atherosclerosis Archives - Arthur's Court

This is a wonderful presentation w/ Dr. Klaper comparing animal products & plant based foods. I’ve made a summary below the video playlist (if you’re reading this in Facebook, please visit my Food That Kills post on my website to see the videos). Please comment when you’ve watched the entire presentation. I would love to hear if you have heard things contrary to what he presents. If you share, please cite your source (preferably, though not necessarily, a peer-reviewed journal article).

Recap of presentation: Diets high in animal protein (milk & meat) (body only needs about 30g / day, typical American diet 100+g a day) causes build up of acids as the liver metabolizes the protein & creates urea, ammonia & other amino acid waste fragments. These acids sap calcium from the bones and the kidneys excrete it in the urine, even in the presence of more than adequate dietary calcium. Osteoporosis seems to be more of a disease of protein excess than calcium deficiency. Highest animal protein consuming countries are the ones with osteoporosis: US, Scandinavia, Europe & Australia. So, milk…DOESN’T do a body good. Not to mention hormones, antibiotics, casein, pasteurization, etc. (Milk, Does A Body Good?)

Another prob w/ US diet, refined carbohydrates (enriched wheat) causes depletion of fiber which slows down the absorption. Without the fiber our intestines get gunked up.

One cause of high blood pressure is high amounts of sodium & one of the things highest in sodium is animal products, milk & meat.

When women eat animal fats prostaglandin 2 is released which makes her uterus constrict, retain fluid, gets irritable. Dr. Klaper Women who have increased their plant based consumption and reduced their animal product consumption have seen reduction in PMS symptoms.

Final thoughts: As a doctor in general practice he noted many patients’ health dramatically increasing and the need for medications reducing as they took on a vegetarian diet. Other than his “we need to control the population” comment at the end I felt it was a very informative presentation that helped put overall health in perspective and helped to dispel some common myths around milk, meat, protein and vegetarian diets.

After learning about the manipulative of marketing, the power of politics and the Machiavellian tendencies induced by large mounds of money, it perhaps wasn’t as hard to believe as it may have been several years ago. The slogan “Milk, it does a body good” has remained with me for a long time and while it may not have been the prime reason that I loved to down a couple glasses a day growing up, it definitely may have been a contributing factor in keeping my family and I dismissing claims that milk wasn’t good for me.

Well, the more I dig, the more I uncover and the more I see that things are not always as they seem. I don’t consider it a conspiracy, though it may be. I don’t place blame on anyone, though there are groups that have perpetuated lies, knowingly or unknowingly. I just think it’s in my best interest to dig for truth and then feed my body what it needs to thrive.

I’ve struggled through different trials in life as many do; ADD, impulsiveness, mild depression, etc. I haven’t pieced together yet all the reasons for those struggles, but perhaps much of my mental anguish was unnecessary. Now I fully acknowledge the purpose of trials in life. The stressors can cause us to push back, which helps us to seek for answers and to grow, but imagine if there were an understanding, acceptance and living of personal health standards untainted by marketing & man’s motivation for money. What kind of businesses would we build up? What kind of food systems would we have? What kind of prosperity would we uncover and what kind of positive progress could we make as human race?

These are some problems being observed and attributed at least in part with the consumption of milk (and in a broader way, animal products):

High in protein that can leech calcium from bones
Breast cancer
Osteoporosis
Atherosclerosis: heart disease, stroke, kidney failure
Children coming into puberty sooner
ADD
Alergies

Considering the distraction from creative endeavors the previous list suggests, I am going to make the decision to reduce milk from my diet. Following you’ll find my Milk Video Playlist (if you are viewing this in Facebook please visit my blog post Milk, Does A Body Good? to see the videos):