The Verdict Leans To Earth

Every day there is a new study, or someone telling you how to eat right.
If you were at my school last week, you could hear my PE teacher taunting the virtues of a "sugarless week."
Yesterday, while doing the grocery shopping, my list was loaded with grains and veggies. 
At the meat department, I picked up a whole chicken at a fair price, and viewed a good price reduction on a family pack of pork chops. In the end, I returned the items to the rack. I bought no meat.  It felt good. 
Livestock production is detrimental to our climate, so cutting back on on animal transportation, makes a plant based diet a plus.
Do we need our protein from meat? It is a myth to fall for the high-protein diet in this day and age.
Lately, we have been hit over the head about how America has grown fat by consuming too much sugar and carbs and not enough meat, fat and eggs.
The fight is not just over a diet of low-fat vs one of low-carb. 
The debate, and research has grown as to what to eat. It shows animal protein may be the culprit that increase the risk of premature mortality from all causes, i.e: among the cancer, heart disease, and Type 2 diabetes.
High protein/ low carb diets promote heart diseases, not just by the effects on cholesterol as recent studies have shown. But from a metabolite of meat and egg yolks which clogs arteries.
Research has shown, as reported by the WSJ, "animal protein increases an insulin-like growth hormone, and chronic inflammation, an underlying factor in many chronic diseases."

An optimal diet to good health is a whole foods, plant-based diet, that is low in animal fat. It should include vegetables, whole grains, fruits and other natural foods. 
Good health could also be improve by adding good fat to one's diet: fish oil, seeds and nuts. One should stay away from saturated fats and hydrogenated fats.
The Prevention Research Institute also recommends, stress management techniques, moderate exercise and social support.
Following these changes may result in reversing the progression of severe coronary heart disease, reduce the need for a lifetime of medications, and alter one's genes, turning off genes that promote disease. 
And to know you can do this without any major lifestyle changes. In the end, a friendly earth we could have, "you will gain much more than what you give up."