Forks Over Knives

I just watched an incredible documentary called Forks Over Knives, which chronicles yet dozens more people who dramatically changed their lives by switching to a plant-based diet. The film was based on the research and medical practice of two doctors who discussed studies which have linked animal protein to cancer and heart disease. According to these studies, a very small percentage of cancers, somewhere in the ballpark of 1-2% are purely genetic, which means they are spurred on by environment, in particular food. They documented a number of people, some of whom had been given death sentences by their medical practitioners, who stopped, and in some cases completely reversed diseases simply by changing their diet to one of fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains. One thing I found particularly interesting was when one of the doctors described how the cells in our circulatory system become damaged when we eat unhealthy foods, causing coronary disease; but those cells can actually be repaired and disease can be reversed by eating healthy foods consistently. One thing I found amusing was when one the doctors commented on the belief by many that this diet is extreme: "With the western diet, this guarantees that 50 million people this year in this country will have to have the front have of their body divided, their heart exposed, then veins will be taken from their leg and sewed on their heart. Some people may call that extreme." Kind of funny, but really quite sad.
This film shows once again how something as simple as changing our diet can eliminate the need for unpleasant treatments, surgeries, and prescription regimens. People have literally stopped in their tracks fatal diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease, and other health problems such as fatigue, migraine and mental illness. And once again this film reminds us that its all about choices. We make a choice every time we open our mouths to take a bite. Let's hope there are more bad choices behind than ahead of us.

Also, erectile dysfunction is usually an underlying symptom of circulatory disease. So there's that.