- Heart Disease & Stroke
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Autoimmune Diseases (MS, Lupus, Arthritis)
These are diseases that occur much more regularly in countries (and people) that are rich. Basically, the author goes on to site studies and other scientific tests that show that if you eat a mostly plant based diet (normally eaten in poor countries) then you will have a much smaller chance of contracting any of these diseases.
Now, at first I thought that was crazy; mainly because our normal Canadian upbringing has really taught us that we really only need to watch what we eat if we are at "high risk" of something and even then there is likely some drug or another that we can take to fix this. Funny enough though even if you don’t agree with the findings in the book, if you start to look at some "serious" nutritional guides (Canada’s Food Guide) you will notice that milk and meat although part of your diet should be a very small portion and you should be eating a lot of Fruits, Vegetables and Grains.
Ultimately the author doesn’t guarantee you long life and happiness just the ability to choose how you are going to die. Do you want to have angioplasty, by-pass surgery or diabetes or do you want to live healthy until it is time to go?
The choice is yours
Sean
Feb 13, 2006 @ 11:01:53
I started reading this book on the weekend and it certainly is an eye-opener. I\’m only on the 2nd chapter but it\’s going to be a great read.