So far, however, the scientific facts have fought a losing battle against popular opinion — which values high - protein diets
based on animal foods.
With the advent of agriculture approximately 10,000 years ago humans went from a diet based
largely on animal foods to one based largely on grain.
This high
reliance on animal foods plus the relatively low carbohydrate content of plant foods means that the most plausible percentages of total energy would be 19 — 35 % for dietary protein, 22 — 40 % for carbohydrate, and 28 — 58 % for fat (Cordain et al, 2000).
As shown in Table 2, the traditional diets that were richest in saturated fat were not those that relied
mostly on animal foods, but rather the Pacific Island diets that relied heavily on coconut.
In Let Food Be Thy Medicine, Jack cites Weston Price in support of a diet that omits «beef, whole milk and eggs» in favor of lowfat, high - fiber vegetarian foods.14 In his description of Price's work, he makes no mention of the emphasis that Price
puts on animal foods.
Vegetarians, especially vegans, are often dismayed at The Weston A. Price Foundation's
emphasis on animal foods as essential for health.
If you could design a diet for men who hate diets — and vegetables — it would be the so - called carnivore diet, in which you
subsist on animal foods alone.
Patty Hegwood, Best Friends» animal care director said, «We spend about $ 500,000 every
year on animal food.
2015 will decide whether FDA scientists will get
tough on animal food ingredients for the health of our pets or will be swayed.
When it comes to improving health and nutrition, one of the most beneficial changes we can make is to cut back
on animal foods and eat more plant foods.
One of the most beneficial changes we can make is to cut back
on animal foods and eat more plant foods.
Note that the effect of vitamin C on iron absorption is much stronger on iron from plant foods than
on animal foods.