(May 1, 2014 at 8:53 pm)Aractus Wrote:(May 1, 2014 at 1:38 pm)BlackSwordsman Wrote: You mention that they are starting to learn more about nutrition in medical studies that is fantastic, which state is this? I know they 'touch' upon nutrition but are not really focused on for apparent reasonsI'm in Australia, what I meant was that people such as Harvey are the reason that we are learning about dietary deficiencies and the effects they can have on health - not him specifically. If I ask 100 random people on the street what the effects of low cholesterol are I can bet you my life savings that less than 10% would have any clue, yet nearly 100% would know at least some of the effects of high cholesterol. 30 Banana a Day tells people that they don't need to eat any cholesterol because the body makes it - very dangerous advice.
And the other thing I mean is that it's only now that we're beginning to learn about the effects of long-term veganism. It's true that many people find that a vegan diet is helpful for their health, however long term it's a different story. Alex Jamieson - a qualified nutritionist who specializes in vegan diets - found that after 10 or 11 years on her vegan diet (which was helpful for her at the start) was unsustainable for her health. Her periods were happening fortnightly - and as a qualified nutritionist who's an expert on veganism was unable to heal on vegan diet. She now eats meat - albeit not very much meat, but enough that she feels is right for her.
That is interesting but I beg the question as to what other factors are happening here. There is a Cardiologist whom is 98, been vegan 70+ years with zero medical conditions who swears by the diet. There is also a 110? year old woman who is also vegan.
Women are confusing enough so maybe she changed something somewhere along the line, nutrition is forever expanding their knowledge. Maybe she needs to bone up on new material.
I don't know enough about her case but I am sure there is more to the story than that. I have seen too many cases of extremely long life styles of vegan diets that are successful.
But I agree with you for the most part:
I don't know too many details but I did find:
Also I dug a bit further and found she isn't a nutritionist, she is a health coach.
But to be honest I don't buy into the dogma of Vegan long term being unhealthy, mainly because in my medical observance I have found it to be too much the opposite.
But again my opinion.