Dr. Dean Ornish: The world now eats (and dies) like Americans

http://www.ted.com Stop wringing your hands over AIDS, cancer and the avian flu. Cardiovascular disease kills more people than everything else combined -- and it's mostly preventable. Dr. Dean Ornish explains how changing our eating habits will save lives.

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[gaucoin13]

Talk faster.

[tink0026]

Western Europeans seem to have adapted to drinking cows milk longer into adulthood than other people groups. If you enjoy it, use products that are reduced fat and have no added sugar or other processing. If you don't enjoy it, don't drink it.

As for soybeans, their protein comes with fewer of the problems of meat-based proteins, but they also have numerous blocking compounds that prevent uptake of certain vitamins. Enjoy in moderation and with not too much processing.

[rockcityaudio]

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[sumbarine]

@cdnp4p The health benefits are the same from pasteurized milk.Calcium,Vit D other nutrients are plenty & well absorbed by most people. The cost is down * a longer shelf life. There is no evidence that pasteurized milk is bad

[sumbarine]

@LadyCopper1 There^s nothing wrong with pasteurized milk.It still has plenty of calcium,Vit D, & other nutrients your body needs no different than non pasteurized. Its longer shelf life is also a bonus. most people have zilch problem digesting pasteurized milk

[RippedtoShreds2008]

Ornish you should know better. The USDA food pyramid is the reason for our obesity problem, people thinking grains (with gluten, anti-nutrients, etc.) are super healthy, and that saturated fats are horrible.

What I see people eating on a regular basis: Grains with HFCS, soda with HFCS, etc. I think based at least anecdotally that the problem is insulin dysregulation.

[PacRimJim]

His manic talk stressed me out. Think I'll have a chocolate bar.

[biped19]

Obesity pandemic in the U.S.? People in other countries act surprised until they live here, and gain 20 pounds just by breathing. Only halfwits attribute obesity exclusively from inactivity and over eating. The truth is America, unlike other countries, does nothing to regulate the poisons like HFCS, MSG etc. in the food supply. In fact the FDA takes payoff to look the other way. When they want to fatten mice for studies they, you guessed it, feed them MSG.

[realinohio]

Comments comments .... the truth is our American diet is not good for us and it is killing us so something is wrong

[LadyCopper1]

@tink0026 The enzyme for digesting milk is lactase and EVEN CALVES do not have enough lactase. There IS lactase in milk until it is pasteurized. Drinking raw, grassfed milk is something pretty much everyone can enjoy and it does have huge benefits. See realmilk.com for more info.

Soybeans, I am very skeptical of their value. IMO, I don't want to eat anything made from soy UNLESS it has been thoroughly fermented first, as used to done all over Asia, and then only in small amounts...

[Nessarose1985]

@stmml02 Epic win.