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    Stop the Meatballs
    Stop the Meatballs
    Stop the Meatballs
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    Stop the Meatballs

    By Peter A.J. Holst MD PhD and Paul P. Boute BA Philosophy

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    Chronic conditions in the elderly have been increasing for half a century. The last help is increasingly replacing the first aid. Since half a century, our diet has also changed considerably. The share of meat products in our meals has increased significantly. All meat is only produced by artificial insemination. The quality of our food has deteriorated rapidly. The strongly increased meat production is a major cause of chronic aging diseases and global warming. During the ice ages the Cro-Magnon man was forced to eat more meat because there were fewer grains, fruit, nuts and seeds. Will modern man start eating more fruit and vegetables now that the earth is warming up?

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeter A.J. Holst MD PhD
    Release dateFeb 20, 2019
    ISBN9781386290971
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      Stop the Meatballs - Peter A.J. Holst MD PhD

      PART 1  Diseases later in life resulting from inferior meat and industrially prepared food

      Increased consumption of energy, animal proteins, animal fats and Red meat has occurred in different regions of the world after the transition to a more industrialized diet, hamburgers, sugary drinks and fast food in these countries.

      United States of America

      Western Europe

      The Netherlands

      Middle East

      East Asia, Japan and Korea

      Polynesia

      United States of America

      With more than 225 million overweight people in 2016, the USA has the largest number of overweight people in the world. The USA also export these unhealthy eating habits around the world. Worse diet is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. With an average life expectancy of 78.1 years the United States comes in only at number fifty of the worldranking list, despite being the richest nation on the planet with the most advanced medical technology. The Netherlands is slightly better with an average life expectancy of 79.2 years, less than most other European countries. Even in spite of the nation’s alarming high suicide rate Japanese live 82.1 years on average.

      Diseases relating to diet are the leading causes of death to the United States. The number of people overweight or obese increased between 1990 and 2016. In the most comprehensive study of US health to date, poor diet was found to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality, even surpassing smoking. Poor diet contributed to 14 percent, while smoking accounted for 11 percent. Obesity and high blood pressure accounted for 11 and eight percent respectively.

      The number one cause of death in America is the American diet. High blood pressure by fifty-five, heart attacks at sixty, maybe even cancer at seventy, and so on... For most of the leading causes of death, the science shows that the genes often account for only 10-20% of the risk at most. For example, when people move from low-risk to high-risk countries, their disease rates almost always change to those of the new environment. New diet, new diseases. But the reverse is also true. If we’re eating the Standard American Diet and switch to a diet higher in whole plant foods, such as fruits and vegetables, this may lower your risk.

      Western Europe

      Cancer is now the most common cause of death in Western Europe, more often than chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular disease and diabetes (IHD). While mortality rates for COPD and IHD are declining due to improved health care, mortality rates for cancer have increased.

      Our Western eating habits and addiction to animal proteins in the form of ground beef, hamburgers and all kinds of meat products are the cause of the increase in cancer. The consumption of animal fats and proteins has increased considerably since the last century. The production of meat (products), poultry, pork and other meat tripled between 1980 and 2010 and is likely to double again by 2050. At present, 70 billion farm animals are being bred annually for food. In 2050 there will be 500 million more cattle, 200 million more pigs, 1 billion more sheep and goats and 18 billion extra poultry than in 2005.

      As we get older, we notice which unhealthy lifestyle habits have taken possession of us. The body constantly renews itself through the ingested diet and within a few years all cells and tissues are constantly being completely rebuilt. With age, the choice of animal or vegetable protein and fat in the daily diet is of great importance for protection against chronic diseases and cancer. Cardiovascular disease, obesity and uncontrolled growth of derailed cells are the result of an excess of animal proteins and fats in the daily diet. The chicken leukemia virus and bovine leukemia virus in our food chain are related to common cancers. The time without symptoms is 50% - 70% of the total growth of a tumor and cancer usually reveals itself at a later age.

      The Netherlands

      Age standardized lung cancer mortality (ICD 162 per 100,000 men per year) in ten different countries in 1984, 2007 and 2010 in relation to per adult consumption of manufactured / hand-rolled cigarettes in 1970.

      In 2012, cancer was the cause of 31% of all deaths in the Netherlands (Eurostat). Today about half of all men and one third of all women develop cancer and about 20% of all deaths are due to cancer. This is an impressive increase and seems to show that the increase in cancer is a recent biological event.

      Most lung cancer in the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom

      These three countries have the largest share in the international trade and import of tropical birds via Amsterdam Schiphol, Brussels Zaventhem and London Heathrow respectively. In Japan and the USA there has always been a lot more smoking and the mortality rates of lung cancer were much lower. The Netherlands has the highest mortality rate in lung cancer in the world and mortality from breast and prostate cancer is also very high compared to other countries. According to the World Health Organization, since 1980 the Netherlands has had the lowest growth in life expectancy at the birth of a total of seventeen EU countries. With regard to life expectancy, we take the 8th place in this ranking. The mortality rate among the elderly is remarkably high. Cancer has been the number one cause of death in the Netherlands for a number of years. In seventeen European countries, our country with the mortality from cancer is in 13th place, almost at the bottom of the ranking. Child mortality in the first year of life in 15th place.

      The Netherlands traditionally has a lot of animal husbandry. The poultry chain in the Netherlands consists of breeding farms, hatcheries, slaughterhouses and a large number of processing companies. Every year 40 million male chicks are killed on the first day because there is no destination for them in meat production. The Netherlands is the number 2 in the world in terms of exports of agricultural products. There is overproduction of calves, piglets, chicks, eggs, dairy products and meat products. In 2016, the record amount was more than 88 billion euros. Calf mortality is relatively high in the Netherlands and is increasing every year. The priority is too much with the cows. Only 30 percent of the calves become a dairy cow. The rest is sold to veal calves and is a residual product. Especially the calves are worth less.

      Recently published research has shown that the Netherlands has the best healthcare in the world. The government has measured this by cost-effective analyzes and research into patient satisfaction. Unfortunately, the Dutch do not have the best health. Mortality for the age of 60 and the number of chronic illnesses among the elderly have not been taken into account. The consumption of animal fats and proteins has increased considerably. Fruits and vegetables are eaten too little. An increase in diseases that pass from animals to humans is the result of the consumption of meat, animal fats and eggs from the supermarket, and the breeding of tropical birds as a hobby. Cardiovascular diseases and the unrestrained growth of derailed cells are the result of this.

      Intensive breeding of pigs, poultry, cattle and fish has become the new businessmodel in the middle of the 20th century. All meat is only produced with artificial insemination of the animals.

      Zoonoses such as BSE, SARS, MERS, Q fever and the spread of antibiotic-insensitive bacteria were the result.

      Increase in cancer is, very recently, since the middle of the 20th century.

      Carcinogenic viruses such as chicken and bovine leukemia viruses are now found in our food chain with more sophisticated laboratory research.

      Bovine leukemia virus has been shown in women's breast tissue.

      Red meat consumption is a proven risk for colon cancer.

      In the last 50 years, our diet has become increasingly unnatural. Meat, milk and eggs in our diet contribute more to climate change in the world than the emissions from our fleet. The fast growing meat industry produces more greenhouse gases than all traffic

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