When most people think of the negative health consequences of
eating animal products, they think of the big killers: heart disease,
stroke, diabetes, and cancer. What they don’t consider, because they
fail to make the connection, are all the miserable health problems
that afflict those who eat the Standard American Diet (SAD), even if
they don’t succumb to the “big killers.”
From our own personal experience, as well as from years of observing
other people, we have noticed how common certain unpleasant conditions
and ailments are in those who continue to eat the “SAD” way. Nagging
discomfort from arthritis pain, back pain, colds, sore throats, allergy
symptoms, gallstones, kidney stones, heartburn, irritable-bowl
disorders, interstitial cystitis of the bladder, “stomach flu,” etc.,
are most often caused or aggravated by eating the “SAD” diet. And of
course, probably the most common result of the “SAD” diet is
constipation – nonexistent in vegans, such as us, who eat mostly
unprocessed plant foods.
Even “bad breath” and body odor are brought on by dairy products in
people with lactose intolerance, for example. Several years ago, a
business associate of ours had this undiagnosed problem that was very
obvious. After Frank encouraged him to seek medical help for a diagnosis
of possible lactose intolerance, this man was amazed that Frank had
accurately pinpointed the cause – dairy products – that doctors had
ignored for years.
After all these years, we’re amazed how few people are told the truth
or, if they are told, how even fewer are willing to make the necessary
dietary changes to spare themselves pain, as well as time and expense
wasted on halfway measures. It seems as though many would rather go
through life believing the medical establishment, the pharmaceutical
industry, or “gimmicks” and “quick fixes” that pass themselves off as
“natural,” rather than give a vegan lifestyle a chance.
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