1. Plant-Based Nutrition
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2. Ten Leading Causes of Death
Diseases highlighted in BOLD indicate a strong linkage to nutrition Statistics by each listed disease represent the total number of deaths annually as of April 27, 2016, per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at:
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3. Looking at the Individual Nutrients
…leads to a pill-and-potion approach
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5. A New Medical Paradigm Present Paradigm Dependency on drugs
Targeted therapies
Nutrient supplements
Reductionism:
Treatment of symptoms with drugs that have toxic side effects
Future Paradigm
Dependency on food
Wholism:
Treatment and prevention of disease with no toxic side effects
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6. Nutrition MYTHS
Nutrition is a function of a handful of clearly identifiable nutrients
Nutrients do very specific things and cause very specific diseases
Nutrition represents very definitive events we can study and understand
Nutrients manipulated independently can accomplish benefits
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7. Nutrition…
The biologically “wholistic” process by which elements of food and water are used by the body to optimize health
The highly integrated reactions and events of countless food chemicals working together, as in a symphony
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8. Nutrients…
Nutrients are chemicals that assist in creating and restoring health
Many nutrients (health-promoting chemicals) have yet to be identified
Some chemicals in food do not promote health
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9. Factors Affecting Nutrient Variation
And More…
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10. Plant and Animal-Based Foods (Per 500 Calories of Energy)
Nutrient Composition
Plant and Animal-Based Foods (Per 500 Calories of Energy)

11. Previous Slide References
Nutrient Composition
Previous Slide References
USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference.
Holden JM, Eldridge AL, Beecher GR, et al. “Carotenoid content of U.S. foods: an update of the database.” J. Food Comp. Anal. 12 (1999): 169–196.
The exact food listings in the database were: Ground Beef, 80% lean meat/20% fat, raw; Pork,fresh, ground, raw; Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat and skin, raw; Milk, dry, whole; Spinach,raw; Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year- round average; Lima Beans, large, mature seeds, raw; Peas,green, raw; Potatoes, russet, flesh and skin, raw.
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12. Impact of Plant vs. Animal Food: On Our Health and the Environment
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13. Animal Proteins Tend to:

14. vs. Animal Protein Intake as Percentage of Total Calories
Death Rates for Men 55 to 59
vs. Animal Protein Intake as Percentage of Total Calories
Animal Protein Intake Percent
Heart Disease Death Rate (Per 100,000)
Jolliffe N, Archer M. Statistical associations between international coronary heart disease death rates and certain environmental factors. J Chronic Dis 1959;9:
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15. Plant Proteins Tend to Have the Opposite Effect:
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17. Impact of Diet on the Environment
Every 5 years, the US Dietary Guidelines are revised to reflect the latest nutritional science.
In 2015, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee attempted to include the concept of sustainability. The committee, which included top nutrition scientists, defined sustainable diets as “a pattern of eating that promotes health and well-being and provides food security for the present population while sustaining human and natural resources for future generations.”
It made the case that a diet higher in plant-based foods and lower in animal-based foods both promotes health and protects the environment- resulting in lower greenhouse gas emissions, and less energy, land and water use.
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18. A Whole Foods Plant-Based Diet: What to Eat
"One of the most fortunate findings from the mountain of nutritional research I’ve encountered is that good food and good health is simple. The biology of the relationship of food and health is exceptionally complex, but the message is still simple. The recommendations coming from the published literature are so simple that I can state them in one sentence: eat a whole foods, plant-based diet, while minimizing the consumption of refined foods, added salt and added fats.”
- T. Colin Campbell, PhD
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19. Eat
Avoid

20. Consequences of Deciding
What’s for Dinner?
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