This is a lecture by Dr John McDougall about inflammatory arthritis. He provides evidence that relates the food you eat with inflammatory arthritis (including Lupus).
See the lecture here – Dr McDougall’s lecture
This is a lecture by Dr John McDougall about inflammatory arthritis. He provides evidence that relates the food you eat with inflammatory arthritis (including Lupus).
See the lecture here – Dr McDougall’s lecture
Here in South Africa we have a world renowned professor of exercise and sport science Professor Tim Noakes (Noakes). He is the author of the book “Lore of Running”.
I am reading Scott Jurek’s fantastic book “Eat and Run” and even in this book he references research by Prof Tim Noakes.
A couple of months ago, I was planning on doing my first 32km run and wanted to understand how much water I needed to consume on the run. As with most concepts unknown to me, I Googled it. I was quite surprised how many running sites all over the world references Prof Tim Noakes. The dude definitely knows about running and the science of sport, there is no doubt about that!
In 2012, Noakes made an announcement that he now believes that a high protein/high fat diet is the healthiest diet to follow. The horror! Gone are the days of shameless carbo-loading before a long running or cycling event!
He has even made the statement that everyone should tear the nutrition section out of Lore of Running because he does not believe that a low fat/high carbohydrate diet is good for athletes.
It seems like many people are excited about this announcement because people love hearing good news about their bad habits.
Just because you have lost some weight, it does not mean it is an indicator that you are healthy; if that was the case, then using cocaine, or undergoing chemotherapy should also be considered as feasible methods of losing weight. Surely by now, we have all realised that all weight loss programmes are not made equal. You should always look at the long term effect of the diet on your overall health and whether it is sustainable in over a long period (i.e. the rest of your life) and benefit your overall health at the same time.
I would like to comment that I do agree that all processed foods such as potato crisps, French fries, pizza, pasta, pastries, sugary fruit juices, cookies, cakes, etc. are not whole foods and should be avoided where possible. The key to eating healthy carbohydrates is to stick to whole foods. If you are going to eat packaged foods, the basic rule should be that the food should only include ingredients that you actually understand (or that your grandmother will recognise, or that a 5 year old can pronounce), identify as food (there are no E927 trees), and where possible not have much more than 5 ingredients listed on the package. Whole foods such as potatoes, all root vegetables, whole grains and brown rice (to name a few) are healthy carbohydrates.
Fortunately many people in the medical profession have responded to his claims and have specified how irresponsible it is to make statements like he has about high protein/high fat diets.
This is not a response to Noakes’ new theory, but it reiterates the dangers of high protein diets
In addition to the above referenced articles, if you look at some of the most successful people in the medical/health industry (with proven track records in helping people get healthy AND staying healthy), the statements made by Noakes are really very irresponsible and dangerous.
Further to the replies posted above, I thought I’d include some articles that I feel really explain and justify that a low fat, whole-foods plant based diet is definitely the healthiest diet that can safely be followed by normal people and ultra-athletes alike:
As a last point, a satirical article was written from a cow’s perspective of Noakes’ new theory – “…“extremely unhealthy for cows”. According to a spokescow, research has shown that every single cow exposed to the high protein diet ended up dead. “Usually on a paper plate, next to some potato salad.”…”
So, run, run as fast as you can past all the fatty, unhealthy animal based foods and rather focus on delicious, healthful vegetables, fruit, leafy green vegetables and grain & legumes.
I am very excited to share 2 fun events with you. Beauty Without Cruelty South Africa have arranged 2 super campaigns.
JOHANNESBURG VEG PRIDE
November 10 at 12:30pm
JUTA STREET, BRAAMFONTEIN ~ ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBOURGOODS MARKET
Join the very first Beauty Without Cruelty Jo’burg Veg pride!
Come dressed as a vegetable, or wear it around your neck or on your head (or wherever you think it fits), or just join the fun march. Meet at 12:30 on the corner of Juta Street, just below the bridge. We will end at the entrance to the Neighbourgoods Market.
See on facebook for more details.
Any clever and creative ideas or suggestions for a costume and/or poster?
Next time someone gives you the excuse that humans are omnivores/carnivores, this link can provide some very useful information: Link
It compares various features of omnivores, carnivores and herbivores to determine the diet best suited for humans.
The link will also provide a detailed summary of the information gathered, a review of the evidence and also answers many counter arguments. It is definitely a worthwhile read.
Humans are biologically herbivores | ||||
Carnivores |
Omnivores |
Herbivores |
Humans |
|
Facial muscles |
Reduced to allow wide mouth gape | Reduced | Well-developed | Well-developed |
Jaw type |
Angle not expanded | Angle not expanded | Expanded angle | Expanded angle |
Jaw joint location |
On same plane as molar teeth | On same plane as molar teeth | Above the plane of the molars | Above the plane of the molars |
Jaw motion |
Shearing; minimal side-to-side motion | Shearing; minimal side-to-side motion | No shear; good side-to-side, front-to-back | No shear; good side-to-side, front-to-back |
Major jaw muscles |
Temporalis | Temporalis | Masseter and ptergoids | Masseter and pterygoids |
Mouth opening vs. head size |
Large | Large | Small | Small |
Teeth: Incisors |
Short and pointed | Short and pointed | Broad, flattened and spade-shaped | Broad, flattened and spade-shaped |
Teeth: Canines |
Long, sharp, and curved | Long, sharp and curved | Dull and short or long (for defense), or none | Short and blunted |
Teeth: Molars |
Sharp, jagged and blade-shaped | Sharp blades and/or flattened | Flattened with cusps vs. complex surface | Flattened with nodular cusps |
Chewing |
None; swallows food whole | Swallows food whole and/or simple crushing | Extensive chewing necessary | Extensive chewing necessary |
Saliva |
No digestive enzymes | No digestive enzymes | Carbohydrate digesting enzymes | Carbohydrate digesting enzymes |
Stomach type |
Simple | Simple | Simple or multiple chambers | Simple |
Stomach acidity with food in stomach |
≤ pH 1 | ≤ pH 1 | pH 4-5 | pH 4-5 |
Length of small intestine |
3-6 times body length | 4-6 times body length | 10-12+ times body length | 10-11 times body length* |
Colon |
Simple, short, and smooth | Simple, short, and smooth | Long, complex; may be sacculated | Long, sacculated |
Liver |
Can detoxify vitamin A | Can detoxify vitamin A | Cannot detoxify vitamin A | Cannot detoxify vitamin A |
Kidney |
Extremely concentrated urine | Extremely concentrated urine | Moderately concentrated urine | Moderately concentrated urine |
Nails |
Sharp claws | Sharp claws | Flattened nails or blunt hooves | Flattened nails |
From The Comparative Anatomy of Eating, by Milton R. Mills, M.D. * “Body length” measured from neck to anus, as with the other animals |
The Engine2 team ran a very fun contest a couple of weeks ago, where they encouraged people to create watermelon cakes. I just loved how creative some people are. I want to share some of my favourite creations with you.
I then found this fruit salad idea from a very entertaining blog: link
I am sure that anybody will be very happy to tuck into fruit when presented like this (if you ever needed a reason to eat more fruit).
Here is a link to a brilliant speech by Philip Wollen (Australian Philanthropist, Former VP of Citibank): Speech
It is so good, I have also attached the transcript as well: Philip Wollen speech
The larger debate consists of six speakers (including Peter Singer), three that make the case for getting animals off of the menu and three that make the case against it. Wollen is a former VP of Citibank and Australian philanthropist who is known to keep out of the limelight. But, man, did he come to the table for this debate to deliver a huge performance and a powerful message. Bravo! To watch the full debate here is the link: Full debate
Did it change your mind about anything?
This is a great presentation by Dr Michael Klaper- clip
(Recorded at the Advanced Study Weekend by Dr John McDougall)
It covers topics, e.g.: