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• What If It’s All Been a Big Fat Lie?

  Gary Taubes interviewed a number of prominent nutrition experts for his 2002 New York Times article What if it has been a Big Fat Lie?

  Gary Taubes, Good Calories, Bad Calories book supported the views of Robert Atkins Diet Revolution, a high-fat, high-protein, high animal-based diet. This article resulted in the publication of the book Good Calories, Bad Calories five years later.

  Bonnie Liebman reviewed Taubes’ New York Time Magazine article in 2002.

  Both Teicholz and Taubes are supported and funded by the Beef Industry.

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  30 January 2026

• Dan Repacholi – Health Advocate

  Ketogenic and low-carbohydrate diet advocates have been having a much greater impact on our diet and our health in the recent decades.. Book sales are higher, website visits are much more frequent.

  Our health indicators have become progressively worse. The prevalence of many cancers have continued to rise. The mortality rate for all cases of cancer has risen for females. It has decreased for males because of the reduction in lung cancer.

  Breast cancer, a sex-hormone related cancer with a high prevalence rate, continues to rise.

  Pancreatic cancer, has a lower prevalence rate but has a high mortality rate, continues to rise unabated.

  Whilst a substantial reduction in cervical cancer occurred between 1992-2002, there has been no reduction in the following two decades.

  In 2018, 36% of Australians aged 18 and over are overweight (BMI of 25 to up to 30) and 31% of the population are obese (BMI 30 or more).

  34% of adult Australians have hypertension (greater than 140/90 or taking medication). According to the Framingham Risk Assessment calculator, a systolic value of less than 120 mmHg is ideal.

  Autoimmune diseases are a pernicious group of diseases where the immune system produces antibodies that destroy the body’s cells. There are 80-100 autoimmune diseases that have been identified.

  Autoimmune diseases cumulatively affect 5-10% of the industrial world population and are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality.

  World-wide, the incidence of autoimmune diseases is increasing at the rate of 19% each and every year.

  5.3% of Australian adults aged 18 and over had type 2 diabetes in 2017–18. Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic condition in Australia, increasing at a faster rate than other chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

  Almost 1.9 million Australians have diabetes. On average, one in three of these people have some level of diabetic retinopathy.

  Dementia is a syndrome in which there is deterioration in memory, thinking, behaviour and the ability to perform everyday activities. It is not a normal part of aging. 50 million people world-wide have dementia with nearly 10 million new cases every year. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia contributing 60–70% of cases.

  In 2016, the global number of individuals who lived with dementia was 43·8 million which increased from 20.2 million in 1990. This represented an increase of 117% in 16 years. Dementia was the fifth leading cause of death globally accounting for 2·4 million deaths. This could be attributed to modifiable risk factors of high BMI, high fasting plasma glucose, smoking, and a high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages.

  In the US, in 2010, the rate of autism at age 8 was 14.7 per 1,000 which is 1 in 68. Boys are 4.5 times more likely to be affected than girls.

  This rate continues to increase. As at 2020, about 1 in 36 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) according to estimates from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. About 1 in 6 (17%) children aged 3–17 years were diagnosed with a developmental disability.

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  That is the bad news. The good news is much of these illnesses can be prevented and even reversed with the consumption of a whole-food, plant-based diet with NO added oils (or salt). Coconut oil, olive oil or mayonnaise are not healthy and are most assuredly NOT associated with a natural diet of humans (or chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans).

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  14 June 2025

• Wise Nutrition Website and Dr James Muecke, 2020 Australian of the Year

  Each morning when I sign into my PC, I check the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) news, health and science bulletins.

  The top news stories have frequent references to the problems that women have with their health (including endometriosis), the difficulty that they have in obtaining diagnosis and treatment and the suffering that they are enduring. It is estimated that in Australia 11%-16% of women in the relevant target population are afflicted by this devastating condition.

  There has been 7 articles in the Newcastle Herald during December 2021 and January 2022 featuring Dr. James Muecke and Dr. Peter Bruckner, a sport’s medical clinician, on how to prevent and cure diabetes with an animal-based diet that is high in fat and low in carbohydrates.

  Muecke and Bruckner both state that we should be eating more eggs, cheese, meat and dark chocolate to minimise diabetes, its associated blindness (diabetic retinopathy) and diabetic neuropathy.

  The WHO states the endometriosis is incurable and the cause is unknown. Using references from peer-reviewed medical journals and case studies, I can show that this is not true. It is caused by an overabundance of oestrogen, in particular oestradiol which is the result of a high-fat, high-protein diet as advocated by low-carbohydrate and ketogenic diet advocates such as Dr James Muecke, the 2020 Australian of the Year. Many references are provided from my website.

  I have written to the ABC on several occasions, with references to peer-reviewed articles and links to Neal Barnard’s video telling Katherine Lawrence’s story of her recovery from endometriosis in less than 2 months.

  Despite the fact that all complaints to the ABC must be responded to, I have not received one response. It could be a life-changing event for 100,000s of women and men if the ABC followed one or two of these women over a period of 2 months following the introduction of a whole-food, plant-based diet.

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  2 August 2024

• Videos

  The Game Changers and These Athletes are Powered By Plants are two videos that demonstrate the impact that a whole-food, plant-based diet has not only on our own health but also for the environment and the animals that we share the earth with.

  The Game Changers features 3 very unwell people whose lives were essentially over at a relatively young age. Their transformation within a very short period of time are examples of what can be achieved by changing what we consume.

  In the video, How Foods Affect Hormones, Neal Barnard tells the story of Katherine Lawrence who was an Air Force officer working as an aerospace engineer in Iraq. In 2003, she was one of the first group of people in Iraq, building air bases.

  Cheese was one of her favourite foods, so when she returned from Iraq she devoured large quantities of cheese and cheese dishes.

  As a result she gained a substantial amount of weight and started getting pain in her abdomen that become much worse over time. A doctor performed a laparoscopy – the body is examined through a scope inserted into an incision below the belly button. This resulted in a diagnosis of endometriosis.

  According to the WHO, "there is no known way to prevent endometriosis. There is no cure, but its symptoms can be treated with medicines".

  Her doctor arranged for a hysterectomy, a life-changing operation preventing her from having children. While she was waiting for her operation she started a strict whole-food, plant-based diet with no added oils (important) to manage her pain which was becoming unbearable. When she had the operation 6 weeks later, her endometriosis had disappeared. Her doctor refused to believe that the diet caused the change, preferring to believe in a miracle despite evidence in peer-reviewed medical journals that an excess of estrogens can result in endometriosis.

  Neal also tells the story of remarkable story of Dr. Anthony (Tony) Sattilaro who in 1978 at the age of 48, was diagnosed with cancerous growths in his skull, right shoulder, prostate, backbone, sternum and genitals. At the time, he was the president of Methodist Hospital and was told that he had about one year to live. Through a chance meeting he cured himself of this incurable cancer within a year by eating a macrobiotic diet and adopting their lifestyle.

  After 10 years Tony decided he was cured and decided he could revert back to his old habits. Read about the conseqeuences - sometimes you only have one chance.

  See Dr Caldwell Esselstyn's video and angiogram to see how a severely constricted artery can be repaired - on a whole-food, plant-based diet with no added oils.

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  7 October 2023

• Summary of Dr James Muecke Australian of the Year 2020

  There has been 7 articles in the Newcastle Herald during December 2021 and January 2022 featuring Dr. James Muecke and Dr. Peter Bruckner, a sport’s medical clinician, on how to prevent and cure diabetes with an animal-based diet that is high in fat and low in carbohydrates. Muecke and Bruckner both state that we should be eating more eggs, cheese, meat and dark chocolate to minimise diabetes, its associated blindness (diabetic retinopathy) and diabetic neuropathy.

  One of these articles was an editorial “The pandemic should be all the impetus we need to properly address diabetes, the other silent assassin in our midst” urging people to address diabetes by adopting Dr. Muecke and Dr. Bruckner’s recommended diets.

  Their recommendations are killing people.

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  9 September 2021

• DFN – Food Vitals Webinar on 26 July 2021

  One thing that psychology has taught us is that people do not make choices based on logic and evidence but feelings and emotions. Any basic marketing course teaches us to “sell the sizzle, not the sausage”.

  Michael Greger has an incredible video about his grandmother Francis and John Robbins tells a deeply moving story about “The Pig Farmer”. Links to both are on my website. This is what changes people behaviour – not another journal reference or graph. I still cannot get through either without crying.

  I have several testimonials from people who have transformed their lives – despite opposition from the medical profession.

  On the 4th July 2019, the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) published this news item as its top news story.

  World Health Organisation’s recommendations on saturated fat are out of date, expert team says.

  This article was based on an article, WHO draft guidelines on dietary saturated and trans fatty acids: time for a new approach? It was published in THE BMJ the previous day, written by Arne Astrup and 17 colleagues. These popular commentators are very well organised.

  At the end of Astrup’s article, the evidence for including eggs, chocolate, cheese, and meat is listed, which matches the needs of their corporate sponsors.

  No amount of bar graphs or references will compete with a picture of a delicious burger, complete with eggs and chips.

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  Dr Shireen Kassam is a Consultant Haematologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College Hospital, London with a specialist interest in the treatment of patients with lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system). She is also passionate about promoting plant-based nutrition for the prevention and reversal of chronic diseases and for maintaining optimal health after treatment for cancer.

  When Shireen introduced herself at the beginning of her Food Vitals Webinar on 26th July 2021, she stated that she and her husband were vegan for over 7 years (which makes it about about 2014). At the end of her talk, she stated that her haematologist husband did not embrace her vegan lifestyle until after COVID-19 in March 2020 – some 4 years later, when his BMI was 30.2, weight was 87 kg, cholesterol 6.5 mmol/L and blood pressure 145/88.

  If it takes a specialist medical doctor 4 years to embrace his wife’s lifestyle with all the evidence that she can present, then it does not bode very well for the rest of the population.

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  11 August 2021

• WHO’s Guidelines on Saturated Fats – The Reality and the Myths – View the Movie

  On the 4th July 2019, the ABC published this news item as its top news story.

  World Health Organisation's recommendations on saturated fat are out of date, expert team says.

  It was based on an article, WHO draft guidelines on dietary saturated and trans fatty acids: Time for a new approach? published in THE BMJ the previous day, which was written by Arne Astrup and 17 colleagues.

  At least 13 of the 18 authors of this paper, have received funding from the dairy and beef industries.

  Whilst the links to the dairy and beef industries are noted in THE BMJ article, it is not mentioned in the ABC's article. There is no mention that the researchers have been paid millions of dollars by the dairy, beef and chocolate industries.

  t is not responsible to leave the information published in ABC’s article to be uncorrected. The majority of readers will only see the statement,

  A global team of researchers has taken aim at World Health Organisation draft guidelines that recommend people reduce their saturated fat intake.

  The picture accompanying the article shows burger, chips, eggs, and baked beans.

  The readers’ conclusion - eating bacon and eggs is no longer considered to be unsafe.

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  16 December 2019

• Bread Does Not Make You Fat

  Most people are under the impression that starchy foods such as bread and potatoes make you fat.

  This is not the case - unless you cover your bread and potatoes with high-fat foods such as cheese, butter or sour cream.

  Excess sugars and carbohydrates are stored as glycogen - not fats. Carbohydrates are not converted to fats. Animals, bacteria and fungi convert glucose to glycogen which is the form that glucose is stored.

  Except in abnormal, extreme conditions, carbohydrates are not converted to fat in humans.

  Fats make you fat - not carbohydrates.

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  23 September 2019

• The Evidence Against Eric Westman and William Yancy

  Eric Westman and William Yancy are medical doctors associated with Duke University School of Medicine in North Carolina, where they are associate professors.

  They are prolific authors associated with ketogenic and high-fat, low-carbohydrate diets. They have both received funding from Robert C. Atkins Foundation which supports research into low-carbohydrate nutrition.

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  22 November 2018

• The Problem With Cow’s Milk

  Skin and intestinal reactions to cow’s milk was described by Hippocrates (460-370 B.C.) and Galen of Pergamum (130-210 AD), both Greek physicians so there has been an awareness of problems with cow’s milk for a considerable period of time.

  Cow’s milk is the most common cause of allergic reactions, although the actual prevalence is disputed.

  Mammals have evolved over millions of years to provide nutrition for their infants in the first stage of life. There are significant difference between species depending upon factors such as rates of growth.

  A bull reaches maturity at 9-10 months, so the rate of growth is markedly different to humans. Consequently, the composition of bovine milk is very different to that of humans. The consequences of cow’s milk consumption are potentially harmful.

  Contrary to popular belief, the more calcium and animal protein consumption, the greater the rate of hip and pelvic fractures.

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  23 December 2017