Today’s blog post comes from Orvel Douglas a Nutrition and Diet specialist at Body Sculpt of New York. Mr Douglas is a certified Nutrition and Diet Specialist and has worked as an independent nutrition consultant for various organisations and companies. He has provided nutrition counselling and workshops for the following organizations: Medgar Evers College Empowering Youth to Excel and Succeed Project (“EYES”); United Federation of Teachers; DC 37 and 1199 SEIU.  Mr. Douglas is currently providing nutrition workshops for the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services(OASAS) for their Access to Recovery Program (ATR) in Brooklyn, New York and is also the Lead Nutritionist for Body Sculpt of New York’s Six Weeks to Fitness programs.

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What I have noticed in the last 20 years is that we are getting sicker and sicker. Some of the diseases that are prevalent amongst the older generation are showing up in teenagers. One thing I can say is that we are eating way too much processed and junk food.

Many studies are showing that animal proteins are causing many preventable diseases. What I have found is that when a person removes all animal protein from their diet many ailments tend to disappear.

I have seen people’s type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and arthritis disappear, just to name a few.

One of the leading doctors in this field is Dr Colin Campbell. Dr Campbell is an American biochemist who specializes in the effect of nutrition on long-term health. He is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University.

Campbell has become known for his advocacy of a low-fat, whole foods, vegan (plant-based) diet. He is the author of over 300 research papers on the subject, and two books, Whole (2013), and The China Study (2005), which became one of America’s best-selling books about nutrition.^[1] Campbell featured in the 2011 American documentary, Forks Over Knives.

Campbell was one of the lead scientists in the 1980s of the China–Oxford–Cornell study on diet and disease, set up in 1983 by Cornell University, the University of Oxford, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine to explore the relationship between nutrition and cancer, heart and metabolic diseases. The study was described by The New York Times as “the Grand Prix of epidemiology.”^[2]

There is a group of doctors in an organization called Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and what they are doing is putting a new focus on health and compassion. The Physicians Committee combines the clout and expertise of more than 12,000 physicians with the dedicated actions of 150,000 members across the United States and around the world.

They are changing the way they treat disease such as diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, cancer and arthritis. They are putting prevention over pills.

We at Body Sculpt have been promoting a low fat, plant-based diet and what we have seen are some of our participants are no longer on medication through this small change.

My advice to anyone who is reading this and are suffering from ailments I would strongly suggest that you do some research and try a plant-based diet. The only thing you have to lose is your ailments.

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The Lake Foundation would like to thank Orvel Douglas for his guest blog post. If you have any questions for Orvel please leave them in the comments section below and for more information about Body Sculpt’s Six Weeks to Fitness program click here