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QuikSand · 12-26-2011, 06:43 PM

Among many observations, I will offer this -- I wouldn't really claim that weight loss is the primary motivation for switching to a plant-based whole-foods diet. It's about saving your life. In most cases, the dietary change will result in weight loss, but also a dramatic drop in heart disease contributors, blood pressure, and (it appears) both cancer and a variety of other diseases, many of which seem nearly untreatable otherwise. Losing weight may be an immediate goal, and it surely helps to sell more books, but the "movement" here is that there's a very compelling all-health argument behind the diet that goes beyond the counting of calories, fad diets, or other strictly weight loss driven approaches.

12-26-2011, 06:43 PM	#45
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Among many observations, I will offer this -- I wouldn't really claim that weight loss is the primary motivation for switching to a plant-based whole-foods diet. It's about saving your life. In most cases, the dietary change will result in weight loss, but also a dramatic drop in heart disease contributors, blood pressure, and (it appears) both cancer and a variety of other diseases, many of which seem nearly untreatable otherwise. Losing weight may be an immediate goal, and it surely helps to sell more books, but the "movement" here is that there's a very compelling all-health argument behind the diet that goes beyond the counting of calories, fad diets, or other strictly weight loss driven approaches.