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Plant-based Vs Animal-based Diets: Modern Disease in Ancient Egyptians

Most people alive today would probably agree that organic, pesticide-free, whole wheat, grain-based diets, low in animal-based foods, richer in plant proteins from lentils and beans, and consisting mainly of vegetables are ideal diets. The ancient Egyptians ate this way. To repeat, it was organic, pesticide-free, and whole-grain. Ask the folks who made the food pyramid (My Plate) and the Eat Lancet Diet, and they will love it. Does it sound amazing to you? Well, not to me. My Plate has adult men eating around ten slices of bread per day, or the equivalent of 47 teaspoons of table sugar! I wrote about how the Eat Lancet Diet causes malnutrition on January 1, which is a similar diet to My Plate. If you are interested in their recommendations—the Lancet's diet causes protein deficiency, among other things. Let’s see how the ancient Egyptians who ate the same way fared.

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Diet, Functional Medicine, General Health, Oral HealthScott Solomons, DDSAncient Egypt, Neolithic, Hunter-gatherer, EAT Lancet, The Food Pyramid, My Plate, Table Sugar, Carbohydrates, Malnutrition, Stone Age, The Nile, Vegetarian, Vegan, Meat, Isotope, Beer, Bread, Protein, Tooth Decay, gum disease, Plaque, Orthodontics, Malocclusion, Crooked Teeth, Impacted Wisdom Teeth, Facial development, King Tut, Hardening of the Arteries, Atherosclerosis, Heart Disease, Junk Food, Processed Foods, triglycerides, HDL:, Triglyceride:HDL RatioComment
The Best Way To Predict Heart Attack Risk

Many traditional ways of measuring your risk for having a heart attack are not nearly as accurate as many believe. For example, many believe that our total cholesterol and LDL are the best indicators for heart disease, but the association is weak. As far back as 1964, Garrett, Horning, and Creech found no definite correlation between serum cholesterol levels and the nature and extent of atherosclerotic disease. They published their findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The famous Framingham heart study concluded in 1977 that HDL was a much better predictor of heart disease than LDL, and total cholesterol was not associated with any risk. In 1997, The Lancet published a paper on the elderly that showed for each 18 mg/dl increase of cholesterol, the chance of death went down by 15%. Amazingly, they also found that mortality from cancer and infection was significantly lower among the participants in the highest total cholesterol category. We believe these readings to be the best way to predict heart disease because we have been told to. Today I will show you some more statistical hocus pocus that helped promote these tests, and tell you about a much more accurate one you should get.

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Scott Solomons, DDSHeart Disease, Heart Attack, LDL, Total Cholesterol, Framingham Heart Study, Odds Ratio, Risk Ratio, P-value, triglycerides, HDL, HDL:, Triglyceride:HDL Ratio, Insulin, Insulin Level, Insulin Resistance, Diabetes, Fasting Insulin, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, NAFLD, CAC, Coronary Artery Calcification Score, Coronary Calcium Scan, Fatty Liver, Whole Foods, Processed Carbohydrates, Seed Oil, Industrial Seed Oil, Exercise, Stress Reduction, SleepComment