In 2016, my father became a vegan after some cholesterol issues. Since then he has been a devoted follower of Dr. Michael Greger (who in my opinion doesn't look that healthy). I've seen the sicence and seen the studies and I've been trying to wrap my head around why is it that it is so popular and that it has many supposed health benefits and why it contradict's many of the things that have been said by Ray Peat. So far I've come to some conclusions of why veganism, although not better than a high metabolism diet, is better that the Standard American Diet.
So far I had though of some arguments:
-High calcium to phosphate ratio
-Low in inflammatory amino acids like tryprophan, methionine and cysteine
-High in carbs which are essential for good thyroid health
What I can't get is the PUFA. They advocate eating a lot of omega 3 fatty acids. How can they have low mortality rates when eating a high PUFA diet? My guess is something about anti-oxidants, but I'm not sure. Any guess? Thanks, I'm just trying to learn here.
So far I had though of some arguments:
-High calcium to phosphate ratio
-Low in inflammatory amino acids like tryprophan, methionine and cysteine
-High in carbs which are essential for good thyroid health
What I can't get is the PUFA. They advocate eating a lot of omega 3 fatty acids. How can they have low mortality rates when eating a high PUFA diet? My guess is something about anti-oxidants, but I'm not sure. Any guess? Thanks, I'm just trying to learn here.