Reality: American Diet Since • 67% more added fats • 39% more sweeteners • 800 calories more per capita • 57 pounds more meats source: USDA Agriculture Fact Book 2001-2
Diets high in animal protein: • 75% increase in total mortality • 400% increase in cancer risk • 500% increase in diabetes • significantly higher IGF-1 levels —Levine ME et al. Cell Metabolism 19, 407–417, March 4, 2014
The only diet proven in RCTs to reverse CHD without lipid-lowering drugs is a whole foods plant-based diet very low in fat & refined carbohydrates. —Ornish D et al. JAMA. 1983;249:54. —Ornish D et al. Lancet. 1990;336:129. —Gould KL, Ornish D, et al. JAMA. 1995;274:894. —Ornish D et al. JAMA. 1998;280:2001
No study has ever proven that a high protein low carb diet can reverse or prevent heart disease
Egg yolks and red meat increase TMAO levels, causing atherosclerosis. Hazen S et al. N Engl J Med. 2013 Apr 25;368(17):1575-84
In 37,698 men and 83,644 women, red meat consumption was associated with a significantly increased risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality. Pan A, Willett W. JAMA Internal Med. 2012;172:555.
In 47,896 men, consumption of choline (red meat, eggs, & milk) was associated with a 70% increased risk of lethal prostate cancer. Richman EL et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012;96:855.
A plant-based diet downregulates the mTOR gene, prolonging life. Solon-Biet SM et al, Cell Metab. 2014 Mar 4;19(3):418-30.
Red meat is high in Neu5Gc, a tumor-forming sugar causing chronic inflammation. Samraj AN et al. PNAS. 2015 Jan 13;112(2):542-7