The Undeniable Health Benefits
of a Plant-Based Diet
WRITTEN BY Nancy Palermo Lietz, MD
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Americans have an obsession with
nutrition, diet and weight loss. Countless books on the subjects hit the
bestseller list only to be replaced by
the next publication in print. It should
be no surprise that Colin Campbell,
MD’s book, The China Study, quickly
hit the bestseller list. His epidemiologic
project demonstrated thousands of
associations between dietary factors
and disease. The most relevant finding,
however, was that those individuals
who ate the most animal-based foods
had the most chronic disease. More
importantly, his findings launched
thousands of studies in nutrition that
have supported the benefits of a whole
foods, plant-based diet.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine,
but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame
in diet and the cause and prevention of diseases.
THOMAS EDISON
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