Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Processed foods are a much bigger health problem than we thought [View all]mitch96
(13,870 posts)43. The Blue Zones., yup that's the book..
There is just too much evidence based science that a Whole foods plant based diet will keep you healthy as we age.. I don't eat meat for health reasons. All the men in my family died of heart disease in their late '50s and early '60s. I'm gonna be 70 soon so eating this way is what I call the "grand experiment"..
I will sometimes eat broiled or steamed Alaska (not farm raised) salmon once a month or maybe sardine toast with avocado. That's my treat. It has my B-12 dose for the week.
I guess I'm just an old hippy veg doing my yoga/palates with a long walk thrown in for good measure... Such a cliché
m
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
45 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
I started the Keto diet about 2 months ago, and one thing I noticed after about a week or two is
smirkymonkey
Jun 2019
#28
High Fructose Corn Syrup would be banned if our government cared even a little about our health
Calculating
Jun 2019
#10
I worked in Quality Control for a major Pharmaceutical company for over 35 years
patphil
Jun 2019
#20
Saw a scientist on tv (60 Minutes or something). He had worked in the chips industry.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2019
#13
Glyphosate is in all our food, but it's usually in smaller amts in organic food
womanofthehills
Jun 2019
#34
Been doing for 30 yrs. I think I know how it works with Obesity & article obliquely confirms
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2019
#26
I remember in University studying Agriculture(which is a STEM program dammit!)
GulfCoast66
Jun 2019
#35