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you need to avoid seed oils (PUFA's)
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<blockquote data-quote="Cataceous" data-source="post: 279619" data-attributes="member: 38109"><p>You should concentrate on what I said rather than raise straw man arguments about what I supposedly might think. You have not provided evidence that long-term high-meat diets provide benefits. You have also not cited studies showing that typical plant toxins in balanced diets are a health risk. <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/natural-toxins-in-food" target="_blank">WHO</a>, for example, notes "In a usual balanced, healthy diet, the levels of natural toxins are well below the threshold for acute and chronic toxicity." Then there's also the possibility of <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/toxic-chemicals-in-fruits-and-vegetables-are-what-give-them-their-health-benefits/" target="_blank">hormesis</a>:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>The emerging answer has much to do with the strategies that plants have evolved over millions of years to protect themselves from pests. Bitter-tasting chemicals made by plants act as natural pesticides. When we eat plant-based foods, we consume low levels of these toxic chemicals, which mildly stresses cells in the body in much the same way that exercise or going without food for long periods does. The cells do not die—in fact, they get stronger because their response to the stress shores up their ability to adapt to still more stress. This process of bolstering cellular resilience is called hormesis—and a growing body of research indicates that it accounts for the health benefits of consuming fruits and vegetables. Understanding hormesis's effects may even provide new ways to prevent or treat some of the most devastating brain diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and stroke.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cataceous, post: 279619, member: 38109"] You should concentrate on what I said rather than raise straw man arguments about what I supposedly might think. You have not provided evidence that long-term high-meat diets provide benefits. You have also not cited studies showing that typical plant toxins in balanced diets are a health risk. [URL='https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/natural-toxins-in-food']WHO[/URL], for example, notes "In a usual balanced, healthy diet, the levels of natural toxins are well below the threshold for acute and chronic toxicity." Then there's also the possibility of [URL='https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/toxic-chemicals-in-fruits-and-vegetables-are-what-give-them-their-health-benefits/']hormesis[/URL]: [INDENT][I]The emerging answer has much to do with the strategies that plants have evolved over millions of years to protect themselves from pests. Bitter-tasting chemicals made by plants act as natural pesticides. When we eat plant-based foods, we consume low levels of these toxic chemicals, which mildly stresses cells in the body in much the same way that exercise or going without food for long periods does. The cells do not die—in fact, they get stronger because their response to the stress shores up their ability to adapt to still more stress. This process of bolstering cellular resilience is called hormesis—and a growing body of research indicates that it accounts for the health benefits of consuming fruits and vegetables. Understanding hormesis's effects may even provide new ways to prevent or treat some of the most devastating brain diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and stroke.[/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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