Concentrated Animal Protein and Disease

Today, people in developed countries eat like at no other time in history. Gone are the days of surviving primarily on plant foods.

Most people have become so conditioned to having meat as the main dish of every meal., that they believe large amounts of animal protein are not only okay, but also essential to maintaining  good health! In the United States the average person eats 200% the recommended amount of animal protein. Excesses such as these are not without consequences, consequences which reach much further than our own bodies.

Ironically, in the countries where people have an abundance of the richest foods, disease rates are much higher than in poorer countries, where, out of economic necessity, the population bases its diet on plant foods---with meat and cheese used only as a garnishing in very small portions.

Diet and Disease

Many diseases are attributed to excesses in the diet.

Many diseases are attributed to excesses in the diet---heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and second around the world. Eating a diet high in animal protein causes cholesterol and fat to get into the blood stream. Fatty blood, over tine, slows the blood flow down, leaving deposits on the arteries called plaque. As this plaque builds up, it significantly reduces the blood flow to vital organs, and can even cause it to stop altogether.

Excess fat is a factor in some common cancers such as breast and uterine, In women, large amounts of animal fat and protein increase production of the hormone estrogen, which in turn stimulates an increase in breast and uterus tissue---setting ideal conditions for cancers to form. In fact, statistics show that 1 out of every 8 women will get breast cancer.

Research has shown that we lose more calcium out of the blood stream when animal protein is circulating in our bodies. To make up for the deficiency, the body then removes calcium from the cones, If animal protein is constantly consumed, then calcium is constantly depleted for the bones, thereby causing problems such osteoporosis. Many people believe milk to be the best way to prevent osteoporosis, but countries where people consume little milk actual have a very low incidence of the disease.