http://drmirkin.com/nutrition/how-red-m ... -risk.htmlHere is an article from dr. Mirkin's website today. It illustrates to me what we are up against if we are trying to convince much loved family members to eat a whole food, plant based diet.
You will notice that 70 percent of those who are given two eggs per day show no rise in cholesterol. I believe this. Because since only about 2 per cent or less of the population is vegan, never mind fat free vegan, that seventy percent of the population is surely scarfing down bacon and roast beef and stuffed crust cheese pizzas. Of course their cholesterol would hardly move at an additional two eggs. And if you are one of the thirty percent of SAD eating people who do show a rise, how would you know if you are one of these unless you are the subject of a study?
He also says that cholesterol can't cause blockage unless there is first a hole in the artery which causes bleeding, then a clot. Then cholesterol can do the damage. He doesn't say what causes the initial injury. But it seems to me that if your arteries are injured it is better to reduce cholesterol in the diet to zero. And if cholesterol doesn't cause damage then why prescribe statins?
I am speculating that once doctors are familiar with the idea that TMAO causes damage and that antibiotics destroy the bacteria causing the damage, they will be besieged by the pharmaceutical companies to provide antibiotics for all their meat eating patients. Far fetched?
you might pick up other things in the article that aren't quite right.
didi