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“Having the USDA design your food pyramid is like having Al Capone do your taxes”

Caldwell Esselstyn, Director of the cardiovascular prevention and reversal program at The Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute

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So, what is my prescription for good health? In short, it is about the multiple health benefits of consuming plant-based foods, and the largely unappreciated health dangers of consuming animal-based foods, including all types of meat, dairy and eggs.

Source: The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health

T. Colin Campbell, Cornell University

How much bad do you accept with the good?

Beef

Protein: 20 g

Cholesterol: 53 mg

Eggs

9.7 g

4 mg

Cow’s Milk

3.75 g

15 mg

Black Beans

Protein: 22.9 g

Cholesterol: 0 mg

Tofu

10.6 g

0 mg

Soy Milk

2.9 g

0 mg

(Per 100 g)

Source

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all auto-mobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of “real food for real people” you’d better live real close to a real good hospital.

Dr Neal Barnard, founding president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Saturated fats per 100 g

Chickpeas: 0 g

Black beans: 0 g

Tofu: 0.5 g

Beef: 4.1 g

Cheese: 18 g

Source

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