1. The document discusses the confusion surrounding nutrition science and different diets such as plant-based, Paleo, and whole foods.
2. It notes that while diets disagree on some points, they generally agree that whole, minimally processed plant foods are healthy and red meat and refined foods should be limited.
3. The document also explores reasons nutrition science is confusing, including biased experts, reductionism, and inconsistent dietary guidelines over time.
9. Fast Food Nation
Omnivore’s Dilemma
In Defense of Food
The China Study
Whole
Death by Food Pyramid
Forks Over Knives
Fed Up
Food Inc.
Cowspiracy
Fat Sick and Nearly Dead
King Corn
Vegucated
A JOURNEY OF LEARNING
Food Rules
Eating Animals
Grain Brain
The Fat Surprise
Skinny Bitch
The Ethics of What We Eat
Paleo Manifesto
37. Lycopene 1,361 studies later, and there are
still no significant findings on
isolating lycopene.
There are hundreds of thousands
of chemicals in tomatoes!
49. 3 ounces of meat (21 grams)
What 10% Animal Protein Looks Like:
Roughly 46 grams for women, 56 for men
1 Yogurt (11 grams)
2 Glasses of Milk (5oz each)
50. The body has a sweet spot for how much protein it needs
51. 10% 12% 15%
The body has a sweet spot for how much protein it needs
53. Dr. Esselstyn (Yale)
• 18 patients near-death
• He put them on a plant-based
diet for 5 years
• They had had 49 coronary
events prior to a whole-foods
plant based diet
• 0 events after going on the diet
Dr. Ornish (Harvard)
• “Lifestyle Heart Trial”
• He took 28 heart disease patients and
put them on a low-fat, plant-based diet
• 82% of the patients in the experiment
group had a regression in their heart
disease within the year. The control
group had a 165% rise in the frequency
of chest pain
60. “It’s tricky to rely on food science because the
information is always changing, updating, and
being debated. Instead, we need a universal
paradigm to guide us. “
- Loren Cordain
65. PALEO
Cordain believes a “high
protein diet” of 20-40%
protein should be the norm.
He cites research showing
that a lean animal protein diet
reduces the risk of
cardiovascular disease,
hypertension, and obesity.
PLANT
Campbell believes we should
maintain 10% protein from
calories, “mostly all from
whole food plants”. He cites
research showing that a whole
food plant based diet reduces
risk of cardiovascular disease,
cancer, obesity, and diabetes.
68. PALEO
Nutrition science is confusing
“The study of human nutrition
remains an immature
science.”
PLANT
Nutrition science is confusing
“Although we think we’re well
informed on nutrition, we’re
not. We tend to follow one
faddish diet after another.”
73. Fast Food Nation
Omnivore’s Dilemma
In Defense of Food
The China Study
Whole
Death by Food Pyramid
Forks Over Knives
Fed Up
Food Inc.
Cowspiracy
Fat Sick and Nearly Dead
King Corn
Vegucated
A JOURNEY OF LEARNING
Food Rules
Eating Animals
Grain Brain
The Fat Surprise
Skinny Bitch
The Ethics of What We Eat
Paleo Manifesto
74. Forks over knives: vegetables are
good of you, meat causes heart
disease and cancer
Fed up: sugar causes
obesity and diabetes
The Paleo Manifesto: we should
eat meat, plants, and avoid
sugar because our ancestors did
The Big Fat Surprise: natural
saturated fats in butter and
meat are more healthy than
vegetable oil and “diet” foods
89. Fast Food Nation
Omnivore’s Dilemma
In Defense of Food
The China Study
Whole
Death by Food Pyramid
Forks Over Knives
Fed Up
Food Inc.
Cowspiracy
Fat Sick and Nearly Dead
King Corn
Vegucated
A JOURNEY OF LEARNING
Food Rules
Eating Animals
Grain Brain
The Fat Surprise
Skinny Bitch
The Ethics of What We Eat
Paleo Manifesto
90. Forks over knives
Plant-based
Fed up
Sugar
Food Inc
Industrialized
farming
4 DOCUMENTARIES
Cowspiracy
Environmental effects
of factory farming