Episode 9 - Plant Based Diet - Health Lies - Part 1

I have been questioning my knowledge of diet styles in an effort to improve my own health. The information I have been gathering is indicating that we have been lied to by the dietary associations of our countries.  It disappoints me that government bodies that are supposed to help us are very likely making us sicker. Some of the things I covered in this episode are below, including the links mentioned. From 10,000 BC until 2,200 BC humans survived on a primarily meat-based diet. Not moving to crops until the bronze age after 2200 BC. Rice and potatoes not becoming commonplace until after 1485. Buddist - Practice non-violence against all living things, however, I have travelled through Tibet and Nepal and can confirm that they will eat meat and animal products, as long as the animal has not been killed specially for them. Hindus - mostly practice Vegetarianism, but not veganism as they consume milk. It should be noted that they avoid many vegetables also. Around the mid-1700s in the USA, many religious groups became vegetarian due to the temperance movement. The common belief is that masturbation, overindulgence and violence, can be controlled by a vegetarian diet. Leading this belief is the Seventh Day Adventist Church, whose founder Ellen G White, who although not vegetarian herself, received visions from God that followers of their church should abstain from the flesh and milk of animals, as they are as bad as tobacco and alcohol. SDAC it should be no surprise went on to find the massive processed food giants Sanitarium and Kellogg's. It surprised me to find how many SDA members were sitting on associations and boards in America and Australia that directly influence the dietary associations in those countries. It is such a tangled web that I cannot describe it better than Belinda Fettke, who is the wife of the Australian Dr who they attempted to silence when he spoke out against high carbohydrate diets being fed to his diabetic patients while in hospital. He was threatened with de-registration because he was advising patients to eat low carbohydrate healthy fat diets in order to lose weight to avoid amputations! It stuns me that a Dr in Australia in the 2000s could be looking at de-registration because he is healing his patients. WTF! The Background of Dietary Guidelines by Belinda Fettke, wife of Dr Gary Fettke https://isupportgary.com/articles/evolution-of-plant-based-dietary-guidelines Other research indicated our change in diet to predominantly plant-based is actually affecting our kids.  Keto diets are also showing excellent results in relation to other health issues. Keto Diet - ADHD and Autism https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/adhd-autism An excellent and very thorough read on this topic is a book I am currently listening to on audible, The Great Plant-Based Con by Jayne Buxton and can highly recommend it! She’s saying all the things that I have been thinking about. She has done all the research. https://www.hachette.com.au/jayne-buxton/the-great-plant-based-con-why-eating-a-plants-only-diet-wont-improve-your-health-or-save-the-planet A fantastic podcast is posted by these ladies, with great information and real facts. Real Life Medicine - fantastic podcast by Dr Lucy Burns and Dr Mary Barsons https://www.rlmedicine.com/meet-the-doctors Dr Anthony Chaffee - American Dr now living in Australia, who lives a carnivore lifestyle, and certainly backs up his statements with facts. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzoRyR_nlesKZuOlEjWRXQQ I am disappointed that the Australian and American Dietary Association have basically told us what to eat based on who had a vested interest. Arent these associations meant to be non-biased and do what is best for their citizens? I am definitely not a "conspiratorial" type of person, but it is horrendous that government agencies are ignoring the best health for their communities, over who is paying them so that they can sell more cereal-based products. Next week we'll talk about the other issue with plant-based diets.