Yeah, there's a documentary that Cornell University did on The China Study that you'd probably find very interesting. In the cold north they have no choice but to eat a lot of meat. The China Study was fascinating to me because something like 84% of the population are Han people who share similar genetics, at the time the study was done, they didn't move much, and their diets varied dramatically according to whether they were on the coast near the ocean, or near a river, or warm inland area, or in the north.

The thing that jumps out at you is fresh produce makes all the difference.

Fascinating! I'll definitely watch that and count it as my Chinese studies for the day! Thanks for the link!

New Year's Resolution #1: Eat more fresh produce!

My mother, a devout follower of Ellen White and life-long vegetarian, made it to 97. She was a participent in the Loma Linda University School of Public Health longivity study; I filled out their final questionaire after she passed. Mom included eggs and milk in her diet for the first half of her life, then became strictly vegan. As a boy I hated eggs but she forced them on me because "they are good for you." By the time I learned to love eggs she was convinced they were "bad" for me! Dad followed the same diet and was apparently in great health when a brain aneurysm took him two weeks shy of his 77th birthday.

Fascinating! The Adventist studies, especially Adventist 2, is the closest thing we have to a long-term randomized control trial in nutrition. It's fabulous.

They break it down into 5 types of Adventists — one who eat a little meat, three variations of vegetarians including pesco and lacto vegetarians, and vegans. I've deep-ended on the study and read a couple books about it and listened to the study director speak. The vegans really do stand apart in so many different ways, among them maintaining an average BMI of 22.5.

Interesting! My parents were pretty much in the green range of that chart, right on the dividing line between dark and light green. In my childhood I developed a milk allergy and quit drinking it but continued enjoying eggs. Then in middle age I began including poultry and fish. Last year my youngest son sent me The Complete Gude to Fasting and I've been following an intermittent fasting regime since; basically by eating the first meal of the day in early afternoon, a lighter meal about 5 or 6 hours later and fasting 17 to 18 hours before the next "breakfast". I've lost 10 pounds or so and feel much better. Thanks to your posts here on Cake I just obtained Fiber Fueled and am motivated to move in the vegan direction.

Well, Plant Based News, which has half a million subscribers, asked for permission to upload the video to their channel and I granted it. They changed the cover and title a little but already have 12,000 views in a few hours:

Then someone from TED called and asked if I can do a modified version for them. 🤯

Amazing video Chris! I'm not gonna go vegan, but I'll definitely try to eat more veggies moving forward.

Thanks! Plant Based News like it enough they asked me to debunk a British beef industry ad that they could run on their channel. That's what I've been doing the last couple of days.

Superb video, Chris! Makes sense, too. It is my firmly held belief that I am blessed with the "world's greatest" granddaughters--three of them, in fact. But it is quite possible that you have, at the very least, the "world's second greatest" granddaughters. Excellent communicators right there!

Thanks! I somehow ended up with 12 of them. Not sure how that happened.

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