Today we’re doing something a little different: a Vegan Declaration of Independence from Western Diseases.
Heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, obesity, strokes, fatty liver, and many other chronic diseases are often treated as “normal aging.”
But are they really inevitable?
Dr. Peter Rogers joins me for a special July 4th livestream to make the case that we can declare independence from the food environment, habits, and bad ideas that drive so much sickness in America.
Peter also walks through landmark papers supporting a low-fat, whole-food vegan diet — the kind of evidence you can share the next time someone asks, “Where’s the proof?”
We talk about:
* Why “vegan” alone is not the same as a therapeutic diet
* The evidence behind low-fat, whole-food plant-based eating
* Heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, strokes, and fatty liver
* Why fiber, blood flow, and insulin resistance matter
* The pioneers: McDougall, Esselstyn, Pritikin, Kempner, Swank, Campbell, and others
