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  • Seventh-day Adventists and Health

    A strong commitment to health has been a part of Seventh Adventist’s tradition since in founding in the 1840s.

    Within the Californian Seventh-day Adventist community, as the diet becomes more vegetarian, so do the health outcomes.

    Californian Seventh-day Adventists are much healthier than the average American.

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  • Moderation is a Fatal Thing

    Everything in moderation is a near unanimous response by health professional, health support organisations and media commentators to solving our health crisis.

    The same argument was used in in the 1950s and 1960s to convince people to reduce smoking. After all, you would not want to deprive people of the “solace, relaxation and enjoyment to mankind” that smoking has provided for more than 300 years. These days, doctors do not suggest that people reduce smoking but to stop.

    One problem is that moderation cannot be defined. One person may consider a hamburger or packet of cigarettes a week as being moderate. This can easily become two hamburgers a week or just one more cigarette.

    Doing things in moderation does not change a habit. To change a habit requires consistency and commitment over a period of several weeks or months.

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  • Ancel Keys and the High-Fat Diet “Experts”

    Popular commentators frequently accuse Keys of manipulating data in his 1953 paper, Atherosclerosis, A Problem in Newer Public Health.

    This study is sometimes referred as the Six Countries Study. A number of popular commentators think this is the Seven Countries Study— they count England and Wales as two countries.

    This paper was presented in Amsterdam in 1952 and in January 1953 in New York.

    Far too much attention is paid to one page of a minor discussion paper written in the early 1950s. Keys writes,

    “The fact that the present high rate from degenerative heart disease in the United States is not inevitable is easily shown by the comparison with some other countries.”

    This was the purpose of the paper.

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  • William Roberts – The cause of heart disease – It is the cholesterol

    William Roberts is a leading cardiovascular pathologist. He is the current editor (at 2018) of the American Journal of Cardiology— a position he has held since 1982. He has published over 1,500 articles. He has been located at Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute and Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas since 1993.

    Roberts was the editor of a series of books titled Cardiology which were published annually from 1982-1999.

    Roberts has advocated and practiced consuming a low-fat, whole-food, plant-based diet for over 50 years.

    He believes that there is only one cause of atherosclerosis - "It's the cholesterol, stupid!"

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  • Ancel Keys did not manipulate his data

    Popular commentators frequently accuse Keys of manipulating data in his 1953 paper, Atherosclerosis, A Problem in Newer Public Health.

    This study is sometimes referred as the “Six Countries Study”. A number of popular commentators think this is the Seven Countries Study— they count England & Wales as two countries.

    This paper was presented in Amsterdam in 1952 and in January 1953 in New York.

    Far too much attention is paid to one page of a minor discussion paper written in the early 1950s. Keys writes,

    “The fact that the present high rate from degenerative heart disease in the United States is not inevitable is easily shown by the comparison with some other countries.”

    This was the purpose of the paper.

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  • Rheumatoid arthritis – an autoimmune condition

    Autoimmune diseases are a group of sinister diseases where the immune system attacks the body that it was designed to protect.

    Rheumatoid arthritis usually affects the smaller joints, such as those in the hands, feet and wrists, although larger joints such as the hips and knees can also be affected. According to the Health Direct website, the cause of rheumatoid arthritis is not known.

    You may be surprised to know how much is known about the causes of rheumatoid arthritis.

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  • Eggs are Not OK

    Australians’ usual egg consumption is a document prepared by researchers at the CSIRO. The CSIRO is the premier Australian government-funded research organisation.

    The conclusion of this document states:

    Eggs provide a low cost, convenient source of protein and other key nutrients. Our results [from the Healthy Diet Score survey] suggest their inclusion in the diet is associated with a higher diet quality, in particular higher consumption vegetables and lower consumption of discretionary foods.

    This document is a marketing document. It needs a lot of imagination to make such a conclusion from the CSIRO’s published research papers. This conclusion also contradicts a number of other studies that show consuming eggs is detrimental.

    I sent an email on 28th October 2017 to the lead author of this document, Dr Gilly Hendrie. Hendrie is also the lead author of a number of journal articles relating to the Healthy Diet Index. A copy of this email can be found at CSIRO Healthy Diet Score and Egg Consumption in Australia.

    The response will be published when it is received.

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  • CSIRO Healthy Diet Score and Egg Consumption in Australia

    In May 2015, the CSIRO (Australia) Healthy Diet Score survey was launched. This survey describes Australian’s self-reported diets and their compliance with the Australian Dietary Guidelines. As at June 2016, more than 85,000 people have responded.

    This survey was used to justify the “Eggs are OK every day” campaign. This is despite the fact that the only measurable health outcome was weight status and despite the fact that there is only a fair correlation between two different self-reported dietary surveys that were performed a week apart.

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  • Hunter Valley Natural Therapies Talk – 22 August 2017

    I presented a talk at a Hunter Valley Natural Therapies lunch at East Maitland in the Hunter Valley of NSW on 22nd August.

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  • Leukemia Foundation Mayfield – 2 August 2016

    Read the talk given at the Leukemia Foundation, Mayfield, NSW on 2 August 2016 regarding the benefits of preventing illness instead of treating illnesses when they occur.

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