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A whole food plant-based lifestyle
Welcome
Learn how a whole foods plant-based lifestyle promotes optimal health and weight. Plus it’s economical!
With all the information floating around, it’s hard to find information based on research. I’ve done the research and have lived off that research for years. And I am here to tell you that you can feel healthy and energized by eating the right foods.
About
Allen L. Appell, Ph.D. has a Masters of Science in Applied Nutrition from the University of New England, has a Doctorate in Business Administration, an MBA, and is Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University. He has completed certificate programs in Plant-Based Nutrition at the eCornell T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, Dr. McDougall’s Health & Medical Center, and Forks Over Knives Plant-Based Cooking Course. He has lived and studied a Whole Food Plant-Based lifestyle for the past 20 years, is 82, and is an avid equestrian, mountain biker, sailor and martial artist.
My Recomendation
It is clear that a Whole Foods Plant-Based (WFPB) diet is healthy. Moreover, it is far healthier than an omnivore diet. Comparative studies of WFPB societies around the world argue for this conclusion. Also, it has been shown through double-blind placebo-controlled studies that a WFPB diet can halt and actually reverse many of the major diseases that plague Americans and the world. Many of our major diseases such as CVD (Cardiovascular Disease) may not be due to our DNA as conventional thinking would have it, but a matter of choice in what we eat. Therefore, it would seem few people need to die of heart disease. This is a rather strong statement given that heart disease is our major killer.
In addition to being healthy, a WFPB lifestyle is economical. Foods like rice, grains, beans, and vegetables are significantly less expensive than meat. It stands to reason that plant food that is eaten directly is more economical than feeding it to livestock and then eating the livestock. In addition to “cutting out the middleman” high additional externality costs such as animal sewage are avoided. Such externalities have high costs that must be borne by society and the world as a whole.
The health of individuals and society as a whole is not primarily a matter of money but a matter of education and convincing people of the validity of WFPB lifestyle. This is no small task as people inherit not only their DNA from their families but their eating lifeways. If your parents often served meat, dairy and eggs you are likely to consume the same. What we eat becomes a way of life that is hard to change. Many people feel deprived if meat is not served. Even certain foods such as refined sugar, salt, and fats can be physically and psychologically addictive.
Each of us eats approximately one ton of food per year so diet has a major impact on our lives. While a WFPB lifestle may be optimum, there are additional considerations in life such as your readiness to change your diet and your relationships with others that you have to weigh. Eating a minimimum amount of grass-fed beef or wild caught calmon one or two days per week for a time or having a piece of birthday cake should not be a problem unless this leads to excess and results in minimum health improvement. Overall, we have to enjoy the whole of life, of which what we eat is significant, but only a part.