Not exact matches
As that quote suggests, Caldecott was profoundly critical of
much in the
modern world, but he was far more interested in the Christian cure than in describing the history and extent of the liberal - Enlightenment
disease.
Much of the dramatic increase in diabetes in
modern society can be attributed to USDA dietary guidelines issued back in the 1970s that blamed heart
disease on saturated fats.
Much recent attention has focused on Ebola, but few people know about an epidemic that cause more chaos and heartbreak than virtually any
disease outbreak in
modern history.
Cancer, depression, ADHD, autism — we blame them on the stresses and strains of
modern life, but these
diseases could have
much older origins
The
disease, closely linked with not eating the right foods and sitting around too
much, is beginning to look something like a pandemic as millions of people around the world confront a central irony of the
modern world: A lifestyle of abundance can be deadly.
These 19th - century additives caused anemia and bone
disease, but as British biophysicist Walter Gratzer demonstrates, the
modern food supply may not be
much safer.
Statistically, most of us consume too
much Omega - 6 and not enough Omega - 3, which some experts blame as one of the root causes of many
modern diseases.
Making the main part of your diet multiple - colored produce can do
much to protect you from cancer, heart
disease and a number of other ills that plague the
modern world.
In my view the main reason there is so
much contradictory information in the nutrition world stems from the fact that
much of
modern medical thought has been tainted by the cholesterol theory of heart
disease, which many of us now know is not supported by science.
Studies done on native diets high in coconut oil consumption show that these populations are generally in good health, and don't suffer as
much from many of the
modern diseases of western nations where coconut oil is seldom consumed anymore.
Hippocrates, the Father of
Modern Medicine, once said «The addition of food should be
much rarer, since it is often useful to completely take it away while the patient can withstand it, until the force of the
disease reaches its maturity.
So
much so that it may very well be one of the most important factors in the development of a wide variety of
modern diseases and conditions.
Thus, while Price's most rigorous findings were those falling within his field of specialty, oral health and dental deformities, Price also made a compelling case that the «physical degeneration» associated with
modern refined foods is
much broader in scope, and that adequate nutrition beginning with the prenatal nutrition of the parents and continuing through development and adulthood is one of the most importance defenses we have against
disease, and one of the most important bulwarks we have to support vibrant health.
Preventing starvation and epidemic
disease doesn't take
much CO2, and those two things are * all * that's necessary to bring lifespan up to USA levels (though reaching
modern world levels takes a bit more — the USA is 45th in life expectancy.)