Kaayla T. Daniel PhD, CCN

Myths and Truths about Vegetarian Diets

WISE TRADITIONS Portland

September 21, 2013

VeganismA Modern

Experiment

Dr. Price searched the world for a culture in which plant foods “without the use of animal products, were capable of

providing all the requirements of the body for growth and for

maintenance of good health and a high state of physical

efficiency.”

Sadly, he reported: “No group

that was building and maintaining good bodies

exclusively on plant foods”

Several groups were “endeavoring

to do so with marked evidence

of failure.”

Masai Warriors

Native Americans

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Arctic Explorer

How did the plant-based fad get started?

Why do so many people they are science based?

Colin Campbell & Caldwell Esselstyn

Ancel Keys Lipid

Hypothesis

Kind Actresses

Victoria Beckham

The Skinny Bitches

Vegan Speak

John Robbins

•0.5% Vegans

•3% Mostly Vegetarian

•10% Wannabes

Standard American Diet (SAD)

Fast Foods

Tricked Out as Health Foods!

Would you like some food with your

plastic?

If Dr. Price Were to Travel

Today

Myth

Vegan Diets are the Solution to World Hunger

Truth•Only 11% of the world’s land is

suited to agriculture

•Open range, desert and mountainous areas provide food for grazing animals

What happens when we try to cultivate open range, desert and

mountains?

•Herbicides, pesticides

•Chemical Fertilizers

•Irrigation

•Damaged Ecosystems

The Fertile Crescent

Contributions of Grazing Animals•Food

•Clothing

•Shelter

•Fuel

•Fertilizer

The SolutionMixed Use

Farms

Cattle Under Coconut Trees -- Sri Lanka

Sheep Under Fruit Trees Netherlands

MythMeat and Dairy Cause GlobaL

Warming

Less meat equals less heat

Truth

Reducing Meat & Dairy won’t have major impact on Global Warming

-- University of California @ Davis

Myth

•Cancer

•Heart Disease

•Osteoporosis

•Kidney Disease

Truth Dietary Changes in the Modern

World

•Sugar

•Refined Flour

•Vegetable Oils

•Packaged, Processed Foods

•Fast Foods

Myth

•Plant-based diets are healthier

•Vegan diets are healthiest of all!

Truth Serious Nutritional

Deficiencies

Heart Disease

Cancer

Bone Disease

Cholesterol

• Total May Go High• Low -- Below 180 is Not Good• Ratio HDL: LDL • Fluffy LDL vs. Dense LDL

100 73

• Depression

• Mood Swings

• Irritability

• PMS

• Infertility

Reproductive and Mood Hormones

Loss of Libido