Eating Too Much Dairy and M-E-A-T
M-E-A-T stands for
M = Meat and Protein Myth
E = Eating a high protein diet with shrink your days but not your waist
A = Anatomy of a carnavore
T = Truth about the dairy and calcium myth
M = Meat and Protein Myth
E = Eating a high protein diet with shrink your days but not your waist
A = Anatomy of a carnavore
T = Truth about the dairy and calcium myth
M = Meat and Protein Myth
Meat and the Protein Myth. There are two myths we must dispel in this section. These myths have been erected by the dubious meat and dairy industry through hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising (did you know the four basic food groups pyramid was designed by the meat and dairy industry)! They have brainwashed us to think that we need to get our protein from meat and our calcium from dairy (3 servings a day from the meat group and 3 a day from the dairy-what a bunch of whooey!). I wish to appeal to your common sense and reason so that you can forever dispel these myths. Let us begin with protein. This is always the first objection to a vegetarian diet. Now let’s use common sense. What species alive on this planet is the closest genetically to humans? Yes, certain Gorillas and chimpanzees contain 99.9% of the DNA found in humans. WHAT DO THEY EAT? If you guessed bananas and other plant foods such as bamboo leaves, give yourself a pat on the back. Yet they seem to be getting enough protein! In fact the animals most noted for strength and endurance on earth are vegetarians such as elephants, water buffalo, oxen, horses, rhinos, and gorillas. What about lions? Well, Lions sleep about 18 hours a day plus their anatomy is designed to consume raw and fresh meat. So the point is this: All protein is made up of amino acids, and fruits and vegetables provide ALL 20 essential amino acids needed for the human body. The fact is protein deficiency is unheard of in this country. Our diseases are of excess (Obesity, Heart Disease, Diabetes, etc.) not deficiency. Do you no anyone with scurvy, beri-beri, or pelagra! So if you really want to be a vegetarian but are concerned about protein – DON’T BE – IT IS ONLY A FAIRY TALE THAT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO SCIENTIFIC VALIDATION!
Norwegians forced to eat plant food when Nazis took all the cattle, pigs, chickens and animal foods and ...
heart disease plummeted
heart disease plummeted
Protein Myth - Part 2
Protein, one of the first nutrients discovered.
People think they need meat for protein.
500,000 Americans get bypass surgery, costing $100,000 = $50,000,000
Nobody ends up in an emergency room in the U.S. for a protein deficiency. Its the opposite, we get WAY TOO MUCH PROTEIN!
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The high versus low-protein controversy is more an issue of fear and confusion than fact.
The high-protein approach to nutrition was initially based on nineteenth century German research that asserted people need a minimum of 120 grams of protein per day. This high protein thinking lingers today, even though the requirement is now considered by conventional nutritionists to be 60-90 grams of protein each day. But expert research around the world suggests that the real protein requirement is closer to 25-35 grams, and less if the protein we eat comes from live foods. It is also interesting to note that the average protein concentration in mother’s milk is just 1.4 percent, sufficient to supply the human organism with all the essential amino acids and protein needed during the period of most rapid growth and brain development. Apes, considerably stronger that humans, live on a fruitarian diet that averages between 0.2 and 2.2 percent protein, equivalent to the protein concentration in human breast milk. These facts lead one to question: Just how much protein do we really need?
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The body needs less protein than you think. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the average 150 pound male needs ONLY 22.5 grams of protein a day based on a 2000 calorie diet., which means we only need anbout 4.5% of our calories from protein (even pregnant women only need 6% according to the WHO).
And the U.S. Food and Nutrition Board recommends 6% which has a built in safety margin.
Most Americans get over 20% of there calories from protein... WAY TO MUCH!!!
We dont need protein supplements, we need LESS PROTEIN.
Plant protein better animals protein and not carcinogenic.
A whole food plant based diet gives you ALL the protein you need.
AND, you get ALL the protein you need in plant foods and you DONT need crazy combinations.
We have been told we need our protein from meat since a young age. We have been told that foods are good for us if they help us grow bigger and faster.
But perhaps an increased rate of growth IS NOT a good thing as indicated by the correlation of lifespan and sexual maturity in different species of animals.
Ross MH, Lustbader E, Bras G. Dietary practices and growth responses as predictors of longevity. Nature. 1976;262(5569):548-53.
Also applies to human studies: an unnaturally rapid growth and premature puberty are risk factors for cancers and other diseases later in life. And that is cancer in general, not just breast and prostate cancer.
Comments in: Gunnell DJ, Smith GD, Holly JM, Frankel S. Leg length and risk of cancer in the Boyd Orr cohort. BMJ. 1998: 317(7169): 1950-51
Story of teaching elementary school kids and early development...Meat and dairy Hormones.
Excluding malnutrition and serious disease, the slower we grow and mature, the longer we live.
Today, the link between animals products and many different diseases is as strongly supported in the scientific literature as the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer.
For example, subjects who ate meat, including poultry and fish, were found to be twice as likely to develop dementia as their vegetarian counterparts in a study.
Old habits die hard; Most Americans still cling to what they were taught as children. There are very few subjects that are more distorted in modern culture than that of protein.
We do need protein but not as much as you think. Mother breast milk is designed for the largest growth spurt in our lifecycle and is only about 3% protein.
MYTH 2 - Plant Proteins are not complete proteins --- WRONG!
Plants supply ALL the essential and nonessential amino acids. All of them. By eating a well rounded plant based diet you never need to worry about protein.
Also it is unnecessary to combine foods to achieve protein completeness at each meal. The body stores and releases the amino acids needed over a twenty four hour period. About 1/6 our our protein utilization comes from recycling our own body tissue. This evens out any variation from meal to meal.
Only a vegetarian diet revolving around white bread and other processed foods is potentially incomplete.
Unfortunately, the protein combination myth continues to be perpetuated by any number of respected organizations.
But the American Dietetic Association DOES get it right in a statement which they say, "Plant sources of protein alone can provide adequate amounts of the essential and non-essential amino, assuming that the dietary protein sources from plants are reasonably varied and that caloric intake is sufficient to meet energy needs. Whole grains, legumes, vegetables, seeds, and nuts all contain essential and non-essential amino acids."
Which has more protein - oatmeal, ham or a tomato?
The answer is they all have the same amount PER CALORIE (because that is what matters).
The difference is the tomato and the oatmeal are packaged with fiber and other diseease fighting nutrients, and the ham is packaged with cholesterol and saturated fat.
Only animals protein has all the essential amino acids - FALSE
Animal Protein is superior to plant protein - FALSE
Plant protein must be mixed and matched in some complicated way to get all the esential aminos - FALSE
Look at the muscle in rhinos, hippos, gorillas, giraffes, and elephants that became big by eating only vegetables.
Even lions aminos come from green grass that the zebras and gazelle ate - green grass made the LION!
Nitrogen balance studies made scientific how much protein we actually need, not SUGGESTED amounts based on someones opinion. We may need as little as 2.5% of our calories from protein. Certainly no more than 10% is needed, and eating a diet in fresh fruits, veggies, beans, whole grains, etc will easily provide over 10%.
And those biological value tables listing eggs at 100 are outdated charts with no correlation with what humans need.... rats, birds and certain other animals may benefit from the high requirements of methionine and cysteine needed for fur and feathers, but that does not apply to us.
As far as athletes go, eating more calories yields more protein ... SIMPLE.
Your protein needs increase in direct proportion to your increased caloric demands and your increased appetite. You automatically get enough.
Same is true with pregancy.
Key point, make sure your diet is from whole plant foods.
People think they need meat for protein.
500,000 Americans get bypass surgery, costing $100,000 = $50,000,000
Nobody ends up in an emergency room in the U.S. for a protein deficiency. Its the opposite, we get WAY TOO MUCH PROTEIN!
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The high versus low-protein controversy is more an issue of fear and confusion than fact.
The high-protein approach to nutrition was initially based on nineteenth century German research that asserted people need a minimum of 120 grams of protein per day. This high protein thinking lingers today, even though the requirement is now considered by conventional nutritionists to be 60-90 grams of protein each day. But expert research around the world suggests that the real protein requirement is closer to 25-35 grams, and less if the protein we eat comes from live foods. It is also interesting to note that the average protein concentration in mother’s milk is just 1.4 percent, sufficient to supply the human organism with all the essential amino acids and protein needed during the period of most rapid growth and brain development. Apes, considerably stronger that humans, live on a fruitarian diet that averages between 0.2 and 2.2 percent protein, equivalent to the protein concentration in human breast milk. These facts lead one to question: Just how much protein do we really need?
--
The body needs less protein than you think. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the average 150 pound male needs ONLY 22.5 grams of protein a day based on a 2000 calorie diet., which means we only need anbout 4.5% of our calories from protein (even pregnant women only need 6% according to the WHO).
And the U.S. Food and Nutrition Board recommends 6% which has a built in safety margin.
Most Americans get over 20% of there calories from protein... WAY TO MUCH!!!
We dont need protein supplements, we need LESS PROTEIN.
Plant protein better animals protein and not carcinogenic.
A whole food plant based diet gives you ALL the protein you need.
AND, you get ALL the protein you need in plant foods and you DONT need crazy combinations.
We have been told we need our protein from meat since a young age. We have been told that foods are good for us if they help us grow bigger and faster.
But perhaps an increased rate of growth IS NOT a good thing as indicated by the correlation of lifespan and sexual maturity in different species of animals.
Ross MH, Lustbader E, Bras G. Dietary practices and growth responses as predictors of longevity. Nature. 1976;262(5569):548-53.
Also applies to human studies: an unnaturally rapid growth and premature puberty are risk factors for cancers and other diseases later in life. And that is cancer in general, not just breast and prostate cancer.
Comments in: Gunnell DJ, Smith GD, Holly JM, Frankel S. Leg length and risk of cancer in the Boyd Orr cohort. BMJ. 1998: 317(7169): 1950-51
Story of teaching elementary school kids and early development...Meat and dairy Hormones.
Excluding malnutrition and serious disease, the slower we grow and mature, the longer we live.
Today, the link between animals products and many different diseases is as strongly supported in the scientific literature as the link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer.
For example, subjects who ate meat, including poultry and fish, were found to be twice as likely to develop dementia as their vegetarian counterparts in a study.
Old habits die hard; Most Americans still cling to what they were taught as children. There are very few subjects that are more distorted in modern culture than that of protein.
We do need protein but not as much as you think. Mother breast milk is designed for the largest growth spurt in our lifecycle and is only about 3% protein.
MYTH 2 - Plant Proteins are not complete proteins --- WRONG!
Plants supply ALL the essential and nonessential amino acids. All of them. By eating a well rounded plant based diet you never need to worry about protein.
Also it is unnecessary to combine foods to achieve protein completeness at each meal. The body stores and releases the amino acids needed over a twenty four hour period. About 1/6 our our protein utilization comes from recycling our own body tissue. This evens out any variation from meal to meal.
Only a vegetarian diet revolving around white bread and other processed foods is potentially incomplete.
Unfortunately, the protein combination myth continues to be perpetuated by any number of respected organizations.
But the American Dietetic Association DOES get it right in a statement which they say, "Plant sources of protein alone can provide adequate amounts of the essential and non-essential amino, assuming that the dietary protein sources from plants are reasonably varied and that caloric intake is sufficient to meet energy needs. Whole grains, legumes, vegetables, seeds, and nuts all contain essential and non-essential amino acids."
Which has more protein - oatmeal, ham or a tomato?
The answer is they all have the same amount PER CALORIE (because that is what matters).
The difference is the tomato and the oatmeal are packaged with fiber and other diseease fighting nutrients, and the ham is packaged with cholesterol and saturated fat.
Only animals protein has all the essential amino acids - FALSE
Animal Protein is superior to plant protein - FALSE
Plant protein must be mixed and matched in some complicated way to get all the esential aminos - FALSE
Look at the muscle in rhinos, hippos, gorillas, giraffes, and elephants that became big by eating only vegetables.
Even lions aminos come from green grass that the zebras and gazelle ate - green grass made the LION!
Nitrogen balance studies made scientific how much protein we actually need, not SUGGESTED amounts based on someones opinion. We may need as little as 2.5% of our calories from protein. Certainly no more than 10% is needed, and eating a diet in fresh fruits, veggies, beans, whole grains, etc will easily provide over 10%.
And those biological value tables listing eggs at 100 are outdated charts with no correlation with what humans need.... rats, birds and certain other animals may benefit from the high requirements of methionine and cysteine needed for fur and feathers, but that does not apply to us.
As far as athletes go, eating more calories yields more protein ... SIMPLE.
Your protein needs increase in direct proportion to your increased caloric demands and your increased appetite. You automatically get enough.
Same is true with pregancy.
Key point, make sure your diet is from whole plant foods.
Antibiotics and growth hormones in our meat and dairy products
Antibiotics and Growth Hormones are in our meat and dairy products. Commercial farmers load up their animals with antibiotics because the animals are crammed into a large warehouse, so if one animal gets a disease they all do (sometimes up to 200,000 chickens are loaded into one warehouse debeaked and locked in a cage for its short life). These antibiotics weaken our immune system, cause liver damage, and destroy our beneficial bacteria. Animals are also fed genetically altered growth hormones to grow up faster and produce more milk or eggs. These growth hormones have been linked to breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men (growth hormones tell cancer sells to GROW!). Also early development in children is a result of these growth hormones.
E = Eating a high protein diet will shrink your days but not your waist
Eating a high protein diet will shrink your days but not your waist. If you are on a high protein diet or are considering going on a high protein diet like the one recommended by Dr. A-k-n’s please read carefully because you are endangering your health. First of all, listen to what our U.S. SURGEON GENERAL HAS TO SAY! He says that research has conclusively shown that a diet high in fiber and low in cholesterol including at least four servings a day of fruits and at least four servings a day of vegetables is the best measure to prevent heart disease and cancer, America’s two leading killers. Now these high protein diets are high in cholesterol and low in fiber (I realize that salads and other low carb vegetables are recommended on these diets but the fact remains that meat, dairy and eggs are loaded with cholesterol and contain absolutely no fiber – the diametric opposite to what that surgeon general recommends). The surgeon general recommends high fiber, low cholesterol foods because research has proven again and again and again and again and again… that high cholesterol, low fiber foods like meat, eggs and dairy cause cancer and heart disease. Period. End of discussion! But hold on, there is more. Protein is simply not a good fuel for the body. It can be compared to a wet, dirty log that creates a lot of dark smoke when it burns but does not produce much heat. Protein is like that in the body when consumed in large amounts because the body then has to covert protein into glucose (because there are not enough carbohydrates). Like the wet, dirty log the protein creates a lot of filthy “soot” that is toxic to the body (especially the kidneys and heart). These byproducts include ketones, ureas, uric acid and other poisons which stress the heart and wear out the kidneys (this may be why diabetics put on low carb diets end up on dialysis). Also, high protein diets have been shown to leech the body of calcium which increases your risk for osteoporosis. On top of all that, High protein diets acidify the body which weakens the immune system, causes acid indigestion and lowers your energy levels. Yet another reason to renounce high protein diets is that they clog the basement membranes of your lymphatic system. Most of the seventy trillion cells in your body are surrounded by lymph. It is through the lymph that nutrients are carried to the cells and it is also through the lymph that waste is carried away from the cells. Since the lymphatic system has no pump like the circulatory system, it depends on exercise, deep breathing, and plenty of water to function properly. High protein diets clog the lymph which devitalizes the very cells which give us life, for the quality of your life is dependent on the quality of the life of your cells. And last but not least high protein diets have a diuretic effect which deprives our body of the most important nutrient (after oxygen), WATER. So I hope you see the many reasons for renouncing such a foolish diet that can only guarantee ill health in the end.
Too Much Protein CLOGS the Basement Membrane / Living Matrix
In terms of metabolic combustion, excess protein in the diet does not “burn cleanly.” It has been associated with creating an over-acid system due to the accumulation of toxic wastes such as uric acids and purines in the tissues. The late nutrition expert, Paavo Airola, Ph.D., pointed out that overeating protein “contributes to the development of many of our most common and serious diseases, such as arthritis, kidney damage, pyorrhea, schizophrenia, osteoporosis, atherosclerosis, heart disease, and cancer: and that a “high protein diet causes premature aging and lowers life expectancy.”
A high animal protein diet includes twenty times more phosphorous than calcium, which in turn depletes calcium resulting in osteoporosis and tooth decalcification. Studies strongly suggest that most people eat too much protein, and that excess protein, especially if it is meat protein, is detrimental to our health.
The Wendt doctrine, a result of thirty years of research by a family of German physician researchers, connects excess protein consumption to some forms of chronic degenerative disease. The Wendts were able to prove with electron microscope pictures, that excess protein clogs the basement membrane, which is a filtering membrane located between capillaries and cells. This membrane helps regulate the flow of nutrients and waste products between capillaries, cells, and fluid in the tissues they penetrate.
The more excess protein there is in the diet, the more protein is lodged in the basement membrane. This makes it more difficult for proteins, other nutrients, including oxygen, to enter the cells and for waste to exit.
Eventually, the basement membrane becomes so clogged with excess protein that the cells on the inside of the capillary walls begin to store and secrete the excess protein in insoluble forms that accumulate on the inside of the capillaries and arteriole walls, causing atherosclerosis, hypertension, adult-onset diabetes, and what the Wendts term capillarogenic tissue degeneration. This system-wide condition produces cellular malnutrition. The key understanding is that excess protein in the diet results in a protein storage disease that slowly chokes off the system. It is much harder to meditate when one is choking on a cellular level and the vitality of the system is slowly dying out. The Wendts found that this whole process could be reversed by stopping the intake of all animal protein for one to three months and by eating a low protein diet.
There Is Enough Protein in Vegan Foods
The biggest fear generated by pro-meat eaters and new vegetarians is about not getting enough protein. The real problem is just the opposite: We take in too much protein. According to the Max Planck Institute for Nutritional Research in Germany, there are many vegetable sources of protein that are superior or equal to animal proteins. The Planck Institute found complete vegetarian proteins—those that contain all eight essential amino acids—to be available from almonds, sesame, pumpkin, and sunflower seeds, soybeans, buckwheat, all leafy greens and most fruits. Fruits supply approximately the same percentage of complete protein as mother’s milk. Dr. Airola feels “it is virtually impossible not to get enough protein, provided you have enough to eat of natural, unrefined foods.”
In many cases, as our system changes with meditation, fasting, eating lighter, and increasing live food intake, our basement membranes become clear, more porous, and thinner, so the protein we take in moves into the cells more readily. Accordingly, our protein needs spontaneously drop. Perhaps over time we might find that the 1.4 percent protein--as found in mother’s milk-- is all we need.
A high animal protein diet includes twenty times more phosphorous than calcium, which in turn depletes calcium resulting in osteoporosis and tooth decalcification. Studies strongly suggest that most people eat too much protein, and that excess protein, especially if it is meat protein, is detrimental to our health.
The Wendt doctrine, a result of thirty years of research by a family of German physician researchers, connects excess protein consumption to some forms of chronic degenerative disease. The Wendts were able to prove with electron microscope pictures, that excess protein clogs the basement membrane, which is a filtering membrane located between capillaries and cells. This membrane helps regulate the flow of nutrients and waste products between capillaries, cells, and fluid in the tissues they penetrate.
The more excess protein there is in the diet, the more protein is lodged in the basement membrane. This makes it more difficult for proteins, other nutrients, including oxygen, to enter the cells and for waste to exit.
Eventually, the basement membrane becomes so clogged with excess protein that the cells on the inside of the capillary walls begin to store and secrete the excess protein in insoluble forms that accumulate on the inside of the capillaries and arteriole walls, causing atherosclerosis, hypertension, adult-onset diabetes, and what the Wendts term capillarogenic tissue degeneration. This system-wide condition produces cellular malnutrition. The key understanding is that excess protein in the diet results in a protein storage disease that slowly chokes off the system. It is much harder to meditate when one is choking on a cellular level and the vitality of the system is slowly dying out. The Wendts found that this whole process could be reversed by stopping the intake of all animal protein for one to three months and by eating a low protein diet.
There Is Enough Protein in Vegan Foods
The biggest fear generated by pro-meat eaters and new vegetarians is about not getting enough protein. The real problem is just the opposite: We take in too much protein. According to the Max Planck Institute for Nutritional Research in Germany, there are many vegetable sources of protein that are superior or equal to animal proteins. The Planck Institute found complete vegetarian proteins—those that contain all eight essential amino acids—to be available from almonds, sesame, pumpkin, and sunflower seeds, soybeans, buckwheat, all leafy greens and most fruits. Fruits supply approximately the same percentage of complete protein as mother’s milk. Dr. Airola feels “it is virtually impossible not to get enough protein, provided you have enough to eat of natural, unrefined foods.”
In many cases, as our system changes with meditation, fasting, eating lighter, and increasing live food intake, our basement membranes become clear, more porous, and thinner, so the protein we take in moves into the cells more readily. Accordingly, our protein needs spontaneously drop. Perhaps over time we might find that the 1.4 percent protein--as found in mother’s milk-- is all we need.
A = Anatomy of a carnavore
Anatomy of a carnivore. Did you know that the Encyclopedia Britannica listed humans as frugivores (fruit eating animal) before 1950 (I am sure that the meat and dairy industry had a role to play with this removal). Now carnivores eat only meat and omnivores eat both plants and meat. So just what category does man fall under? Let us begin by analyzing the teeth of the various types of consumers. First, the carnivorous animals have incisors that are a little developed, but the canines are of striking length, smooth and pointed, to seize the prey. The molars are also pointed; these points however do not meet, but interlace side by side to rend the flesh of the prey. In omnivorous animals such as bears, the incisors are well developed, the canines are like those of the carnivores, and the molars are both pointed and broad-topped to serve a dual purpose. Finally, in frugivorous animals like certain bats and primates we find all the teeth are of nearly the same height; the canines are a little projected (not for seizing prey but rather for piercing into fresh fruit). Finally the molars are broad-topped and furnished at the top with enamel folds to prevent waste caused by their side motion, but not pointed for chewing flesh. Now if we observe the formation of the teeth of man we find that they do not resemble carnivores or omnivores but perfectly match the frugivorous animals found in nature. Also the jaws of carnivores open almost 180 degrees for consuming their prey, whereas vegetarian animals including humans have jaws that can open just wide enough to bite into fruits, nuts and herbs.
Let us now compare the digestive system of carnivores and frugivores. Carnivores have a digestive system that is only 3 times the length of their body. This is necessary because meat decays and putrefies quickly in the system. Carnivores also have a large round spherical stomach with 10 times the amount of acid as frugivores (high acid is needed to break down flesh). The bowels of frugivorous animals, on the other hand, are 10-12 times the length of their body (length measure from mouth to anus); their stomach is broader and has a continuation in the duodenum serving the purpose of a second stomach. Again the digestive system of man perfectly matches the frugivores in nature (the lack of acid in the stomach and the long digestive tract make meat ill suited for human consumption which tends to rot and putrefy producing nothing but ill health).
Now for the clincher. When a carnivore sees its prey (like a lion seeing a lame wildebeest) its eyes sparkle and its mouth waters. Now I got a question for you. When you see a baby calf or a little puppy (some parts of the world consider dog a delicacy), is your first instinct to pounce on it and revel in a blood thirsty feast? Of course not! But when we see a ripe juicy fruit our mouth naturally waters. So not only are we physically ill equipped to eat meat, but even more so psychologically. It is only by placing slaughterhouses away from society and cooking and doctoring it up with spices that we will eat it. Through perversion of our natural instincts we actually acquire a taste for rotting carcasses, just as smokers acquire a taste for poisionous smoke, and alcoholics acquire a taste for hard liquor. If we want to truly experience a state of perpetual perfect health we need to begin eating the food we are most biologically adapted to eat: Fruits primarily along with vegetables, nuts, whole grains and legumes.
Let us now compare the digestive system of carnivores and frugivores. Carnivores have a digestive system that is only 3 times the length of their body. This is necessary because meat decays and putrefies quickly in the system. Carnivores also have a large round spherical stomach with 10 times the amount of acid as frugivores (high acid is needed to break down flesh). The bowels of frugivorous animals, on the other hand, are 10-12 times the length of their body (length measure from mouth to anus); their stomach is broader and has a continuation in the duodenum serving the purpose of a second stomach. Again the digestive system of man perfectly matches the frugivores in nature (the lack of acid in the stomach and the long digestive tract make meat ill suited for human consumption which tends to rot and putrefy producing nothing but ill health).
Now for the clincher. When a carnivore sees its prey (like a lion seeing a lame wildebeest) its eyes sparkle and its mouth waters. Now I got a question for you. When you see a baby calf or a little puppy (some parts of the world consider dog a delicacy), is your first instinct to pounce on it and revel in a blood thirsty feast? Of course not! But when we see a ripe juicy fruit our mouth naturally waters. So not only are we physically ill equipped to eat meat, but even more so psychologically. It is only by placing slaughterhouses away from society and cooking and doctoring it up with spices that we will eat it. Through perversion of our natural instincts we actually acquire a taste for rotting carcasses, just as smokers acquire a taste for poisionous smoke, and alcoholics acquire a taste for hard liquor. If we want to truly experience a state of perpetual perfect health we need to begin eating the food we are most biologically adapted to eat: Fruits primarily along with vegetables, nuts, whole grains and legumes.
T = Truth about the dairy and calcium myth
Truth about Dairy and the Calcium Myth. O.K., this is an easy one. The countries that lead the world in dairy consumption: U.S., England, Finland and Sweden lead the world in OSTEOPOROSIS! Let me say that one more time; the countries that lead the world in dairy consumption, also lead the world in osteoporosis. Also, the countries that have the lowest incidence of osteoporosis consume the least amount of dairy namely Africa and China. In fact in certain areas of China they don’t even have a word for osteoporosis. How is this possible? In one word – BRAINWASHING. The Dairy industry spends millions of dollars brainwashing us to believe that we need to drink another animal’s milk to save our bones. They tell us that “milk-a-does a body good”. But the truth is milk, cheese and all dairy products are the most mucous forming foods known to man. It is also the most common allergen. In fact after age four or five we all become lactose intolerant to a certain degree because the enzymes necessary to break dairy down start to diminish rapidly. People of Northern European descent handle dairy the best because they have a longer history of consuming it. For Orientals and Africans, they have the highest rates of lactose intolerance because they have the shortest history of dairy consumption. But people from all ethnic backgrounds would do well to give it up completely. Milk does-a-body BAD!
Besides being the most common allergen and the most mucous forming of all foods, it is also high in casein protein (especially cheese) which makes one of the strongest wood glues known to man! This makes dairy, along with white flour and white potatoes, one of the most constipating of all foods. Also remember dairy (if not organic) contains generous amounts of growth hormones, antibiotics and pesticides. But the misfortune continues. Dairy is also pastuerized and homogenized which destroys the live enzymes that would assist in digesting it; and these processes also alter the proteins in a way that for many people triggers an allergy response or at least suppresses the immune system to a certain degree. This is because the foreign proteins are often recognized as invaders to our immune system. And now (drum roll please) I will explain why milk actually causes osteoporosis instead of reversing it. The casein protein found in milk actually binds to calcium and leeches it out of the body. This makes dairy products one of the worst sources of calcium. If you must consume dairy make sure that it is organic. At least organic dairy is free of growth hormones, antibiotics and pesticides. But even better yet, reach for all green leafy vegetables which are loaded with organic usable calcium, almonds, sesame seeds, most fruits, blackstrap molasses, tofu and oats.
Besides being the most common allergen and the most mucous forming of all foods, it is also high in casein protein (especially cheese) which makes one of the strongest wood glues known to man! This makes dairy, along with white flour and white potatoes, one of the most constipating of all foods. Also remember dairy (if not organic) contains generous amounts of growth hormones, antibiotics and pesticides. But the misfortune continues. Dairy is also pastuerized and homogenized which destroys the live enzymes that would assist in digesting it; and these processes also alter the proteins in a way that for many people triggers an allergy response or at least suppresses the immune system to a certain degree. This is because the foreign proteins are often recognized as invaders to our immune system. And now (drum roll please) I will explain why milk actually causes osteoporosis instead of reversing it. The casein protein found in milk actually binds to calcium and leeches it out of the body. This makes dairy products one of the worst sources of calcium. If you must consume dairy make sure that it is organic. At least organic dairy is free of growth hormones, antibiotics and pesticides. But even better yet, reach for all green leafy vegetables which are loaded with organic usable calcium, almonds, sesame seeds, most fruits, blackstrap molasses, tofu and oats.
The Big Fat Calcium Myth
Percent fat myth. Just because a food claims to be 98% fat free, doesn't mean it is calorically.
This is a COMMON trick with meat and dairy products, whereby the WEIGHT is used to determine the overall fat.
Consider 2% milk and whole milk. 2% Milk is 2% fat BY weight but a whopping 35% fat by calories. Whole milk is about 3.5% fat by weight and almost 50% fat by calories...HOLY COW!! Milk a DOESNT DO the BODY GOOD
Why all the deception and slight of hand?
Simple: Our government spends over $20 billion on price supports that benefit the meat and dairy industry. This money is given to farmers to artificially reduce the cost of crops used to feed cows, thereby helping to reduce the prices we pay for dairy foods, fowl and meat. Fruits and vegetables grown primarily for human consumption are specifically EXCLUDED from the USDA price supports! Out of pocket, we pay billions of our tax dollars to support the production of expensive, disease-causing foods. Then out of our OTHER pocket we pay medical bills that are too high because our overweight population consumes too much meat and dairy (and other processed foods).
The Nurse's Health Study which included 121,701 women ages 30-55 at enrollment in 1976 did NOT support the hypothesis that the consumption of milk protects agains hip or forearm fractures. In FACT, those who had 3 or more servings a day had a slightly higher rate of fractures.
A Harvard Health Study found that the consumption of milk and other dairy products does not protect against the osteoporosis. In fact, those in the study who drank three or more servings of milk a day actually had a higher rate of fractures than those who drank little or no milk (American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 87 (1997), pp. 992-997).
Osteoporosis is more about calcium balance (namely losing calcium in the urine) than just simply gettting more calcium. Consider that you ingest 1000 mg of calcium from milk, yet you LOSE 1200 mg through the urine. That would put you at a net -200 mg.
Epidemiologic studies have linked osteoporosis not to low calcium intake, but to various nutritional factors that cause us to LOSE calcium in our urine.
Study done by Harvard showed that countries with the highest dairy consumption had the great chance of hip fractures. Higher dairy consumption = higher rates of osteoporosis, the OPPOSITE of what the dairy industry tries to teach.
Reason: Animal protein creates acid like condition called metabolic acidosis.
To combat this condition, the body uses the calcium in our bones to neutralize the acid. Calcium is perhaps the most alkalizing mineral.
As the fat is taken out, higher protein lower fat… Prostate cancer relationship is as strong as cigarette smoking and lung cancer.
Cows milk is the most perfect food…. for calves!
USDA - Military and Schools
Government contracts going to meat and
USDA is a farmers advocacy organization - Tell people what to eat based on what their constituents need. Policies favor industry.
National Academy of Sciences - Scientists participate. Corportate money supports activities.
This is a COMMON trick with meat and dairy products, whereby the WEIGHT is used to determine the overall fat.
Consider 2% milk and whole milk. 2% Milk is 2% fat BY weight but a whopping 35% fat by calories. Whole milk is about 3.5% fat by weight and almost 50% fat by calories...HOLY COW!! Milk a DOESNT DO the BODY GOOD
Why all the deception and slight of hand?
Simple: Our government spends over $20 billion on price supports that benefit the meat and dairy industry. This money is given to farmers to artificially reduce the cost of crops used to feed cows, thereby helping to reduce the prices we pay for dairy foods, fowl and meat. Fruits and vegetables grown primarily for human consumption are specifically EXCLUDED from the USDA price supports! Out of pocket, we pay billions of our tax dollars to support the production of expensive, disease-causing foods. Then out of our OTHER pocket we pay medical bills that are too high because our overweight population consumes too much meat and dairy (and other processed foods).
The Nurse's Health Study which included 121,701 women ages 30-55 at enrollment in 1976 did NOT support the hypothesis that the consumption of milk protects agains hip or forearm fractures. In FACT, those who had 3 or more servings a day had a slightly higher rate of fractures.
A Harvard Health Study found that the consumption of milk and other dairy products does not protect against the osteoporosis. In fact, those in the study who drank three or more servings of milk a day actually had a higher rate of fractures than those who drank little or no milk (American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 87 (1997), pp. 992-997).
Osteoporosis is more about calcium balance (namely losing calcium in the urine) than just simply gettting more calcium. Consider that you ingest 1000 mg of calcium from milk, yet you LOSE 1200 mg through the urine. That would put you at a net -200 mg.
Epidemiologic studies have linked osteoporosis not to low calcium intake, but to various nutritional factors that cause us to LOSE calcium in our urine.
- Animals Protein
- Salt
- Caffeine
- Refined Sugar
- Alcohol
- Nicotine
- Aluminum containing antacids
- Drugs such as antibiotics, steroids, thyroid hormones
Study done by Harvard showed that countries with the highest dairy consumption had the great chance of hip fractures. Higher dairy consumption = higher rates of osteoporosis, the OPPOSITE of what the dairy industry tries to teach.
Reason: Animal protein creates acid like condition called metabolic acidosis.
To combat this condition, the body uses the calcium in our bones to neutralize the acid. Calcium is perhaps the most alkalizing mineral.
As the fat is taken out, higher protein lower fat… Prostate cancer relationship is as strong as cigarette smoking and lung cancer.
Cows milk is the most perfect food…. for calves!
USDA - Military and Schools
Government contracts going to meat and
USDA is a farmers advocacy organization - Tell people what to eat based on what their constituents need. Policies favor industry.
National Academy of Sciences - Scientists participate. Corportate money supports activities.
Animal Foods INCREASE risk of Osteoporosis
In the early 1990s, researchers found that worldwide hip fracture rates—presumably an indicator of bone health—varied depending on average protein intake in a country. The more protein, and especially the more animal protein a population consumed, the higher the rate of hip fractures in that country.
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/143/5/472.full.pdf
Sellmeyer, Deborah, et. al. “A high ratio of dietary animal to vegetable protein increases the rate of bone loss and the risk of fracture in postmenopausal women”
http://www.ajcn.org/content/73/1/118.full
Abelow, Benjamin, et. al. “Cross-Cultural Association Between Dietary Animal Protein and Hip Fracture: A Hypothesis”
http://www.vivalis.si/literatura/4a95.pdf
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/143/5/472.full.pdf
Sellmeyer, Deborah, et. al. “A high ratio of dietary animal to vegetable protein increases the rate of bone loss and the risk of fracture in postmenopausal women”
http://www.ajcn.org/content/73/1/118.full
Abelow, Benjamin, et. al. “Cross-Cultural Association Between Dietary Animal Protein and Hip Fracture: A Hypothesis”
http://www.vivalis.si/literatura/4a95.pdf
Thirteen Lucky Reasons Why You Should Ditch Dairy
Casein Makes GLUE!!
Look at the Cow on Elmers Glue
13. There have never been more – or better – dairy alternatives. I became vegan almost 20 years ago. Our alternatives for non-dairy milks were: bad-tasting soy milk and bad-tasting rice milk. That was it. Vegan cheeses? Forget it! Vegan ice creams? Uh, if you want to call a rice-based icy concoction with a weird oily aftertaste ‘ice cream’, I guess it counts – I just never ate it. And, that was a big deal for this ice-cream loving vegan! Now? You are spoiled, people! Have a look at just some of the dairy-free options available:
Milks: Coconut milks, Almond Milks, Rice Milks, Soy milks (always organic, please), Hemp, Flax, Oat, and blends likeAlmond-Coconut. Really – there isn’t ONE option in all of these that is at least as good as – or better than – cow milk?
Also Nut and Cashew Cheeses, and Gourmet nut based ice creams
12. Cancer Prevention. Prostate, breast, and ovarian cancers have been linked to dairy consumption. And, if you’ve read The China Study, you’re aware of the link between casein (the main protein in milk) and cancer. If not, READ it! Dr. T. Colin Campbell, professor emeritus of nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University and author of The China Study, says casein is one of the most significant cancer promoters ever discovered. Think about how often children are pushed to eat milk, yogurt, and cheese. Childhood diets rich in dairy products are associated with cancer in adulthood. Dairy boosts the amount of IGF-1 in the blood which stimulates both normal and cancer cells to grow.
The Effect of Dietary Protein on Carcinogeneis of Aflatoxin
20% casein turned on cancer
5% turned it off
T colin campbell was finding animal protein turns on cancer
11. Cheese is addictive. That’s why it’s so darn hard to stop eating the stuff. But, as you’ll learn in Julieanna’s brief video (and through this list), it’s best to kick the cheese (and dairy) habit.
10. Osteoporosis. Seems counterintuitive. We’re supposed to drink milk to protect against osteoporosis, right? So why do the countries that guzzle the most dairy have the highest osteoporosis rates? We now know that it’s not just calcium intake, but absorption and loss. When we eat diets high in animal protein (milk included), our bodies become acidic and calcium is drawn from our bones to neutralize that acidic environment – cheese is particularly acidic. Ditch the dairy (and the meat) to help maintain a more alkaline state in your body.
9. Plant-Based Calcium. Last year, the “Healthy Eating Plate” food guide pushed dairy off the plate, based on Harvard’s assessment that high intake can increase the risk of prostate cancer and possibly ovarian cancer, and also suggesting that foods like collards, bok choy, and baked beans are safer choices than dairy for obtaining calcium. Speaking of calcium sources and absorption, did you know that kale contains more calcium per calorie than milk (90 grams per serving) and is also better absorbed by the body than dairy? And that’s just ONE plant food you can eat. Other plant-foods boosting calcium include: beans, nuts like almonds and seeds like sesame, broccoli, collards, whole-grains, and tofu. (And if you think eating leafy greens is hard, I have a leafy-greens post coming up, stay tuned!)
8. Heart Disease. All that cheese and milk (and other dairy products) pack a wallop of cholesterol and saturated fat to one’s diet. A low-fat plant-based diet has been shown not only to prevent heart disease, but also reverse it. And, before you think low-fat dairy is okay, it has been linked not only to increases in allergies, but also type 1 (childhood-onset) diabetes.
7. Constipation. Milk and cheese have no fiber. (Neither does meat.) Dairy is constipating for children. Our children have never been constipated, yet I have heard parents talk about poo problems over and over. And, grownups, if the kiddos get constipated from dairy, you will too (maybe you are right now). There’s no need for laxatives. Eat a plant-based diet (rich in whole foods), and you’ll poop easy. There, I said it.
6. It stinks. Okay, there is nothing scientifically or even ethically sound about this argument. But, have you ever just smelled milk? Put aside the fact that you’ve been drinking it since your wee years. Take a glass and smell it. It has a stink. I guarantee that if you grew up drinking almond or coconut milk and you tasted COW milk, you would immediately say “peeU”! It is what we are conditioned to drink, and cow milk is – well – stinky… and, that’s even before it goes sour.
5. Antibiotics and hormones. The mass production of milk requires cows being stressed to unnatural levels. This stress results in mastitis in the cows, which requires antibiotics, which make their way into the milk in our markets. As well, synthetic hormones such as recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) are commonly used in dairy cows to increase the production of milk. Do you want to drink growth hormones and antibiotics? Do you want your children to? You may bypass this one point by choosing organic milk products – but that doesn’t change the composition of milk… And hormones tell cancer cells to grow.
4. Saturated Fats, Cholesterol, and Hormones. Skim milk is marketed for lower fat content, yet a 2011 Harvard study of 12,829 children showed that the milk sugar in skim milk may make you fatter than whole milk. And, all milk products (as with ALL animal products) contain cholesterol. And, we have been sold the line that “organic” milk is the solution. But as explained in The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition “just because you pay more for the ‘organic’ label doesn’t mean you’re getting a safe, toin-free product. Milk products are inundated with steroids and hormones (both naturally occurring and production-induced… and microbiological contaminants (think bacteria, viruses, parasites and mycotoxins) can also find their way into your dairy products.”
3. Animal cruelty. Dairy production might be the most offensive and heinous of all animal farming. Baby calves are pulled from their mothers at birth. Mother cows will bellow and search after being separated from their young. While female calves are slaughtered or kept alive to produce milk, male calves are taken, chained in tiny stalls and raised for veal. And, since is unprofitable to keep dairy cows alive once their milk production declines, they are usually killed at 5 to 6 years of age (though their normal life span exceeds 20).
2. Lactose Intolerance. I would guess that if any of us were tested, we would be deemed ‘lactose intolerant’. It is estimated that about 75 percent of the world’s population are ‘lactose intolerant’, and those that aren’t (primarily Caucasians) tolerate milk sugar because of an inherited genetic mutation. That’s because the milk is meant for cows, not people… Studies have also shown a strong association between dairy lactose and ischemic heart disease.
1. It’s COW milk. Again: milk. from. a. cow! Why are we all drinking milk from a cow when we wouldn’t drink the milk from our lactating dog or cat… or milk from a horse, pig, or racoon?!
1. Dairy protein boosts the amount of IGF-1 in the blood. IGF-1 is know to stimulate the growth of both normal AND cancer cells.
90% rule still allows for
Casein Makes GLUE!!
Look at the Cow on Elmers Glue
Making Glue --- Vinegar added simulates
Look at the Cow on Elmers Glue
13. There have never been more – or better – dairy alternatives. I became vegan almost 20 years ago. Our alternatives for non-dairy milks were: bad-tasting soy milk and bad-tasting rice milk. That was it. Vegan cheeses? Forget it! Vegan ice creams? Uh, if you want to call a rice-based icy concoction with a weird oily aftertaste ‘ice cream’, I guess it counts – I just never ate it. And, that was a big deal for this ice-cream loving vegan! Now? You are spoiled, people! Have a look at just some of the dairy-free options available:
Milks: Coconut milks, Almond Milks, Rice Milks, Soy milks (always organic, please), Hemp, Flax, Oat, and blends likeAlmond-Coconut. Really – there isn’t ONE option in all of these that is at least as good as – or better than – cow milk?
Also Nut and Cashew Cheeses, and Gourmet nut based ice creams
12. Cancer Prevention. Prostate, breast, and ovarian cancers have been linked to dairy consumption. And, if you’ve read The China Study, you’re aware of the link between casein (the main protein in milk) and cancer. If not, READ it! Dr. T. Colin Campbell, professor emeritus of nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University and author of The China Study, says casein is one of the most significant cancer promoters ever discovered. Think about how often children are pushed to eat milk, yogurt, and cheese. Childhood diets rich in dairy products are associated with cancer in adulthood. Dairy boosts the amount of IGF-1 in the blood which stimulates both normal and cancer cells to grow.
The Effect of Dietary Protein on Carcinogeneis of Aflatoxin
20% casein turned on cancer
5% turned it off
T colin campbell was finding animal protein turns on cancer
11. Cheese is addictive. That’s why it’s so darn hard to stop eating the stuff. But, as you’ll learn in Julieanna’s brief video (and through this list), it’s best to kick the cheese (and dairy) habit.
10. Osteoporosis. Seems counterintuitive. We’re supposed to drink milk to protect against osteoporosis, right? So why do the countries that guzzle the most dairy have the highest osteoporosis rates? We now know that it’s not just calcium intake, but absorption and loss. When we eat diets high in animal protein (milk included), our bodies become acidic and calcium is drawn from our bones to neutralize that acidic environment – cheese is particularly acidic. Ditch the dairy (and the meat) to help maintain a more alkaline state in your body.
9. Plant-Based Calcium. Last year, the “Healthy Eating Plate” food guide pushed dairy off the plate, based on Harvard’s assessment that high intake can increase the risk of prostate cancer and possibly ovarian cancer, and also suggesting that foods like collards, bok choy, and baked beans are safer choices than dairy for obtaining calcium. Speaking of calcium sources and absorption, did you know that kale contains more calcium per calorie than milk (90 grams per serving) and is also better absorbed by the body than dairy? And that’s just ONE plant food you can eat. Other plant-foods boosting calcium include: beans, nuts like almonds and seeds like sesame, broccoli, collards, whole-grains, and tofu. (And if you think eating leafy greens is hard, I have a leafy-greens post coming up, stay tuned!)
8. Heart Disease. All that cheese and milk (and other dairy products) pack a wallop of cholesterol and saturated fat to one’s diet. A low-fat plant-based diet has been shown not only to prevent heart disease, but also reverse it. And, before you think low-fat dairy is okay, it has been linked not only to increases in allergies, but also type 1 (childhood-onset) diabetes.
7. Constipation. Milk and cheese have no fiber. (Neither does meat.) Dairy is constipating for children. Our children have never been constipated, yet I have heard parents talk about poo problems over and over. And, grownups, if the kiddos get constipated from dairy, you will too (maybe you are right now). There’s no need for laxatives. Eat a plant-based diet (rich in whole foods), and you’ll poop easy. There, I said it.
6. It stinks. Okay, there is nothing scientifically or even ethically sound about this argument. But, have you ever just smelled milk? Put aside the fact that you’ve been drinking it since your wee years. Take a glass and smell it. It has a stink. I guarantee that if you grew up drinking almond or coconut milk and you tasted COW milk, you would immediately say “peeU”! It is what we are conditioned to drink, and cow milk is – well – stinky… and, that’s even before it goes sour.
5. Antibiotics and hormones. The mass production of milk requires cows being stressed to unnatural levels. This stress results in mastitis in the cows, which requires antibiotics, which make their way into the milk in our markets. As well, synthetic hormones such as recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) are commonly used in dairy cows to increase the production of milk. Do you want to drink growth hormones and antibiotics? Do you want your children to? You may bypass this one point by choosing organic milk products – but that doesn’t change the composition of milk… And hormones tell cancer cells to grow.
4. Saturated Fats, Cholesterol, and Hormones. Skim milk is marketed for lower fat content, yet a 2011 Harvard study of 12,829 children showed that the milk sugar in skim milk may make you fatter than whole milk. And, all milk products (as with ALL animal products) contain cholesterol. And, we have been sold the line that “organic” milk is the solution. But as explained in The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition “just because you pay more for the ‘organic’ label doesn’t mean you’re getting a safe, toin-free product. Milk products are inundated with steroids and hormones (both naturally occurring and production-induced… and microbiological contaminants (think bacteria, viruses, parasites and mycotoxins) can also find their way into your dairy products.”
3. Animal cruelty. Dairy production might be the most offensive and heinous of all animal farming. Baby calves are pulled from their mothers at birth. Mother cows will bellow and search after being separated from their young. While female calves are slaughtered or kept alive to produce milk, male calves are taken, chained in tiny stalls and raised for veal. And, since is unprofitable to keep dairy cows alive once their milk production declines, they are usually killed at 5 to 6 years of age (though their normal life span exceeds 20).
2. Lactose Intolerance. I would guess that if any of us were tested, we would be deemed ‘lactose intolerant’. It is estimated that about 75 percent of the world’s population are ‘lactose intolerant’, and those that aren’t (primarily Caucasians) tolerate milk sugar because of an inherited genetic mutation. That’s because the milk is meant for cows, not people… Studies have also shown a strong association between dairy lactose and ischemic heart disease.
1. It’s COW milk. Again: milk. from. a. cow! Why are we all drinking milk from a cow when we wouldn’t drink the milk from our lactating dog or cat… or milk from a horse, pig, or racoon?!
1. Dairy protein boosts the amount of IGF-1 in the blood. IGF-1 is know to stimulate the growth of both normal AND cancer cells.
90% rule still allows for
Casein Makes GLUE!!
Look at the Cow on Elmers Glue
Making Glue --- Vinegar added simulates