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Overall, our population is in the worst shape it's ever been. Children are in terrible shape. We have absolutely unprecedented numbers of obese and overweight children - one in three now. A generation ago it was something like one in ten.
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It doesn't do a lot of good for your health to move from red meat to white meat, but it gets you further down the road towards making more substantial changes later.
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Another advantage of avoiding sodas is that you will avoid the caffeine that is in many of them. Caffeine is a weak diuretic that causes calcium loss via the kidneys.
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While it's certainly true that many people think that dairy doesn't have a cost to the animal, it's because they never went to a dairy farm.
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To give a child animal products is a form of child abuse.
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Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked into holding the meat producers and fast-food outlets legally accountable.
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In my own life, I decided to leave meat off my plate in medical school, but was a bit slow to realise that dairy products and eggs are not health foods either.
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Chicken fat, beef fat, fish fat, fried foods - these are the foods that fuel our fat genes by giving them raw materials for building body fat.
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If beef is your idea of 'real food for real people,' you'd better live real close to a real good hospital.
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The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined.
Last Update: 31 January 2023
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