“The doctor of the future will not treat the human frame with drugs, but rather with Nutrition to cure and prevent disease.” Thomas Edison”
“One-quarter of what you eat keeps you alive the other three-quarters keeps your doctor Alive” an Ancient Egyptian proverb.
“He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the time of his
doctor. “ Ancient Chinese proverb.
Did you know that the average American carry’s over 23 extra pounds? No less than 40% of All Americans are considered obese. 1 in 5 children is considered obese by the age of 4.
Heart Disease / Endothelial dysfunction
In human vascular diseases, endothelial dysfunction is a systemic pathological state of the endothelium (the inner lining of blood vessels) and can be broadly defined as an imbalance Between vasodilating and vasoconstricting substances produced by (or acting on) the Endothelium.
[2] Normal functions of endothelial cells include mediation of coagulation, platelet adhesion, immune function, and control of volume and electrolyte content of the intravascular and extravascular spaces.
Heart disease is at an all-time high, did you know that 1 person dies from heart disease every minute. Over 1/2 million people per year have heart surgery where they move an Artery from your leg and replace one or more artery’s going into their heart.
In the United States alone heart disease is killing over 600,000 people. Heart disease in China where the consumption of animal products is much lower is 12 times lower than in The United States.
Another interesting fact I got from the documentary Forks over Knives is 50% of Firefighters’ deaths were heart disease. Not fighting fires, not car wrecks heart disease. As a Matter a fact 70% of the calls that come into the fire department are related to either the Heart, diabetes or cancer.
“Whole, plant-based foods contain all the essential nutrients (with the exception of vitamin B12), and in proportions that are more consistent with human needs than animal-based or processed foods.” Quote from Forks over Knives
I have talked to several people personally about a whole foods plant-based diet and they Simply scoff and say oh I could never give up my meat or I could never give up my cheese.
Most of these people are 50+ pounds overweight with one foot in the grave. So when it Comes down to it they would rather go through open-heart surgery than simply change Their diet.
Diabetes
In recent years studies show that Type 2 Diabetes is off the charts, it is at an all-time high. 1 Out of 3 people will develop type 2 diabetes in their lifetime. Type 2 Diabetes can be Reversed with a whole foods plant-based diet. In the documentary Forks over knives one of The patients they treated reversed type 2 diabetes within 20 weeks.
Cancer
Over 1 million Americans die every year from heart disease and cancer.Cancer is at an all-time high, 1500 people die per day from one form of cancer or another.
In 1972 Breast cancer in Kenya was 82 times lower per capita than in the United States.
In 1958 it was recorded that only 18 people died from prostate cancer in Japan and at the same time in 1958 over 14,000 people died from prostate cancer in the United States.
In a recent study, they took some lab rats and changed their diet to 20% protein (meat and Dairy). Those rats all developed cancer within the given time frame and the rats that were On only 5% protein never developed cancer at all.
Some Cancer is hereditary however it is estimated that is only 2%. Out of the 2% that is Hereditary is has been proven that you can shrink it with a whole food plant-based diet.
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American Health Costs
Did you know 75% of government spending and insurance is spent to cover up the
Problem? Insurance has to pay out for medication, I know somebody that developed Leukemia at a very young age, and his chemo medications run over $4000 per month.
We could easily cut health care costs by 70 to 80% if we switch to a whole foods plant-Based diet. Do you know how much money that is?
We are spending 2.2 trillion per year on health care, this is way more than the defense budget.
Dept. of agriculture decides what America should eat. They are the ones deciding what the Public school lunches serve and the bulk of it is animal-based products. As a matter a fact They have been known to push animal products and put whole foods plant-based on the Backburner.
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