At the risk of repeating myself, marketing efforts by the meat and dairy industries have convinced us that calcium, iron and protein are essential nutrients we should get in large quantities. These nutrients are essential, but what the animal product marketers won't tell you is that illnesses from deficiencies of these same nutrients are virtually unknown. Common plant foods fully and completely meet our needs for calcium, iron and protein. There actually is no known nutritional advantage to eating red meat, poultry, dairy or eggs for their higher amounts of particular nutrients. In fact, high nutrient concentrations come at an expense: an overload of protein which is extremely dangerous to our body, high saturated fat levels which in turn gives us high cholesterol levels which demands our liver and kidneys to work harder, which leads to high blood pressure. Eating animal products result in heart attacks, strokes, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis and cancers. It doesn't matter whether those foods were processed by a large corporation using chemicals and additives, or raised by a trusted organic farmer raised in their own backyard. ALL ANIMAL FOOD comes packaged with saturated fat, cholesterol and an overload of protein.
Now, let's talk about plant foods. Plant foods are high in complex carbohydrates and FIBER, low in fat and dietary acids, and have NO CHOLESTEROL!! They also have sufficient, but not EXCESS amounts of protein. In other words, they provide you with HIGH QUALITY NUTRITION which is good for you, and none of what makes you sick.
Your body can handle only so much protein, fat, cholesterol and dietary acids. When you take in more than your body can use, metabolize, neutralize or eliminate, those excess amounts act as poison. On a typical standard American diet, (SAD), these toxic products build up in your system on a daily basis wrecking havoc inside of us. Excess dietary fat and cholesterol clog arteries and increase the risk of cancer along with all kinds of other medical issues.
PROTEIN: When we keep eating protein after we've meet our daily requirement, our body tries to eliminate the excess. The primary route is through the liver and kidneys. When we have an excess, obviously we are working our kidneys and liver harder than necessary. We start losing our kidney functions because of this, but there are no symptoms...people do not realize the damage they are causing. All this extra protein leads to organ failure. I can't tell you the amount of people I see EVERYDAY with compromised kidney functions as well as renal failure. Also, protein overload harms our bones..each time we take in excess protein we INCREASE the amount of CALCIUM excreted in our urine...get ready for bone thinning osteoporosis and kidney stones!
FAT: A report that came out in 2008 stated we have an epidemic of obesity in the United States---68% of adults were overweight, with a body mass index (BMI) between 25-30 compared to normal levels of 18.5-24.5. More than one in three were obese with a BMI over 30.9, (these statistics are probably much higher today). Our body stores fat quite effortlessly as body fat. We also store excess in our liver, heart and muscles. The accumulation of fat in these organs is a condition referred to as insulin resistance which results in heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. Carrying around excess weight also puts a stress on our joints, leading to osteoarthritis in the hips and knees. Excess dietary fat and body weight stimulates the development of cancers.
CHOLESTEROL: Cholesterol is found exclusively in animal products and oils....like all animals, we produce all the cholesterol we need for our own uses. Our bodies ARE NOT EFFICIENT at eliminating the excess...we excrete only a little more than the amount we make ourselves. When we add to the amount of cholesterol by eating animal products, the excess cholesterol accumulates in our skin and tendons as well as the arteries causing us to have vascular diseases of the heart and brain leading to heart attack and strokes. Cholesterol also stimulates cancer development.
DIETARY ACID: Animal foods are loaded with dietary acids. After we eat them, our bones release materials to neutralize these acids trying to maintain our pH levels. Over time, this process weakens our bones again, leading to osteoporosis. Acids from animal foods also raise body levels of the steroid cortisol, which again triggers bone loss. So, the chronic over-consumption of dietary acids from meat, poultry, fish and cheese literally causes you to pee your bones into the toilet!
The good news is, eliminating animal foods from your diet IMMEDIATELY relives the burden on your body from these poisons and at the same time, reduces your risk of exposure to bacteria, viruses and parasites, not to mention preventing heart disease, stroke, arthritis, osteoporosis and all kinds of cancers.
Even if you are already showing signs of sickness from the excesses of meat, dairy and eggs there is still hope. Your body has an AMAZING ABILITY to heal itself when you feed it a WHOLE FOOD PLANT BASED DIET. The changes that take place in your body by eating a WFPB diet will literally amaze you. The longer you follow it, the better you will feel. By eating an abundance of vegetables, fruits, beans and whole-grains, your body will not only shed pounds quickly, but it will start detoxing all the harmful, toxic garbage out of us while giving us so many vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytochemicals to mop up the mess!
Start today.....why wait to FEEL better, LOOK better, and have more ENERGY than you thought possible....questions or concerns? Let me know...I would love to help you one step at a time......
Now, let's talk about plant foods. Plant foods are high in complex carbohydrates and FIBER, low in fat and dietary acids, and have NO CHOLESTEROL!! They also have sufficient, but not EXCESS amounts of protein. In other words, they provide you with HIGH QUALITY NUTRITION which is good for you, and none of what makes you sick.
Your body can handle only so much protein, fat, cholesterol and dietary acids. When you take in more than your body can use, metabolize, neutralize or eliminate, those excess amounts act as poison. On a typical standard American diet, (SAD), these toxic products build up in your system on a daily basis wrecking havoc inside of us. Excess dietary fat and cholesterol clog arteries and increase the risk of cancer along with all kinds of other medical issues.
PROTEIN: When we keep eating protein after we've meet our daily requirement, our body tries to eliminate the excess. The primary route is through the liver and kidneys. When we have an excess, obviously we are working our kidneys and liver harder than necessary. We start losing our kidney functions because of this, but there are no symptoms...people do not realize the damage they are causing. All this extra protein leads to organ failure. I can't tell you the amount of people I see EVERYDAY with compromised kidney functions as well as renal failure. Also, protein overload harms our bones..each time we take in excess protein we INCREASE the amount of CALCIUM excreted in our urine...get ready for bone thinning osteoporosis and kidney stones!
FAT: A report that came out in 2008 stated we have an epidemic of obesity in the United States---68% of adults were overweight, with a body mass index (BMI) between 25-30 compared to normal levels of 18.5-24.5. More than one in three were obese with a BMI over 30.9, (these statistics are probably much higher today). Our body stores fat quite effortlessly as body fat. We also store excess in our liver, heart and muscles. The accumulation of fat in these organs is a condition referred to as insulin resistance which results in heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. Carrying around excess weight also puts a stress on our joints, leading to osteoarthritis in the hips and knees. Excess dietary fat and body weight stimulates the development of cancers.
CHOLESTEROL: Cholesterol is found exclusively in animal products and oils....like all animals, we produce all the cholesterol we need for our own uses. Our bodies ARE NOT EFFICIENT at eliminating the excess...we excrete only a little more than the amount we make ourselves. When we add to the amount of cholesterol by eating animal products, the excess cholesterol accumulates in our skin and tendons as well as the arteries causing us to have vascular diseases of the heart and brain leading to heart attack and strokes. Cholesterol also stimulates cancer development.
DIETARY ACID: Animal foods are loaded with dietary acids. After we eat them, our bones release materials to neutralize these acids trying to maintain our pH levels. Over time, this process weakens our bones again, leading to osteoporosis. Acids from animal foods also raise body levels of the steroid cortisol, which again triggers bone loss. So, the chronic over-consumption of dietary acids from meat, poultry, fish and cheese literally causes you to pee your bones into the toilet!
The good news is, eliminating animal foods from your diet IMMEDIATELY relives the burden on your body from these poisons and at the same time, reduces your risk of exposure to bacteria, viruses and parasites, not to mention preventing heart disease, stroke, arthritis, osteoporosis and all kinds of cancers.
Even if you are already showing signs of sickness from the excesses of meat, dairy and eggs there is still hope. Your body has an AMAZING ABILITY to heal itself when you feed it a WHOLE FOOD PLANT BASED DIET. The changes that take place in your body by eating a WFPB diet will literally amaze you. The longer you follow it, the better you will feel. By eating an abundance of vegetables, fruits, beans and whole-grains, your body will not only shed pounds quickly, but it will start detoxing all the harmful, toxic garbage out of us while giving us so many vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytochemicals to mop up the mess!
Start today.....why wait to FEEL better, LOOK better, and have more ENERGY than you thought possible....questions or concerns? Let me know...I would love to help you one step at a time......
RSS Feed
