Madeline’s Reviews > How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease > Status Update

“Removing eggs and dairy from the diet has been shown to improve asthmatic childrens’ lung function in as few as 8 weeks.” - the thin layer of fluid in our lung walls that affects lung function/free radicals entering our lungs is affected by diet because of the antioxidants and other properties we gain from fruits and veggies

Fascinating info on how the fumes of grilling meat are carcinogenic and are more carcinogenic than the fumes of grilling tempeh or tofu (though these are mildly carcinogenic and it’s best to avoid fried foods) - but FUMES? Crazy.

Test subjects who ate broccoli before being exposed to carcinogens through smoking absorbed less of the carcinogens / broccoli may make us resistant on a sub-cellular level to carcinogens

Whitewashing/ white coat washing: 1980’s, Philip Morris (prominent cigarette manufacturer) launched the notorious white coat project. Corporation hired doctors to publish ghost written studies purporting to negate links between second hand smoke and lung disease. Papers cherry picked reports to conceal and distort damning evidence of the dangers of secondhand smoke

“Our diet is the #1 cause of premature death and the #1 cause of disability.”

“There’s a reason you hear about the latest drugs on television - huge corporate budgets drive their promotion. The same reason you’ll probably never see a commercial for sweet potatoes is the same reason breakthroughs on the power of foods to affect your health and longevity May never make it to the public: there’s little profit motive.”

“Only a quarter of medical schools appear to offer a single dedicated course on nutrition.”

“The U.S. healthcare system runs on a fee for service model in which doctors get paid for the pills and procedures they prescribe, rewarding quantity over quality. We don’t get reimbursed for time spent counseling our patients about the benefits of healthy eating. If doctors were instead paid for performance, there would be a financial incentive to treat the lifestyle causes of disease.”