Vegetable-based diets can prevent more than 60% of deaths from chronic diseases.
The main causes of death in the world are heart disease. It represents about 30% of all deaths and is most prominent in middle to high income countries. If you study the diet of these countries, you will see high concentrations of hydrogenated fat (See What Trans Fats are HERE), meat, dairy products and fast foods. The main cause of heart disease is the food we eat, so it shouldn't come as a surprise when we learn about these statistics considering the average diet.
If we examine more chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes and obesity, they represent about 35% percent of all annual deaths. The good news is that these figures do not have to be that way. Scientists with a future vision, over the past few decades have made it very clear that a diet plan consisting mainly of fruits, nuts and seeds promotes optimal health. It adds a healthy life of joy and exercise and the chronic disease is greatly reduced.
Numerous studies have been conducted that provide strong evidence that getting the most calories from plant-based foods significantly reduces the risk of disease. One of the most advanced studies on the subject was The Chinese Study. In the study, Dr. T. Colin Campbell, professor emeritus of Cornell University, gave the details of the connection between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Recognized as the most complete nutritional study ever conducted on the relationship between diet and the risk of developing the disease, the Chinese Study cuts through the misinformation mist and examines the origin of nutritional confusion caused by government entities, groups of pressure, and opportunistic scientists.
Research published in Food Technology magazine illustrates how recent nutritional discoveries demonstrate the fact that plant-based diets are essential to avoid chronic disease. Bioactive compounds in plant-based foods interact with cells, enzymes, hormones and DNA that affects gene expression and changes in cells - the interaction helps to greatly reduce chronic disease. Evidence shows that inflammation is often the cause of most chronic diseases, and the antioxidants of raw or minimally cooked natural foods, counteract the free radicals that fan the flames of inflammation and damage form and function. cellular, while altering the integrity of DNA as well.
Bio-compounds of plants are effective in controlling a gene that has been linked to cardiovascular disease and the accumulation of plaque in the arteries. As covered in the China study, a plant-based diet can really help rebuild and repair the walls of arteries that were once destroyed by animal cholesterol. While a plant-based diet can be seen as a cure for certain diseases, it is often better to avoid health problems than to always demand a cure. This effectiveness can be done by consuming a highly plant-based diet.
"Prevention is always better than cure ... Foods that can help prevent cancer and other chronic diseases include artichokes, black pepper, cinnamon, garlic, lentils, olives, squash, rosemary, thyme, watercress, etc."
Dr. William Li, President and Medical Director of the Angiogenesis Foundation in Cambridge, MA
As Hippocrates said many many years ago, "Let food be your medicine." Not only can this suggest that a healthy food diet is a great form of medicine, but that constantly consuming a diet like this will help reduce the need for medications. While some of us can speculate on what foods are healthy, it is my opinion that diets that contain plants, fruits, nuts and limited healthy organic starch are what is healthy. Scientific and medical research helps demonstrate this especially by examining the most frequent diseases and their causes. This does not mean that one cannot be healthy by eating a diet that includes fast food, fat and hydrogenated animal products, it simply means that the risk of the disease increases over time.
I also believe that with a well planned transition in time, most would agree that they are much healthier and feel much better while consuming a cleaner diet. These diets are often given a "bad name" because people looking for transition do so too quickly, incorrectly or are eating large amounts of processed vegan or vegetarian food.
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Vegetable-based diets can prevent deaths from chronic diseases.
