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Thomas Campbell

The China Study Solution

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  • Ksenia Chadinahas quoted7 years ago
    is that most whole plants are high-protein foods.
  • Raylinn Rodriguezhas quoted8 years ago
    researchers1 say you’ll be more likely to stick with changes like those I recommend if
  • emeraldfleurhas quoted8 years ago
    Studies time and time again have found vegetarians and vegans, on average, to be thinner than their meat-eating counterparts.11–13 I
  • emeraldfleurhas quoted8 years ago
    Hard-drinking rats may seem like a joke, but this is real research! In one of the more dramatic findings, when rats were given a choice to press a lever to get cocaine injected straight into their bloodstreams (which must be quite enjoyable!) or to press another lever to get a sweetened water treat, 94 percent of the animals preferred the sweetened water
  • emeraldfleurhas quoted8 years ago
    is theorized that in evolutionary times it was advantageous to have a taste system that favored the tastes of sweetness and fat so we would eat the ripe plants (the sweetest ones) and the foods with the most energy available given the cost of acquiring it (the fattiest foods). So our bodies reward us when we eat the sweet and fatty foods. What is the reward? Stimulation of the opioid and dopamine signaling pathways in our brains.15
  • emeraldfleurhas quoted8 years ago
    The rural Chinese diet was mostly plants and had relatively small amounts of animal foods. The animal-food portion of the diet ranged from very small to small.1
  • emeraldfleurhas quoted8 years ago
    The crux of the matter is whether the animal foods are replaced with nutrient-depleted processed DIET plant fragments or with whole plants. This is critical. It is in fact possible to have a vegan diet that is extremely unhealthy if animal foods are replaced with highly processed fake meats and fake cheeses,
  • emeraldfleurhas quoted8 years ago
    Vegans have consistently been found to be of a healthier weight and in one study had a 75 percent lower prevalence of high blood pressure and up to an 80 percent lower prevalence of diabetes.4
  • emeraldfleurhas quoted8 years ago
    Perhaps the biggest surprise was that the protein that promoted cancer in these 5 experimental models was casein, the main protein in cow’s milk. Wheat2 and soy protein in their naturally occurring forms in food do not promote cancer, even at higher levels of intake
  • emeraldfleurhas quoted8 years ago
    peer above the din.
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