I never saw this day coming. Not one bit. I've been a chicken, steak, fish, shell fish, bison, venison, you name it, eating girl since I was able to start chewing. No surprise however. In America, we are raised on the basis that the "All-American" way of living is meat and dairy. "Make sure you get your daily glass of milk. Eat your steak and potatoes, and lastly, have a bit of vegetables on the side!" A "bit" of vegetables?! Ever notice how the last thing we were ever concerned about was eating vegetables? Yet the prominent role of meat and dairy weren't a question? This blog isn't meant to force you to make the choice I did in becoming vegan or vegetarian. This blog is to help open your eyes to how animal protein and dairy are sole initiators of cancer growth, MS, diabetes, and more. And for you moms and dads out there, YOU'RE THE PARENT! Allowing your kids to give you sad faces and throw temper tantrums because they have to eat something that is extremely healthy for them daily that will increase their life instead of decrease is poor parenting. So save the b.s. about "I just have such a hard time making my child eat healthy so it's easier if I just shove junk down his/her throat so he/she shuts up." Lame. Ass. Excuse. If you really care about your child's health in the future, start NOW.
Doesn't it alarm you that with ALL the money we have invested and continue to invest into cancer, autism, diabetes, MS, arthritis, heart disease (by the way more women die from heart disease than from breast cancer but NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT IT!), etc. research over the years, that NO ONE HAS FOUND AN ACTUAL CURE??? It is complete garbage and it should piss you off! How many loved ones could have been around longer with a change of lifestyle and diet? How many people would stop "Relay for Life" walks and more? I know damn well I'm not the only one who questions it, but not enough people VOICE it in fear of being bashed and discriminated against. My friend Mark Gingrich started a company called HTFU. I've hyperlinked his company for you to research on your own. He has a sticker that I have in front of me everyday that says:
I know I don't stand alone here, but we are certainly few among the heard.
"Everyone in the field of nutrition science stands on the shoulders of Dr. Campbell, who is one of the GIANTS in the field. This is one of the most important books about nutrition ever written - reading it may save your life." -Dean Ornish, MD
Now I question EVERY SINGLE THEORY of the "American Way". This started a good 3 months back when I first embarked on retaining my Continuing Education Credits for Personal training and Nutrition with a very intricate and carefully researched book called The China Study. This book is the most comprehensive study of nutrition EVER conducted. And I'm not talking about 5-10 years of puny research. I'm talking 40+ years of seriously dissected scientific studies, tests and procedures from groups of countries, counties, indigenous and rural people and beyond. Studying groups of people who have left their homeland to move to another country and comparing their newly adopted lifestyle to that of their homeland. This book will blow you away!
The minute I opened this book, I was intrigued to learn that this could actually be something I would consider. Not only that, but something I decided I would immediately change. I didn't wait to read the entire book. I simply put into practice what was unfolding before my eyes, and believe it or not, I truly don't miss meat or dairy. Period. The first study done in this book is the effects of animal protein and cancer. T. Colin Campbell, PHD, author of The China Study and Professor Emeritus at Cornell University, details the connection between nutrition and heart disease, cancer in general, diabetes, prostate, colon and breast cancer, MS, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and more. To elaborate, one study in connection of animal protein and cancer was done among 2 separate groups of rats, one group fed 20% protein with a low dose of aflatoxin and the other fed 5% protein with a high dose of aflatoxin. The following is an excerpt from The China Study:
"After initiation with aflatoxin, foci grew (were promoted) far more with the 20% protein diet than the 5% protein diet. Up to this point, all of the animals were exposed to the same amount of aflatoxin. But what if the initial aflatoxin exposure is varied? Would protein still have an effect? We investigated this question by giving 2 groups of rats either a high-aflatoxin dose or low-aflatoxin dose, along with a standard baseline diet. Because of this, these 2 groups of rats were starting the cancer process with different amounts of initiated, cancerous "seeds". Then, during the promotion phase, we fed a low-protein diet to the high-aflatoxin dose groups, and a high-protein diet to the low-aflatoxin dose group. We wondered whether the animals that start with lots of cancerous seeds are able to overcome their predicament by eating a low-protein diet. Again, the results were remarkable. Animals starting with the most cancer initiation (high-aflatoxin dose) developed substantially less foci when fed the 5% protein diet. In contrast, animals initiated with a low-aflatoxin dose actually produced substantially more foci when subsequently fed the 20% protein diet." ...............................
"All animals were dosed with the same amount of carcinogen exposure then alternately fed either 5% or 20% dietary protein during the 12-week promotion stage. We divided this promotion stage into 4 periods of 3 weeks each..... when animals were fed 20% protein diets during periods 1 and 2, (20-20), foci continued to enlarge, as expected. But when animals were switched to the low-protein diet at the beginning of period 3 (20-20), there was a SHARP DECREASE in foci development. And when animals were subsequently switched back to the 20% protein diet during period 4, (20-20-5-20), foci development was turned ON once again."
How does that resonate with you? For me it was a no brainer. I've been in the nutrition field since 2008 and although that may not seem like very long to most, compared to majors in the field, I can certainly tell you I have applied what I've learned first hand and am able to say the results speak for themselves. People want to argue that they would have a hard time switching up their diet due to the accustomed ways they've developed, and a majority of people would rather undergo a $100,000 heart bypass than change their diets to vegetarianism or vegan. My opinion may not be yours, but I think those people need a serious dose of reality. A huge wake up call is desperately needed in this nation and there is not one second that goes by that I am not willing to share the information I myself have applied, investigated and drown myself in! I have paid for my courses, I have applied myself to everything I've wanted to learn from physical training, sleep, whole foods and whole food vitamins, digestive and metabolic enzymes to hydration and more. The list is endless and I will never stop applying myself to knowing and learning more.
I'm sure you're wondering "how do I get my protein? How do I feel? Don't I miss meat and dairy? My answer: Plants. I feel awesome. I don't miss a bit of meat or dairy. If you're super cool and were privileged enough to witness the awesomeness that is Popeye the one eyed sailor man, you know instantaneously that he was ALWAYS downing spinach. Faster than I could blink, that character was known for spinach. Why plants? Why spinach? What is so special about it? Protein.Vitamins. Enzymes. Minerals. Out of all the vegetables, spinach is one of the most nutritious dense, leafy greens you can consume and there is more protein brought out of spinach when it's cooked than you know. Plants have a diverse amount of micro and macronutrients that people tend to miss. Not only that, but meat and dairy sources have almost ZERO nutrients that your body can utilize because we first have to cook it. Once that takes place, we kill anything that was present in the food source leaving nothing but waste in the body and utilization of only 16% of the food. Crazy? Maybe to you. But with what I know and what I've personally learned and applied, I know a ton. One thing truly resonates with me: How did I NOT know ANY of this before? The reason? Media, Government and corporations large enough to create billion dollar industries that will go great lengths to fill their pockets by sharing with the world false information about meats, dairy, sugar, etc. by making sure people like us, and those scientists who do truly care, keep their mouths shut. Because if this information was to get out among every single person in the world, those large corporations ran by government and banks, would be completely bankrupt!
We can end a majority of the "necessary" surgical procedures when it comes to our internal and external health simply by adopting a healthier lifestyle. So you tell me, what is so damn hard about changing to a healthier you? Why does it take a doctor telling you you're on the verge of dying because of your unhealthy lifestyle to change something or opt for a very UNNECESSARY surgical procedure? All of these thing CAN BE PREVENTED simply with a change of diet and lifestyle. It's YOUR call. What is your life to you?
I'll end with a very prominent statement written in this book, with the hopes of my effort to get the point across to you, how important truly clean eating, minimal animal food, is for you!
"There is enough evidence now that doctors should be discussing the option of pursuing dietary change as a potential path to cancer prevention and treatment. There is enough evidence now that the U.S. government should be discussing the idea that the toxicity of our diet is THE SINGLE BIGGEST CAUSE OF CANCER. There is enough evidence now that local breast cancer alliances, and prostate and colon cancer institutions should be discussing the possibility of providing information to Americans everywhere on how a whole food, plant based diet may an incredibly effective anti-cancer medicine."
The minute I opened this book, I was intrigued to learn that this could actually be something I would consider. Not only that, but something I decided I would immediately change. I didn't wait to read the entire book. I simply put into practice what was unfolding before my eyes, and believe it or not, I truly don't miss meat or dairy. Period. The first study done in this book is the effects of animal protein and cancer. T. Colin Campbell, PHD, author of The China Study and Professor Emeritus at Cornell University, details the connection between nutrition and heart disease, cancer in general, diabetes, prostate, colon and breast cancer, MS, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and more. To elaborate, one study in connection of animal protein and cancer was done among 2 separate groups of rats, one group fed 20% protein with a low dose of aflatoxin and the other fed 5% protein with a high dose of aflatoxin. The following is an excerpt from The China Study:
"All animals were dosed with the same amount of carcinogen exposure then alternately fed either 5% or 20% dietary protein during the 12-week promotion stage. We divided this promotion stage into 4 periods of 3 weeks each..... when animals were fed 20% protein diets during periods 1 and 2, (20-20), foci continued to enlarge, as expected. But when animals were switched to the low-protein diet at the beginning of period 3 (20-20), there was a SHARP DECREASE in foci development. And when animals were subsequently switched back to the 20% protein diet during period 4, (20-20-5-20), foci development was turned ON once again."
How does that resonate with you? For me it was a no brainer. I've been in the nutrition field since 2008 and although that may not seem like very long to most, compared to majors in the field, I can certainly tell you I have applied what I've learned first hand and am able to say the results speak for themselves. People want to argue that they would have a hard time switching up their diet due to the accustomed ways they've developed, and a majority of people would rather undergo a $100,000 heart bypass than change their diets to vegetarianism or vegan. My opinion may not be yours, but I think those people need a serious dose of reality. A huge wake up call is desperately needed in this nation and there is not one second that goes by that I am not willing to share the information I myself have applied, investigated and drown myself in! I have paid for my courses, I have applied myself to everything I've wanted to learn from physical training, sleep, whole foods and whole food vitamins, digestive and metabolic enzymes to hydration and more. The list is endless and I will never stop applying myself to knowing and learning more.
We can end a majority of the "necessary" surgical procedures when it comes to our internal and external health simply by adopting a healthier lifestyle. So you tell me, what is so damn hard about changing to a healthier you? Why does it take a doctor telling you you're on the verge of dying because of your unhealthy lifestyle to change something or opt for a very UNNECESSARY surgical procedure? All of these thing CAN BE PREVENTED simply with a change of diet and lifestyle. It's YOUR call. What is your life to you?
I'll end with a very prominent statement written in this book, with the hopes of my effort to get the point across to you, how important truly clean eating, minimal animal food, is for you!
"There is enough evidence now that doctors should be discussing the option of pursuing dietary change as a potential path to cancer prevention and treatment. There is enough evidence now that the U.S. government should be discussing the idea that the toxicity of our diet is THE SINGLE BIGGEST CAUSE OF CANCER. There is enough evidence now that local breast cancer alliances, and prostate and colon cancer institutions should be discussing the possibility of providing information to Americans everywhere on how a whole food, plant based diet may an incredibly effective anti-cancer medicine."
