Forks over Knives Documentary Vocabulary – Flashcards
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diabeties
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Disease in which the body cannot properly control the level of sugar in the blood
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heart disease
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Any of several conditions resulting in insufficient blood flow to the heart, poor pumping, or malfunction of the heart valves.
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hypertension
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High blood pressure
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prostate cancer
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Most common cancer in men
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arteriosclerosis
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Hardening of the arteries in the heart
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type 2 diabetes
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progressive disorder in which body cells become less responsive to insulin
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obese
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having an excess of body fat
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processed food
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foods that have been treated to change their physical, chemical, microbiological or sensory properties
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plant based diet
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an eating pattern that derives most of its proteins from plant products
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coronary artery disease
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disease of the arteries surrounding the heart
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plaque
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A deposit of fatty material on the inner lining of an arterial wall caused by high cholesterol.
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casein
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The primary protein in cows milk.
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mortality
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death
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osteoporosis
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A condition in which the body's bones become weak and break easily.
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What is the most prescribed drug in the world ever?
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Lipitor
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This could be the first generation of children in the United States that ___lives___ less than its parents.
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lives
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Almost __1_ in __5_ American four-year-olds is now considered to be obese
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1 in 5
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We spend ________2.2 trillion_______ a year on health care
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2.2 trillion
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How often is someone in the US killed by heart disease?
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every minute.
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____1500______ people a day die from cancer.
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1500
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Combined, these diseases kill over _______1 million_____ Americans every year
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1 million
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During the beginning of the 20th Century, how much meat did Americans eat annually?
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120 pounds
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By 2007, how much meat did Americans eat annually?
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222 pounds
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1913 - Americans consumed ___40 pounds__ of processed sugar per year.
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40 pounds
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1999 - Americans consumption of all refined sweeteners was ___147 pounds.___
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147 pounds
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1909 - Americans consumed ____294 pounds___ dairy products
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294 pounds
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2006 - Americans consumed ____605 pounds___ dairy products
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605 pounds
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With Coronary Artery Disease, over time ___cholesterol______ builds up in the coronary arteries restricting blood flow to the heart.
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cholesterol
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This can cause chest pain, called ____angina____ to ___heart attacks__________.
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angina____ to ___heart attacks
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cholesterol is a natural substance produced by all animals, including humans, and it is an essential component of cells walls.
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cholesterol and cells walls.
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Where is dietary cholesterol found?
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meat, eggs and dairy products.
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What is the major cause or coronary artery disease?
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cholesterol/plaque build up on coronary arteries.
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With liver cancer, a diet of ___20___% dairy protein turned cancer on, while a diet of __5__% dairy protein turned it off.
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20% and 5%
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Researchers learned that ___animal protein_____ was really good at turning on cancer.
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animal protein.
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n Kenya, in 1978, the chances of a woman getting breast cancer were ____82_______ times lower than in the US
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82
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In Japan in 1958 only ___18___ deaths were caused by prostate cancer.
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18
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The same year, in the US, the number of prostate cancer deaths exceeded __14,000_______
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14,000
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n the early 1970s, the risk for heart disease in rural China was ___12________ times lower than in the US.
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12 times lower
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the ____western________ diet was the link
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western diet is the link to cancer.
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The revolutionary conclusion... That many of our most crippling conditions could be greatly reduced, if not completely eradicated, simply by eating what they call a whole foods, ____plant________ based diet.
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plant.
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This means, consuming foods that come mainly from whole, minimally refined _____plants____ such as fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes.
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plants
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it also means avoiding ___animal________ -based foods such as meat, dairy and eggs
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avoid animal based foods
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As well as ____processed_____ foods such as bleached flour, refined sugars and oil.
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avoid processed foods
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How did a diet of 20% casein (dairy protein) compare to a diet of 20% plant protein?
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early liver cancer tumor growth.
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The lady (Connie Diekman) who said that you need animal protein in your diet had a biased opinion. What was that bias?
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advisor to the national dairy counsel.
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Only __1-2______ % of cancers is attributable to genes we may or may not have.
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1-2%
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the China Study found no less than ___94,000_________ correlations between diet and disease.
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94,000 correlations between diet and disease.
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The message from this study is that the _____plant_________food based diet, mainly cereal grains, vegetables and fruits and very little animal food is always associated with lower mortality of certain cancers, stroke, and Coronary Heart Disease.
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plant food equals less mortality
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The Scientific evidence was clear... Whole __plant____ based foods were beneficial to health, while ___animal____-based foods were not.
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plants good, animal foods not.
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the gas ____nitric oxide_______ keeps our blood flowing, smoothly, without being sticky and helps to dilate constricted blood vessels during physical activity, and inhibits the formation of plaque
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nitric oxide.
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Most importantly, ___nitric oxide____________ is a powerful force for eliminating the inflammation that seems to go with this plaque
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nitric oxide
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Our endothelial cells are ___damaged________ when we start eating the typical Western diet.
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western diet damages endothelial cells.
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When we begin eating a whole food plant based diet, the damage to our endothelial cells not only stops, it begins to_reverse__.
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reverse.
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in 25% of cases, ___sudden death___________________ is the first and only sign of coronary artery disease.
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sudden death
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According to a practicing urologist, ____erectile dysfunction___________ is actually the first clinical indicator of generalized cardiovascular disease.
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erectile dysfunction
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Even with the billions of dollars spent on cardiac treatment, _____heart disease_________ is still the #1 cause of death, killing over ___600,000_______ people a year.
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600,000
