Does diet play a role in degenerative diseases?
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Dr. Michael T Murray answered:The evidence supporting diet's role in chronic degenerative diseases is substantial. There are two basic facts linking the diet-disease connection:
- A diet rich in plant foods is protective against many diseases that are extremely common in Western society.
- A diet providing a low intake of plant foods is a causative factor in the development of these diseases and provides conditions under which other causative factors became more active.
The evidence supporting diet's role in chronic degenerative diseases is substantial. There are two basic facts linking the diet-disease connection: A diet rich in plant foods is protective against many diseases that are extremely common in Western... More
