gone up and am I going to be forever hungry if I want to get back to a sen…
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The converse, too many carbs -- leads to diabetes, the number 1 preventible condition in western societies, which is probably a more terrible process that your body also hates.
This is a common source of confusion, but carbohydrate intolerance is a symptom of diabetes, not a cause. Diabetics that go on Keto diets are still diabetic. If you give them a piece of toast, their blood sugar goes through the roof. It's like that joke about going to the doctor and saying "It hurts when I do this" and the doctor says "Well, don't do that anymore". On the other hand, eating a whole-food plant based d…
Being overweight usually is tied to overconsumption of calories. Most people don't consume too much fat or protein: it's just difficult to eat a jar of crisco or an entire ham. However, in western cultures, overconsumption of calories is largely associated with highly processed, sugary foods. Chips, soda, snacks, etc.
I will concede that's not the reason for everyone who is overweight, but for many, it is the case. It's predominantly too many carbohydrates.
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how? vegans believe using animal products is wrong because there is no possible way to get consent from the animals. Breastmilk has 100% consent from the mother providing the milk.
Can you find a vegan who can show proof animals are capable of giving consent after giving the situation considerable thought ? Survival instinct is not allowed since you wont allow humans survival instinct to eat everything and anything to be part of the situation.
And stop kidding yourself about this being about some sort of primal "survival instinct". We live in a modern and comfortable society where a Canadian can buy cheap tropical fruits in January.
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Can you find a vegan who can show proof animals are capable of giving consent after giving the situation considerable thought ? Survival instinct is not allowed since you wont allow humans survival instinct to eat everything and anything to be part of the situation.
I said the opposite, animals are _not_ able to give consent. If you misspoke I don't really know what to say, you think that it's possible for a cow to give a human consent to take their child and milk? And stop kidding yourself about this being about some sort of primal "survival instinct". We live in a modern and comfortable society where a Canadian can buy cheap tropical fruits in January.
A good way to ensure that we never survive if this changes is to insist that animals are required to give "consent", whatever that means.