Anyone who's promoting the exact diet that they were in previous years probably isn't keeping up with the latest science, though in general, the balance of evidence has remained remarkably consistent - centering one's diet around whole plant foods.
Interpretation
Staying updated with nutritional science is crucial for promoting a healthy diet centered on whole plant foods.
This quote emphasizes the importance of evolving our dietary recommendations based on the latest scientific evidence. It suggests that a truly effective diet should be grounded in continuous learning and adaptability, particularly highlighting that a focus on whole plant foods has consistently been supported by research.
In practice
This quote can be used in a nutrition workshop to highlight the importance of adapting dietary advice.
Many people assume the diseases that kill us are pre-programmed into our genes. High blood pressure by 55, heart attacks at 60, maybe cancer at 70, and so on... But for most of the leading causes of death, our genes usually account for only 10-20 per cent of risk.
While consumers may be more shocked by pink slime or the feeding of Prozac to poultry, the routine feeding of millions of pounds of human antibiotics to chickens presents a much graver threat.
Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.
The purpose of a doctor or any human in general should not be to simply delay the death of the patient, but to increase the person's quality of life.
It is food - we now know that food is information, not just calories, and that it can upgrade your biologic software. The majority of chronic disease is primarily a food borne illness. We ate ourselves into this problem and we have to eat ourselves out of it.
Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.
I think sleep is probably the neglected stepsister in the health conversation today. I think we've done a good job regarding physical activity and diet, but sleep has remained out there in the cold, and that's surprising to me.
Each patient carries his own doctor inside him.
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