Comments by "Monica Song" (@monicasong427) on "Neal Barnard | The Power of Nutrition for Health | Talks at Google" video.

@colinmaharaj Food addiction is similar to drug addiction in which one may experience coming off the drugs made them feel worse. However, that does not mean it wasn't a good decision for ones health. When we transition away from toxic animal products and junk food, our mind and body is going through a similar withdrawal of addiction. That is why, the individual being interviewed offers a free 21-day kick start program at Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. As some needs time to readjust their taste buds and cravings from harmful products. I kindly ask to reflect back to when one did try to go vegan and think of what was actually eaten. For many consuming unprocessed vegan food, they find themselves not eating enough calories. Please try to incorporate plentiful of legumes, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts, herbs, spices and fungi into one's body. Because, you deserve to the best. And the best happens to be the healthiest, sustainable, and compassionate to all other life as well.
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If I may, I would highly recommend going to Barnard medical center even via telemedicine to speak with Dr. Neal Barnard and thousands of physicians and dieticians who actually study evidence based nutrition and medicine. Meanwhile, please make sure one is actually at an unhealthy weight by checking ones BMI. Additionally, please make sure one is getting adequate daily calories. Lastly, try to incorporate more nuts, seeds, legumes, and whole grains into one diet. Except for wheat, barley, and rye since it was shared that one has gluten sensitivity.
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@colinmaharaj The very study you cited stated, "The results of this review provided evidence that fat consumption increases large, buoyant LDL and/or decreases small, dense LDL particles, and therefore, influences CVD risk." The #1 source of saturated fat is dairy and animal products. #1 source of trans fat is animal products. As the Institute of Medicine stated any intake of saturated and trans fat above zero increased cholesterol concentration. Therefore, it is the elimination of animal flesh and their by-products that reduces the #1 risk factor to our #1 killer: heart disease.
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@colinmaharaj Without any credible evidence to support your statements, simply pointing fingers at others is not respectful. There is nothing about eating the carcass of other animals and their by-products that promotes human health. Lastly, it will never be safe to consume animal products when it is the greatest threat to biodiversity and humanity.
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@colinmaharaj Consistent evidence from a variety of sources unequivocally establishes that bad LDL cholesterol causes atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, strokes, and heart attacks—our leading cause of death. This evidence base includes hundreds of studies involving millions of people. Cholesterol is the cause of atherosclerosis, the hardening of the arteries. Source: Low- density lipoprotein cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Evidence from genetic, epidemiologic, and clinical studies. A consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel.
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@colinmaharaj One had mentioned that "you can't under any circumstances reduce cholesterol, since all hormones start with cholesterol"---however, we can start by not consuming other animals since only animals produce hormones. It is important to understand that it is the livers of animals that make cholesterol. Thereby, cholesterol only comes from an animal. Lastly, light large buoyant LDL still significantly increases our risk of dying from our #1 killer. As the latest review on the subject concluded, LDL cholesterol has been clearly established as a causal agent in atherosclerosis, regardless of size. Study for reference: Dietary cholesterol from eggs increases the ratio of total cholesterol to high- density lipoprotein cholesterol in humans: a meta- analysis.
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@colinmaharaj An influence toward cardiovascular disease can only be negative.
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@colinmaharaj If I may, where is one getting the evidence to support such false assertions? The Paleolithic period, also known as the Stone Age, only goes back about two million years. Humans and other great apes have been evolving for the last 20 million years, starting back in the Miocene era. During the Miocene era, the diet is generally agreed to have been a high-fiber plant-based diet. For the vast majority of our family’s evolution, we ate what the rest of our great ape cousins eat—leaves, stems, and shoots (in other words, vegetables), as well as fruits, seeds, and nuts. On average,150 grams of fiber is similar to what populations in rural Africa used to eat—populations almost entirely free from many of our chronic killer diseases, such as colon cancer and heart disease. Just another reminder that we are a plant eating herbivore.
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