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In the Woody Allen movie Sleeper, health-store owner Miles Monroe is awakened after being cryogenically frozen for 200 years to discover that deep fat, steak, cream pies and hot fudge are now regarded as health foods.

Two new studies one by scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and the other led by a professor at the University of California, Davis have produced similarly counterintuitive results.

The two independent mouse studies found that a ketogenic diet high fat, low protein and extremely low carbohydrates significantly improved memory in aging mice and increased the animals chances of surviving to old age. Both studies have been published in the Sept. 5 issue of Cell Metabolism.

I think the reason why the paper was published in a high-profile journal like Cell Metabolism is probably for that very reason, said Eric Verdin, CEO of the Buck Institute and senior author of the Buck Institute study. It sort of puts the whole world upside down in terms of what people think they should be doing.

The establishment has been pushing low-fat diets for the last 30 years and we only have a population that is getting more and more obese and developing more and more problems, Verdin said.

What these papers will hopefully do is force people to revisit some of their assumptions about what is and is not healthy, he said.

BENEFITS QUESTIONED

The health benefits of a low-fat diet were called into question by a major federal study in 2006, which found that such a diet had no effect on the risk of heart disease or cancer.

In the Buck Institutes study, mice were fed three diets: a normal high-carbohydrate diet, a zero-carbohydrate ketogenic diet and a high fat, low carbohydrate diet that was not ketogenic.

The mice fed the zero-carbohydrate ketogenic diet had a lower risk of dying as they aged from 1 to 2 years old, although their maximum lifespan remained unchanged. These mice performed at least as well on memory tests at old age as they did at middle age. Mice fed the normal diet demonstrated an expected age-associated decline.

The other study, overseen by Jon Ramsey, a professor at UC Davis, also found that the mice fed a ketogenic diet maintained physical fitness, such as grip strength, in old age.

The magnitude of the changes surprised me, Ramsey said.

Previous animal studies had shown that calorie restriction delays aging. It has been shown that both fasting and exercise can trigger ketosis, in which the liver ramps up production of the ketone body beta-hydroxybutyrate acid (BHB) to provide energy for organs, especially the brain.

CELL SIGNALING

In 2012, Verdin and colleagues published a paper in the journal Science that showed that in addition to acting as a fuel, BHB also produced cell signaling.

One of the major pathways that controls aging is insulin signaling, Verdin said. Insulin is the hormone that one uses for metabolizing carbohydrates, so the idea was if the mice did not have any carbohydrates they would have low insulin signaling and therefore would age more slowly.

And that is what both Verdin and Ramsey found in their new studies.

Verdin said that ketogenic research is still in its early days. While ketogenic diets are used clinically for life-threatening conditions such as epilepsy, he cautioned that most people should consult a doctor before trying it on their own.

There are no guarantees that research on mice will accurately predict effects on humans. For example, mice fed a ketogenic diet will eventually become obese. In Verdins study, the mice were periodically taken off the ketogenic diet to control their weight while the Ramsey study limited the calories given to the mice.

Humans fed a ketogenic diet, however, typically lose weight.

In fact, an early approximation of the ketogenic diet was promoted by Dr. Robert Atkins, a cardiologist who prior to his death in 2003 advocated a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet.

What were proposing is sort of a revised version of the Atkins diet, Verdin said.

CHOLESTEROL

Verdin said even though the mice in his study were fed Crisco, there appeared to be no negative effect on their hearts or cholesterol levels.

Actually, we did not see any of this, Verdin said. That is a very paradoxical thing. This diet tends to improve cholesterol and triglycerides.

Verdin said while more research needs to be done, There is a whole group of biohackers who are not waiting for us to the do the clinical trials.

For example, Bulletproof Executive, a Seattle-based company, sells Bulletproof Coffee: a coffee blended with butter from grass-fed cows. According to Bulletproof founder Dave Asprey, he was inspired to create the ketogenic beverage after imbibing a cup of tea mixed with yak butter during a trek in the Himalayas.

Verdin said people following the ketogenic diet have reported improved mental function, including increased clarity and powers of concentration. The Verdin lab is exploring beneficial effects of a ketogenic diet in a mouse model of Alzheimers disease.

Adhering to a ketogenic diet which prohibits the consumption of virtually any fruit, bread, pasta, rice, potatoes or other carbohydrate is notoriously difficult, Verdin said.

In the long run if we want this type of discovery to really have an impact we have to be looking to directly administer the ketone bodies themselves, Verdin said. That is one direction were working on. Weve synthesized a whole series of these BHB precursors and were feeding them to mice to see if we can recapture some of the same effects as with the whole diet.

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Cubs and White Sox players and Cubs manager Joe Maddon discuss how nutrition has changed in baseball.

Joe Maddon on how fitness and nutrition have changed over the years

It's night and day. It's completely different. For a long time nobody really ... believed that a change in your diet or your methods of eating would actually help your performance. ... Even in 2008 in Tampa Bay we tried to do that with a large amount of revolt. ... But even going back before that, the spreads, whatever you want to call them, were just thrown out there without any kind of really message. There were Coke machines, soda machines, those little dispensers, the 7-Eleven stuff was all over the place. Nobody was really paying attention.

Like 2005 or so, 2010 in that area, it has become more prominent. I think guys have really understood that, 'Hey, it does make a difference what I put in there.' It just makes all the sense in the world. Even though the education may have been out there nobody was really listening. So I think it's absolutely here to stay. This is not going to go away. Everybody is going to continue to try and improve their methods regarding nurturing themselves. And it's a good thing. It's actually a really good thing. Right now, every place we go over the last couple of years it's even gotten better because we're paying so much attention to it.

Pitcher Nate Jones on how his diet changed

In the minor leagues, they start teaching you about what's good and not good to eat. Once you get up here, you start adding vitamins and supplements. I stay away from anything greasy and fatty foods. Even though they taste good I try to stay away from them. You realize how important fish is and obviously grilled chicken breast. Little bit of red meat here and there and, of course, all the vegetables you can eat.

Mike Montgomery on nutrition

I'm very aware of it. They do a good job of providing us with stuff that is healthy and supplements that you maybe don't know but, hey, this will really help your recovery. That's pretty cool that they do that. You're aware that you want to feel good or play good you want to give yourself the best chance and feel as good as you can.

Montgomery on foods he eats to stay healthy

It's just really a lot of fruits and vegetables. That's very important recovery-wise and getting the right proteins. And just staying away from fatty foods, fast food. I'm not a super health freak, but I try to be a little bit conscious of it. I'd rather just go with that healthier option.

Ben Zobrist on his diet

When I was younger I'd eat whatever I wanted. It didn't matter. Now you just feel the effects a lot more as you're into your mid-30s.

I always eat greens. I always take vitamins. I always drink a lot of water. During the season when you're playing every day you have to get a lot of calories and protein. I watch a little bit more of the bread intake. Just simple sugars. I try to keep down the simple sugars and keep filling my stomach with natural vitamins. I think greens are the thing that, I'm always like, 'I know I have to eat this.' I have to keep eating these vegetables, fruit, stuff like that.

Zobrist on his cheat food

Usually like something very bready like pasta. I can't do that multiple days in a row. I can do that once a week, maybe just crush a bunch of pasta because I need the calories and carbs. I try to watch that a little bit more.

Montgomery's cheat food

Fried chicken. I love me some fried chicken.

Pitcher Zach Putnam on his diet

I eat a lot of seafood. But my diet changes from what part of the year it is. During the season you're constantly in recovery mode, so a lot of proteins and particularly fish and chicken. During the offseason I try to go low-carb to try and keep my body lean and trim and stuff. That provides its own challenges. Eating a grilled chicken breast and a salad on paper sounds great, but day 30 in a row of that, you're asking where the real food is at. It's a constant battle for me to maintain sanity and also walk that line between what's healthy, what's tasty.

Infielder Matt Davidson on healthy foods he enjoys

I eat a lot of vegetables. Kevan Smith and I, we started in spring training where we would eat handfuls of raw spinach. We're not afraid of anything that doesn't taste good.

Putnam on his cheat foods

I'll go six days of just completely clean eating and like a Saturday or Sunday, sit down in front of the TV for some football and where I live, there's a cheesesteak place that's a regular stop for me on a cheat day. Pretty usual stuff: cheeseburgers, tacos, pizza, buffalo wings. Really, I try to do a really good job on the other six days so I can appreciate the cheat day.

Jones on his cheat foods

I would call that a pizza night. We even try it at home, because I have two kids, we even try to do a homemade pizza and sometimes my wife does a cauliflower crust for it and that makes it even better.

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A small study has found that a plant-based diet is just as effective as proton pump inhibitors in treating laryngopharyngeal reflux, or LPR.

LPR is a disease in which stomach acid comes up into the throat to the level of the laryngopharynx. It is not the same as gastro-esophageal reflux, or GERD, which involves a backflow of stomach acid into the lower esophagus.

The retrospective study, in JAMA Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, included 85 patients with an average age of 60 treated with the P.P.I.s Nexium and Dexilant, and 99 treated with alkaline water and the Mediterranean diet, a regimen low in meat and dairy, and rich in olive oil, nuts, fish, beans, fruits and vegetables. The study ran for six weeks.

The scientists used an index that measures severity of symptoms excess throat mucus, annoying cough, heartburn and others on a zero to 45-point scale.

In the P.P.I. group, 54 percent achieved a clinically significant six point reduction on the index, compared with 63 percent for the diet cohort. The average score reduction was 27 percent for those in the P.P.I. group and 40 percent for the dieters.

If you think you have LPR, you should do a diet-based approach, instead of initiating these drugs that have potential side effects, said the lead author, Dr. Craig H. Zalvan, chief of otolaryngology at Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. A lot of patients with GERD symptoms also get better on the diet.

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If you're among the estimated 8 million vegetarians and 1 million vegans in the United States, don't think that you have to stick close to home to maintain a plant-based diet. A growing number of resources online and on the ground, as well as changes in the hospitality industry, are making veg-friendly travel easier than ever before.

"I actually believe that travel is more fun as a vegan," said Wendy Werneth, a native Alabamian who has lived in Europe since 1999, first in Switzerland and now in Portugal. "For one thing, vegan travel is like a treasure hunt, a fun challenge. At first, I thought I'd starve looking for sustenance, but the reality is I find too many things to try them all."

Werneth initially feared that traveling while vegan would be difficult and stressful. During a trial vegan trip to Greece in 2014, she discovered that vegan travel was not only doable, it was enjoyable. "Since I had all these fears and misconceptions, I knew that other people out there had the same concerns," said Werneth, who guides fellow travelers with insights and tips at the Nomadic Vegan, a blog for practicing and aspiring vegans.

Here are some trends and tips from Werneth and others.

Get the app: Since HappyCow.net started in 1999 as a primitive website, it has grown to become the world's top directory of vegan, vegetarian and veg-friendly restaurants around the world. Travelers can use it for advance planning and, while on the road, let HappyCow's mobile app steer them to the nearest options.

The Santa Monica, California-based site, with 157,000 registered members who have left more than 212,000 reviews, continues to grow by about 20 percent each year, said spokesman Ken Spector. HappyCow's nearly 57,000 listings also include retreats and lodging, bakeries and farmers markets. It recently teamed up with Werneth to publish the site's free guide, "9 Steps for Easy Vegan Travel."

Splurge: High-end hotels, while they might not mention "the V-word," are increasingly catering to their vegetarian and vegan customers. "Without a doubt, there's more movement in that direction," said Paul Eyers, who with his wife, Caryl, writes the blog Vegan Food Quest, which includes luxury hotel reviews. The couple left Britain for Southeast Asia four years ago and are now based in Cambodia. "You've already got eastern religion and western animal compassion," he said, "and now people are turning to veganism because of health and environmental concerns."

Eyers, who also advises properties (and their restaurants) on catering to vegans, says that little things can go a long way. "High-end hotels, which usually ask for your preferences ahead of time, should know you're vegan, so they shouldn't leave chocolate on pillows or milk in the fridge," he said. "If I go into a room and there's fruit, soy milk and a butter alternative, I know they understand my diet, and that makes me confident in the hotel in general."

Research local cuisine: Even cuisines that have a reputation for being extraordinarily difficult for vegans and vegetarians still dish up plenty of surprises if you dig deep enough, Werneth said. Spain, for example - known for its cured meats and seafood - has gazpacho, vegetable paella and a huge selection of vegan tapas. France - famous for cheese and rich beef flavors - has vegan specialties such as socca, a savory pancake made from chickpea flour that is hugely popular in the southern part of the country.

Researching vegan options, she said, offered her a new way to approach different cultures and cuisines, many of which she explores in her recently published book "Veggie Planet: Uncover the Vegan Treasures Hiding in Your Favorite World Cuisines." "For instance," she said, "there are a lot of what I call accidentally vegan dishes in the Greek cuisine because of religious restrictions in the Greek Orthodox Church."

Network: Werneth, Spector and Eyers all recommend that travelers research destinations before traveling, including connecting with local vegans via such outlets as Facebook, Couchsurfing, Airbnb, Meetup, local blogs and vegan restaurants and festivals.

State your needs: Once at your destination, introduce yourself as vegan wherever you stay and eat. When confronting a language barrier, Spector recommended using Google Translate's photo scanner (for menus) and also showing pictures of veg-friendly dishes. In case you run out of options, bring your own vegan snacks and a stash of vitamins and also carry containers, plastic bags and minimal eating utensils to set up your own kitchen.

Above all, the experts say, bring an open mind and an open heart, staying curious, respectful and positive, especially when eating fully vegan is not possible. "The whole point of the vegan movement is to create a more peaceful and compassionate world," Werneth said. "I think it's counterproductive to negatively focus on those small things that might not be vegan. I'd rather that 98 percent of what I'm eating is vegan and that I'm setting a positive example in the hopes that that is going to encourage more people to give veganism a try. That's going to help a lot more animals in the end."

Book a vegan tour: Donna Zeigfinger, who is celebrating 20 years of running Green Earth Travel in Cabin John, Maryland, recently pored over her notes to prepare an anniversary timeline. "Wow, has it gotten so much easier to find vegan options," she said. "Still, some people think they're going to starve to death if they travel vegan and they're freaked out. That's where I come in."

About 40 percent of Zeigfinger's work these days is arranging custom vegetarian and vegan-friendly trips. For the rest, she collaborates with vegan tour and cruise companies with jaunts to destinations including Indonesia, India, Croatia, Italy and Ireland. Closer to home, she's offering a package-deal trip to the Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Baltimore Orioles baseball game on Sept. 26 for PNC Park's first vegan event.

Werneth, meanwhile, next year will lead tours in Italy and Portugal with Veg Jaunts and Journeys, a new company based in Asheville, North Carolina, whose trips often include vegan cooking classes and festivals, as well as visits to vegan-friendly stores. Owner Kim Giovacco also offers customized travel planning.

Pick veg-friendly destinations: HappyCow recently released its first Top-10 list of vegan-friendly cities worldwide determined by number of offerings, population density and the staff's impression of the "overall vegan-friendliness" of the city. Winners, starting with first place, are: Berlin; Los Angeles; Warsaw, Poland; Taipei, Taiwan; New York City; Singapore; London; Tel Aviv, Israel; Portland, Oregon; and San Francisco.

"I think Europe has seen the most tremendous growth," Spector said. "Berlin has had a massive explosion, and of really high quality. In Warsaw, Poland, I had some of the best vegan food I've had in Europe. They have two vegan sushi restaurants that are phenomenal. I'm even speaking at a vegan event in Kiev."

Spector, a frequent visit to the District of Columbia, noted that the Washington area has considerable room for growth, but he praised several spots, including HipCityVeg, NuVegan Cafe, Shouk and Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats.

HappyCow has been invited to dozens of vegan fairs and festivals around the world, which Spector said are growing in number and size. "I remember going to vegan events with 200 or maybe 500 people; now it's up to 30,000," he said. "I'm going to vegan event in China; they're expecting 35,000."

Daniel is a writer based in the Netherlands. Her website is bydianedaniel.com.

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A high-fat, or ketogenic, diet not only increases longevity, but also improves physical strength, according to new research with mice.

The results surprised me a little, says Jon Ramsey, nutritionist at the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

Ketosis: when carb intake is so low that the body uses fat-burning as its main fuel source instead of glucose.

We expected some differences, but I was impressed by the magnitude we observeda 13 percent increase in median life span for the mice on a high-fat versus high-carb diet. In humans, that would be seven to 10 years. But equally important, those mice retained quality of health in later life.

Ramsey has spent the past 20 years looking at the mechanics that lead to aging, a contributing factor to most major diseases that impact rodents and humans alike. While calorie restriction has been shown in several studies to slow aging in many animals, Ramsey was interested in how a high-fat diet may affect the aging process.

Ketogenic diets have gained popularity for a variety of health benefit claims, but scientists are still teasing out what happens during ketosis, when carbohydrate intake is so low that the body shifts from using glucose as the main fuel source to fat burning and producing ketones for energy.

Researchers split the study mice into three groups: a regular rodent high-carb diet, a low-carb/high-fat diet, and a ketogenic diet (89-90 percent of total calorie intake). Originally concerned that the high-fat diet would increase weight and decrease life span, the researchers kept the calorie count of each diet the same.

We designed the diet not to focus on weight loss, but to look at metabolism, Ramsey says. What does that do to aging?

In addition to significantly increasing the median life span of mice in the study, the ketogenic diet increased memory and motor function (strength and coordination), and prevented an increase in age-related markers of inflammation. It had reduced the incidence of tumors, as well.

In this case, many of the things were looking at arent much different from humans, says Ramsey, senior author of the paper in Cell Metabolism.

At a fundamental level, humans follow similar changes and experience a decrease in overall function of organs during aging. This study indicates that a ketogenic diet can have a major impact on life and health span without major weight loss or restriction of intake. It also opens a new avenue for possible dietary interventions that have an impact on aging.

Researchers do not know at this time if there is an optimum fat for a ketogenic diet.

A companion study from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in the same issue of Cell Metabolism shows that a ketogenic diet extends longevity and improves memory in aging mice.

Funding for this study came from the National Institutes of Health and the UC Davis Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center.

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Mr Corbyn has been a vegetarian for 50 years after working on a pork farm in his 20s, admitting in 2015 he grew attached to the pigs.

But after claiming at an eco-friendly event he was going through the process of substituting more of his diet to avoid animal products altogether, the party have been forced to deny he is making the switch to a vegan diet.

While it is unclear why Labour felt the need to speak out on Mr Corbyns dietary preferences, rumours of a shift towards veganism will not help the bearded party leader from shaking his image as a stereotypical left winger.

Speaking at the event, Mr Corbyn said: I eat more and more vegan food and have more and more vegan friends, indeed there are quite a lot of vegan MPs actually - not a lot but there are some.

I think what has improved so much is vegetarian and vegan food has got so much better in recent years.

One of my close relatives has just become a vegan and I went to her house for dinner and it was absolutely brilliant.

So I'm going through the process, all right? I won't go any further than that.

The party were quick to clarify his comment, stating claims their leader was considering the diet popularised by hippies of the 1960s were mischief.

Speaking to the Metro, a spokeswoman said: Jeremy Corbyn isnt turning vegan.

Theres been a bit of mischief in the reporting of what he said.

He actually meant that he is in the process of eating more vegan food. Thats all.

As Labour insiders scramble to ensure no one gets the wrong idea about Mr Corbyns dietary preferences, the party is on the verge of crisis over Brexit.

Party rebels have threatened to unleash a complete sh**storm on Parliament if Jeremy Corbyn agrees to a deal with Theresa May to stop his MPs from blocking Britains evacuation from the EU.

The Labour leader has been warned by MPs not to do a grubby deal with the Tories to limit the debate on the European Union withdrawal bill.

Parliament is expected to debate the bill when politicians return to Commons tomorrow after the summer break.

The embattled leader has come under fierce pressure from former leadership contender Chuka Umunna, who wants the Islington North MP to oppose the plan when Commons votes on it next week.

A friend of Mr Umunna said last night: There cannot be some sort of grubby deal with the Tories over this.

There will be a complete sh**storm if he agrees to guillotine the debate.

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I'll admit I was intrigued when I first spotted the new low-calorie, high-protein ice creams next to my beloved Coconut Bliss and Hagen-Dazs at the grocery store a while back. Who wouldn't want to plow through an entire pint of ice cream for under 300 calories? Well, after giving it a try, this nutritionist is going right back to her high-fat, sugar-laden, calorie-rich ice cream with absolutely zero guilt, and I'll tell you why.

First off, let's take a look at the ingredients. Because they are not made with as much sugar or cream as traditional ice cream, these diet ice creams still have to get their flavor and texture from somewhere; that somewhere is sugar alcohols, natural flavors, added fibers, and thickeners. While these ingredients are not inherently bad, they can be problematic for some people.

Sugar alcohols are pretty popular right now because they are plant-based (unlike artificial sweeteners) and low-calorie. According to Chris Kresser, MS, LAc, these concentrated sweeteners can cause some pretty unpleasant digestive symptoms like gas, bloating, and diarrhea for certain people (mostly those who already have compromised digestion). Thickeners like guar gum and xanthan gum can have similar, ahem, undesirable results. While most people can consume these ingredients without any ill effects, it is something to keep in mind.

It comes down to this I know that I could easily prepare my own ice cream at home using the ingredients listed on the back of several of my favorite store-bought ice creams. I can't say the same for these new diet versions. I wouldn't even know where to find most of the ingredients, much less what to do with them if I did. Whole food is my jam and I will pretty much always choose simple, real ingredients over a mixture of ingredients that can only be manufactured by food scientists in a lab somewhere.

And as for the giant calorie count printed on the front of most of the low-cal ice cream packages, to me it just continues to fuel the notion that fewer calories = healthier. Ice cream is meant to be an occasional treat, and unless you are eating it for breakfast every morning, those few extra calories aren't going to have any lasting impact on your health goals.

I truly believe that when we eat the real deal, we get much more enjoyment out of it than when we try to satisfy our cravings with low-calorie substitutes. So pass me a bowl, a spoon, and a pint all this ice cream talk is making me hungry.

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Three Parts:Planning Your Fasting DietFollowing a Fasting ScheduleLosing Weight Through an IF DietCommunity Q&A

Intermittent fasting (IF) is a form of diet and lifestyle change which, rather than reducing your caloric intake very much or cutting out certain food group, restricts the hours during a day in which you will eat and when you will fast. Fasting typically includes your sleeping hours plus not eating until your fasting period ends. There are various regimens for implementing an IF diet for you to choose among. IF can be paired with exercise and/or calorie reduction to lead to a reduction of body-tissue inflammation, and can also result in weight loss -- or muscle gain.

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Try cardio training, cutting down on carbohydrates, drinking 8 cups of water daily,along with intermediate fasting.

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Normally 2.39 liters, but it depends on your activity. There are lots of apps for hydration, try downloading one. They are very helpful.

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A massive diet study called PURE, just published in The Lancet, seemed to receive only slightly less media attention this past week than Hurricane Harvey. And yes, in a sense, the two are connected as I will explain. PURE stands for Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology. I think, however, to provide a quick understanding of what the study really means, it could have meant: Poverty Undermines Reasonable Eating.

Media coverage of PURE has ranged from mildly hyperbolic to patently absurd, including the assertion that vegetables and fruits may not be good for us this week. That is pure nonsense.

In brief, PURE was designed to look at health outcomes associated with variations in diet in countries not well represented in prior research, and across the range from high to very low socioeconomic status. A total of 18 countries with a particular focus on the Middle East, South America, Africa, and South Asia- and about 135,000 people participated. Dietary intake was assessed with a single food-frequency questionnaire at baseline.

There were two main findings that have spawned most of the mainstream media coverage, and social media buzz. The first was that, while health outcomes improved and mortality declined with higher intake of vegetables, fruits, and legumes in multivariable analysis adjusting for other factors, that benefit peaked at about three servings per day. This has been widely interpreted to suggest that, at odds with conventional wisdom on the topic, more is not better with regard to vegetables, fruits, and beans.

The second finding garnering media attention was that across countries, the higher the intake of carbohydrate as a percent of calories, the higher the rates of disease and death; whereas the higher the percentage of calories from fat, the lower these rates.

Roughly 8 percent of those in the lowest intake group for vegetables, fruits, and legumes (VFL) died during the study period; whereas only 3 percent of those in the highest VFL intake group died despite the fact that the highest VFL intake group was slightly older at baseline. Overall, and rather flagrantly, mortality was lowest in the group with the highest intake of VFL. The lowest levels of heart disease, stroke, and mortality were seen in those with the highest intake of VFL.

What, then, accounts for the strange reporting, implying that everything weve been told about vegetables, fruits, and beans is wrong? These benefits were adjusted away in multivariable models. Those people in PURE with the highest VFL intake were ALSO benefiting from less smoking, more exercise, higher education, better jobs, and quite simply- a vastly better socioeconomic existence. A multivariable model enters all of these factors to determine if a given outcome (e.g., lower death rate) can be attributed to one of them to the exclusion of the others. The exclusive, apparent benefit of VFL intake was, predictably, reduced when the linked benefits of better education, better job, and better life were included in the assessment.

This no more means that VFL was failing to provide benefit in those with more education, than that more education was failing to provide benefit in those eating more VFL. It only means that since those things happen together most of the time its no longer possible to attribute a benefit to just one of them.

Unlike dietary fat, which the investigators examined in all of its various categories, carbohydrate was all lumped together as a single class. This produced an apparent paradox in the data: disease and death went down with more intake of vegetables, fruits, and legumes but up with carbohydrate. Whats the paradox? Vegetables, fruits, and legumes are, mostly, carbohydrate!

What explains away the apparent paradox is that vegetable, fruit, and legume intake was apparently highest in the most affluent, most highly educated study participants while total carbohydrate as a percent of calories was highest in the poorest, least educated, most disadvantaged. In those cases, carbohydrate was not a variety of highly nutritious plant foods; it was almost certainly something like white rice, and little else.

The conclusion, and attendant headlines, for PURE might have been: very poor people with barely anything to eat get sick and die more often than affluent people with access to both ample diets, and hospitals. One certainly understands why the media did not choose that. It is, however, true and entirely consistent with the data.

These papers were released concurrently with the devastation in Houston, and the Gulf Coast, of Hurricane Harvey the greatest rain event in the recorded history of the continental United States. The unprecedented rainfall is related to climate change, which in turn is monumentally influenced by global dietary choices. How appalling that the PURE findings were not merely misrepresented to the public in irresponsible reporting pertaining to human health effects, but in reporting that ignored entirely the implications of that bad dietary advice for the fate of the climate, and planet.

This week as last, whole vegetables and fruits are reliably good for you, and for the most part, the more the better. The benefits of that produce, however, do not preclude the benefits of an education, a job, and medical care nor vice versa.

This week as last, most of the hyperbolic headlines about diet, telling us everything we thought we knew before was wrong are pure nonsense.

Dr. David L. Katz;www.davidkatzmd.com; founder, True Health Initiative

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Dr. David Katz: Preventive Medicine: PURE diet nonsense - New Haven Register

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