Yes - there is lots and lots of research that suggests that inflammation is the cause of a whole host of "western" diseases.
Sugar and fructose cause heart disease (not fat) by irritating the lining of the heart over and over and over again. Wheat causes inflammation because most people are allergic to it in some way. Constant insulin response that we have with all the sugar hidden (and not so hidden) in everything we eat causes swelling and fat storage. Even the fruits we have now have been bred to be much much sweeter than 60 years ago.
Lets not even start on how fibre seems to protect against some of the terrible effects of fructose on the body (rapid conversion to fat - the body can't tolerate fructose in the blood) and how removing the fibre in the form of fruit juice or high fructose corn syrup is a disaster for your body.
Probably taking aspirin is unnecessary if you were to avoid the main things which irritate and cause an immune response in your body. I can bet you that turmeric tea from the root is going to be as good as aspirin at protecting you from these diseases but the best plan is to avoid sugar, wheat and high GI carbohydrates.
While I agree that the "most people are allergic to wheat" thing needs a lot more support, I'd like to make the small note that 95% of articles did a really terrible job of understanding the important takeaway of that study. I think this one did better: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/05/22/314287321/sensit...
Well, you are correct that fat has been incorrectly vilified.
Most of the rest of what you say is logical leaps based on inconclusive data, which is just as bad as what the fat haters did years ago.
Don't get me wrong, a lot of what you say is even a good best guess based on what we know right now, but so was fat hating at one time, and stating best guesses like proven fact is what gets us to the point of having entrenched, demonstrably incorrect policy.
Let's just say "currently best available evidence..."
Yes I'd agree with everything you have said! Definitely not proven and loads of supposition. However I'd be willing to make a substantial bet that I'm correct.
Wait until you hear my crackpot theory that chemotherapy is only as effective as the starvation and reduction in human growth hormone it causes ;-)
The thing is though who is going to do a trial comparing controlled calorific intake (say < 600 calories per day for several days per week) with chemotherapy treatments - certainly not drug companies.
Rather than explain in detail I recommend people just try eating unprocessed food (with minimal grains) and see what happens. The lifestyle choices rub off on others. Weight loss is the most visible benefit, but measurable markers of blood cholesterol improve too.
The easiest benchmark: you should never feel tired after eating.
However, it seems to be that it is the breakdown of high fructose (not the type found in fruit) which leads to the creation of fats that is not good for the heart.
List lovingly stolen from https://www.facebook.com/PerfectBalanceHealth give him a follow if you are interested in this stuff. He's very very thorough with his research, much more scientific than me. Some would say obsessive.
Well if we're honest you can cherry pick your research can't you and how you interpret the results. Can you in return point to me a study that shows increasing carbohydrate and reducing fat decreases heart disease? I'd suggest in modern research such findings don't exist.
Sugar and fructose cause heart disease (not fat) by irritating the lining of the heart over and over and over again. Wheat causes inflammation because most people are allergic to it in some way. Constant insulin response that we have with all the sugar hidden (and not so hidden) in everything we eat causes swelling and fat storage. Even the fruits we have now have been bred to be much much sweeter than 60 years ago.
Lets not even start on how fibre seems to protect against some of the terrible effects of fructose on the body (rapid conversion to fat - the body can't tolerate fructose in the blood) and how removing the fibre in the form of fruit juice or high fructose corn syrup is a disaster for your body.
Probably taking aspirin is unnecessary if you were to avoid the main things which irritate and cause an immune response in your body. I can bet you that turmeric tea from the root is going to be as good as aspirin at protecting you from these diseases but the best plan is to avoid sugar, wheat and high GI carbohydrates.