ava on Nostr: There certainly is. The scientific evidence demonstrates a clear causal relationship ...
There certainly is. The scientific evidence demonstrates a clear causal relationship between red meat consumption,cardiovascular disease, and arterial function—not just a complex association.
While I've provided comprehensive sources below, I encourage you to explore the research yourself beyond AI assistants, which often oversimplify these relationships (they still can't do research very well). You'll find abundant authoritative sources and scientific consensus—just make sure to research their funding sources as well.
Here are a few very important sources that are not funded by the meat and dairy industries, which often influence research outcomes through selective publishing practices. When industry-funded studies reveal harmful effects, they frequently remain unpublished (they don't have to publish their findings). Conversely, these industries have a long history of publishing studies that show favorable results, even when the research methodology is flawed or biased.
"A 2016 cohort study led by Harvard involving 131,342 participants found that every 10% increase in calories from animal protein led to a corresponding 8% increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, and concluded that “high animal protein intake was positively associated with cardiovascular mortality and high plant protein intake was inversely associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality” (31).
Another major cohort study involving more than 81,000 participants, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, found that those eating the most protein from meat versus those eating the least had a 61% increased risk of cardiovascular death, while those eating the most protein from nuts and seeds experienced a 40% reduction in risk (32).
All told, simply avoiding animal products can reduce a man's risk of dying from heart disease by 55% (25)."
"As referenced in The Plant-Based Advantage, a single animal-based meal can constrict our arteries by 40% just two hours after consuming it. Cardiovascular disease takes hold when this assault on our arteries continues day after day, year after year, until they become so stiff and narrow that blood flow to our hearts and brains becomes restricted. This process sets the stage for pieces of unstable plaque to break off and block blood flow to one of our arteries, at which point we may suffer a heart attack or stroke.
Many factors play a role in why animal foods aren’t good for your cardiovascular system. These include the numerous compounds and molecules that come from foods like meat — including endotoxins, trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), heterocyclic amines (HCAs), and heme iron — which can inflame our arteries and lead to the formation of plaques (28,33). Heme iron is so potentially damaging that just eating one more milligram per day is associated with a 27% increase in risk of coronary heart disease (34). To put that in perspective, a single hamburger patty can contain two milligrams of heme iron or more (35-37).
Meanwhile, a large body of evidence shows that plants have the opposite effect, improving arterial function via a completely different set of constituents, including antioxidants and plant-sourced nitrates, which soothe the inflammation that can lead to cardiovascular disease while improving blood flow to our heart, brain and other organs (38,39).
Taking all of this into account, it may come as no surprise that a healthy plant-based diet is not only effective at preventing cardiovascular disease, but is the only diet that has ever been clinically proven to actually reverse it (40,41)."
Sources:
(25) Le LT, Sabaté J. Beyond Meatless, the Health Effects of Vegan Diets: Findings from the Adventist Cohorts. Nutrients. 2014 Jun;6(6):2131-47.
(28) Hever J, Cronise RJ. Plant-based nutrition for healthcare professionals: implementing diet as a primary modality in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2017 May;14(5):355-68.
(31) Song M, Fung TT, Hu FB, Willett WC, Longo VD, Chan AT, Giovannucci EL. Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Oct;176(10):1453-63.
(32) Tharrey M, Mariotti F, Mashchak A, Barbillion P, Delattre M, Fraser GE. Patterns of plant and animal protein intake are strongly associated with cardiovascular mortality: the Adventist Health Study-2 cohort. Int J Epid. 2018 Oct;47(5):1603-12.
(33) Erridge C, Attina T, Spickett CM, Webb DJ. A high-fat meal induces low-grade endotoxemia: evidence of a novel mechanism of postprandial inflammation. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Nov;86(5):1286-92.
(34) Yang W, Li B, Dong X, Zhang XQ, Zeng Y, Zhou JL, Tang YH, Xu JJ. Is heme iron intake associated with risk of coronary heart disease? A meta-analysis of prospective studies. Eur J Nutr. 2014 Mar;53(2):395-400.
(35) Young LR, Nestle M. Portion sizes and obesity: responses of fast-food companies. J Public Health Policy. 2007 Jul;28(2):238-48.
(36) Cross AJ, Harnly JM, Ferrucci LM, Risch A, Mayne ST, Sinha R. Developing a heme iron database for meats according to meat type, cooking method and doneness level. Food Nutr Sci. 2012 Jul;3(7):905-13.
(37) HealthLinkBC. Iron in Foods. Nutrition Series - Number 68d. Feb 2017.
(38) Leopold JA. Antioxidants and Coronary Artery Disease: From Pathophysiology to Preventive Therapy. Coron Artery Dis. 2015 Mar;26(2):176-83.
(39) Raubenheimer K, Bondonno C, Blekkenhorst L, Wagner KH, Peake JM, Neubauer O. Effects of dietary nitrate on inflammation and immune function, and implications for cardiovascular health. Nutr Rev. 2019 Aug;77(8):584-99.
(40) Satija A, Hu FB. Plant-based diets and cardiovascular health. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2018 Oct;28(7):437-41.
(41) Kahleova H, Levin S, Barnard N. Cardio-Metabolic Benefits of Plant-Based Diets. Nutrients. 2017 Aug;9(8):848.
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I highly recommend this documentary:
Then, if you're still skeptical (and even if you're not), this podcast:
While I've provided comprehensive sources below, I encourage you to explore the research yourself beyond AI assistants, which often oversimplify these relationships (they still can't do research very well). You'll find abundant authoritative sources and scientific consensus—just make sure to research their funding sources as well.
Here are a few very important sources that are not funded by the meat and dairy industries, which often influence research outcomes through selective publishing practices. When industry-funded studies reveal harmful effects, they frequently remain unpublished (they don't have to publish their findings). Conversely, these industries have a long history of publishing studies that show favorable results, even when the research methodology is flawed or biased.
"A 2016 cohort study led by Harvard involving 131,342 participants found that every 10% increase in calories from animal protein led to a corresponding 8% increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, and concluded that “high animal protein intake was positively associated with cardiovascular mortality and high plant protein intake was inversely associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality” (31).
Another major cohort study involving more than 81,000 participants, published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, found that those eating the most protein from meat versus those eating the least had a 61% increased risk of cardiovascular death, while those eating the most protein from nuts and seeds experienced a 40% reduction in risk (32).
All told, simply avoiding animal products can reduce a man's risk of dying from heart disease by 55% (25)."
"As referenced in The Plant-Based Advantage, a single animal-based meal can constrict our arteries by 40% just two hours after consuming it. Cardiovascular disease takes hold when this assault on our arteries continues day after day, year after year, until they become so stiff and narrow that blood flow to our hearts and brains becomes restricted. This process sets the stage for pieces of unstable plaque to break off and block blood flow to one of our arteries, at which point we may suffer a heart attack or stroke.
Many factors play a role in why animal foods aren’t good for your cardiovascular system. These include the numerous compounds and molecules that come from foods like meat — including endotoxins, trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), heterocyclic amines (HCAs), and heme iron — which can inflame our arteries and lead to the formation of plaques (28,33). Heme iron is so potentially damaging that just eating one more milligram per day is associated with a 27% increase in risk of coronary heart disease (34). To put that in perspective, a single hamburger patty can contain two milligrams of heme iron or more (35-37).
Meanwhile, a large body of evidence shows that plants have the opposite effect, improving arterial function via a completely different set of constituents, including antioxidants and plant-sourced nitrates, which soothe the inflammation that can lead to cardiovascular disease while improving blood flow to our heart, brain and other organs (38,39).
Taking all of this into account, it may come as no surprise that a healthy plant-based diet is not only effective at preventing cardiovascular disease, but is the only diet that has ever been clinically proven to actually reverse it (40,41)."
Sources:
(25) Le LT, Sabaté J. Beyond Meatless, the Health Effects of Vegan Diets: Findings from the Adventist Cohorts. Nutrients. 2014 Jun;6(6):2131-47.
(28) Hever J, Cronise RJ. Plant-based nutrition for healthcare professionals: implementing diet as a primary modality in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2017 May;14(5):355-68.
(31) Song M, Fung TT, Hu FB, Willett WC, Longo VD, Chan AT, Giovannucci EL. Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Oct;176(10):1453-63.
(32) Tharrey M, Mariotti F, Mashchak A, Barbillion P, Delattre M, Fraser GE. Patterns of plant and animal protein intake are strongly associated with cardiovascular mortality: the Adventist Health Study-2 cohort. Int J Epid. 2018 Oct;47(5):1603-12.
(33) Erridge C, Attina T, Spickett CM, Webb DJ. A high-fat meal induces low-grade endotoxemia: evidence of a novel mechanism of postprandial inflammation. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Nov;86(5):1286-92.
(34) Yang W, Li B, Dong X, Zhang XQ, Zeng Y, Zhou JL, Tang YH, Xu JJ. Is heme iron intake associated with risk of coronary heart disease? A meta-analysis of prospective studies. Eur J Nutr. 2014 Mar;53(2):395-400.
(35) Young LR, Nestle M. Portion sizes and obesity: responses of fast-food companies. J Public Health Policy. 2007 Jul;28(2):238-48.
(36) Cross AJ, Harnly JM, Ferrucci LM, Risch A, Mayne ST, Sinha R. Developing a heme iron database for meats according to meat type, cooking method and doneness level. Food Nutr Sci. 2012 Jul;3(7):905-13.
(37) HealthLinkBC. Iron in Foods. Nutrition Series - Number 68d. Feb 2017.
(38) Leopold JA. Antioxidants and Coronary Artery Disease: From Pathophysiology to Preventive Therapy. Coron Artery Dis. 2015 Mar;26(2):176-83.
(39) Raubenheimer K, Bondonno C, Blekkenhorst L, Wagner KH, Peake JM, Neubauer O. Effects of dietary nitrate on inflammation and immune function, and implications for cardiovascular health. Nutr Rev. 2019 Aug;77(8):584-99.
(40) Satija A, Hu FB. Plant-based diets and cardiovascular health. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2018 Oct;28(7):437-41.
(41) Kahleova H, Levin S, Barnard N. Cardio-Metabolic Benefits of Plant-Based Diets. Nutrients. 2017 Aug;9(8):848.
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I highly recommend this documentary:
quoting nevent1q…ujhyThe Game Changers 👀🔊
Trailer:
Full Documentary:
The Game Changers (2018), executive produced by James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Jackie Chan, is a documentary that follows James Wilks, an elite Special Forces trainer and winner of The Ultimate Fighter, as he travels the world exploring the science and benefits of plant-based nutrition.
Directed by Oscar-winner Louie Psihoyos, the film features extraordinary athletes including multiple-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic and 2011 Germany's Strongest Man Patrik Baboumian, alongside special ops soldiers and visionary scientists. Through their stories and scientific evidence, Wilks' journey exposes outdated myths about meat, protein, and strength that affect not only athletic performance but the health of the global population.
YT Trailer:
https://youtu.be/iSpglxHTJVM
Archive link:
https://archive.org/details/the-game-changers
You can also find it streaming on Netflix.
#IKITAO #GoVegan
Then, if you're still skeptical (and even if you're not), this podcast:
quoting nevent1q…cl2u"There is a podcast episode of the Joe Rogan Experience that breaks down supposed inaccuracies in this documentary. In December 2019 James Wilks went on Joe Rogan's show and responded to the criticism and debated Chris Kresser for [nearly] 4 hours. Joe Rogan was so impressed he said he's considering taking the original show with Kresser offline."
I encourage everyone to watch this after watching the documentary—especially those who are considering a carnivore diet.
Joe Rogan Experience #1393 - James Wilks & Chris Kresser - The Game Changers Debate 👀🔊
https://youtu.be/s0zgNY_kqlI