"obesity increases as physical activity decreases and as sugary, fatty, salty processed food consumption increases... a whole foods, plant-based diet that avoids added fat and processed and animal-based foods. This diet contains about 10-12 percent fat...this diet (also low in total protein, about 8-10 percent) produces, by comparison, 'extremely low' incidences of sickness and disease. In fact, it now has been shown not just to prevent these illnesses but to treat them."
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
stating the obvious
Doctor T. Colin Campbell, one of the original National Academy of Sciences low-fat diet report authors from the 1980s, states the obvious:
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That bit about treating illnesses is interesting.
ReplyDeleteSince the 80s however we're discovering the first part of his sentence, the focus on sugary, salty, processed foods is more important than the actual amount of fat.