fast food genocide · © 2014, joel fuhrman, m.d. all rights reserved. fast food genocide joel...

© 2014, Joel Fuhrman, M.D. All rights reserved.

Fast Food Genocide

Joel Fuhrman, M.D.


Two Types of Nutrients

protein, carbohydrates and fatMacronutrients

vitamins, minerals and phytochemicalsMicronutrients


Dr. Fuhrman’s Health Equation

H = N / CHealth Expectancy = Nutrients / Calories

FIRST PRINCIPLE

of the Nutritarian Diet


The Standard American Diet (SAD)

Source: Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture: Loss-Adjusted Food Availability

32%

Animal products

11%

Vegetables, fruit, nuts and beans

4%

Whole grains

Processed foods

54%


What is Fast Food ?

1. digested and absorbed rapidly

2. multiple synthetic ingredients

3. calorically dense

4. nutritionally barren

5. highly flavored

6. high in salt and sugar

6 characteristics


Glucose

in the

blood

Time in hours

Glycemic Load

High Glycemic

Low Glycemic


Fast Vs. Slow Food: Caloric Duration in the Blood Stream

Fast Food(oil and white flour)

Slow Food(beans and nuts)

Calories

in Blood

Stream

Time in hours

0 1 2 3


Carcinogens in Fast Food and

Processed Meats

• Sodium Benzoate

• Sodium Nitrate

• N-Nitroso Compounds (NOC)

• Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)

• Heterocyclic Amines (HAA)

• BPA, Arsenic

A Group 1 Carcinogen


Toxicosis

• Free Radicals

• Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs)

• Cross Linking Agents

• Lipofuscin

The build up of toxic metabolites


The brain under attack-1

• Fried foods, sweets and processed meats

• Commercial baked goods

• Burgers, sausage and pizza

2 servings a week, doubles risk of depression

Linked to depression in dose dependent manner



• Episodic high glucose damages brain cells

and associated with brain shrinkage

• The brains continual need for antioxidants

• Associated with poor school performance,

hyperactivity and attention deficits

Behavior, attentiveness and intelligence


Two Types of Food Addiction

1. Overeating

high-calorie foods

for a dopamine surge

2. Detoxification/

withdrawal


AnabolicAbsorption phase

CatabolicBurn off phase


Toxic Hunger is an

Addictive Withdrawal

• Headache

• Weakness

• Stomach cramping

• Lightheadedness

• Esophageal spasm

• Empty, growling

stomach

• Irritability, moody


Glucose Curve

Gluconeogenesis

Anabolic Phase

Detox

Catabolic Phase

The Pleasure of True Hunger

TRUEHUNGERTOXIC

HUNGER


Glucose Curve

Anabolic Phase

Toxic Hunger Leads to Overeating

TOXICHUNGER

TOXICHUNGER

TOXICHUNGER


Health Outcomes From Fast Food

• Kills more than smoking

• High risk of early life MI and stroke

• French fries and cancer

• Damage to genes, leading to autism in

offspring and childhood cancer

• Depression, violence, mental illness,

drug addiction, illegal drug use.


The Urban Poor on Fast Food

• 47% more high blood pressure

• 80% increased risk of fatal stroke

• Twice as likely to die from heart attacks

• Double the risk of developing dementia

• 4 X likely to have kidney failure

Food deserts in vulnerable communities


Obesity and Diabetes By Zip Code

• Those who lived in food deserts areas were

the most obese and diabetic

• YPLL Years of Potential Life Lost –

Diabetics in these food deprived areas lost an

average of 45 years of life per person (compared to areas in US with best food availability)

“Examining the Impact of food Deserts on Public Health in Chicago”


Superior Health of Freed Blacks

After the Civil War

• More southern blacks than whites died of old age and more centenarians among blacks.

1853 – 1860

• Growing their own food on plantations

(higher consumption of vegetables)

• More southern whites with pellagra– (higher consumption of corn, white flour,

bacon, pork and molasses

A Nutritional Advantage


White Supremacy and Jim Crow Laws

• Emerging black middle class embracing

education and capitalism

• Socially promoted violence against blacks

intensified by widespread pellagra –

violent behavior from nutritionally deficient brains

A Violent Backlash



• Fresh fruits and vegetables in infancy and intelligence in childhood

• Fast foods—poor school performance and lower IQ --- Regular consumers of fast food with the worst outcomes

• Fast consumption food and autism- PPA (propionic acid in processed foods and decreased neuronal development during pregnancy

Parents Lower The Intelligence of Children



• Children fed candy before age 10 more

likely to be involved in violent crime or

drug-related offence.

• No other variable, poverty, education,

lack of parents or bad parenting, or

personality showed a robust correlation

Fast Food Drug Addiction and Crime


Addictions Don’t Want To Die

Subconscious mind hates change

Emotional Eating

Makes Your Emotions Worse


Salting Away Our Future

HemorrhagicEmbolic (Ischemic)

2 Types of Strokes

Plasminogen activator Inhibitor – biomarker-endothelial damageDecreased NO bioavailability – Increased ROSDamaged ESL. Endothelial Surface Layer


Cooking With Oil

Since 1909 Soybean oil use has increased a thousand times,

mostly consumed in commercial food establishments

• Fast foods are high in omega-6 oils

• Over heated oils, foods cooked in deep fryers and reheated oils degrade and form toxic compounds.

• Even the fumes are carcinogenic

• The Southern Diet with deep fried foods is the most dangerous in America – highest stroke and heart attack rate in the world


Nuts, one serving a day

Meta-analysis examining issue of cardiovascular mortality and

nuts, with 354,933 individuals, 44,636 deaths→

Am J Clin Nutr 2015;101:783–93.

39 percent decrease cardiovascular mortality27 percent decrease all cause mortality

The group with the highest intake of nuts/seeds had 40 percent lower cardiovascular deaths compared to the group with the lowest intake 81,000 individuals 2276 deaths

Adventist Health Study-2 cohort. Int J Epidemiol 2018


1-3 servings

per week

> 3 servings

per week

Relative

risk of

death

Nuts vs. Olive Oil in Mediterranean Diet

Nuts Olive OilNuts Olive Oil


G-BOMBSFoods for Permanent Weight Loss

and Optimal Health


Black beans 27 70

Navy beans 26 62

Lentils 25 59

Split peas 25 58

Corn 25 45

Brown rice 15 20

Rolled oats 7 17

Whole wheat flour 2 14

Pasta 3 9

Potato 3 5

Resistant Starch %Resistant Starch %

+ Fiber %


3 Irrefutable Facts

1. Vegetables, beans, seeds, nuts, fruits, are

good for you.

2. Excessive amount of animal products

cause disease.

3. Refined carbohydrates cause disease and

lead to overweight and obesity


Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study

• greater DHA-EPA omega-3 index had

larger total brain volumes

• 7.5% index level had larger brain

volume compared to 3.4%

1,100 women followed 8 years

Pottala JV, Yaff K, Robinson JG, et al. Higher RBC EPA + DHA corresponds with larger total brain and hippocampal volumes. Neurology. January 22, 2014


DHA and Dementia

Low DHA = brain shrinkage with aging

Insufficiency increases risk of depression

Recent research on vegans showed :

64 % insufficient levels

27 % significantly deficient

Adequacy more important if lifespan is enhanced


Nutritarian vs. Standard Diet

Nutritarian Diet • Vegetable-based

• Lots of fruit, beans, seeds, nuts

• Oil used sparingly

• Animal products 0-3 times a week

• Nutrient-dense calories

Standard Diet

• Grain based

• Lots of dairy

and meat

• Oils = major caloric load

• Animal products

2-4 times a day

• Nutrient-poor calories


Animal Protein and

Epigenetic Gene Damage

Canadian Linx and the Snowshoe Hare

Excess Animal Protein, IGF-1 and Gene Expression

Human and next generation damage ?


High Protein and Death

• 4-fold increase in cancer death

• 75% increase in overall deaths


Systolic Diastolic

n = 443


The Power To Change

• Is unhealthy eating really a choice—if the

information about its dangers are hidden?

• Is healthy eating really a choice if there is

not access to affordable healthy food?

• Transforming America’s inner cities into

zones of nutritional excellence


John, 23 years laterAt age 72 had significant chest pain with minimal activity

1994

Age 72

• Triple-vessel disease

• Hypertension

• On 3 medications

• BP 138/88

2018

Age 97

• No heart disease

• Normal blood

pressure

• No medications

• Blood pressure

120/75


One year later


Emily, lost 100 pounds in one year,

no longer depressed and sick


Scott“This is not a ‘diet’ and it’s not about a goal weight.

I’m just doing what’s healthy for my body, and the results follow.”

Before

501 lbs

After

182 lbs

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