The Wages of Dietary Sin is Death

It has been said that, "The wages of sin is death."  For this discussion, the word "sin" can be thought of as a "wrong choice", "bad choice","destructive behavior", or "immoral".

In the book "The China Study" the author T. Colin Campbell describes the largest diet and nutrition study ever done in history.  The results were conclusive and statistically valid and could be summed up in the paragraph below:

The three diseases of modern civilization (Diabetes, Cancer, Heart Disease) are CAUSED by: 1. Eating animal protein, 2. Not enough fiber in the diet.

These results lead to guidelines for moral theory of dietary health.
There are two dietary sins:
1. eating animal based food products
2. not eating enough fiber on a daily basis

If you violate these rules (and thereby commit a "sin") then you will die.  In statistical terms: the more you violate these rules and eat food that does not meet these simple dietary restrictions then you are significantly more likely to die at a younger age.

In a very real way, when talking about diet and nutrition:

THE WAGES OF DIETARY SIN IS DEATH

This appears to be an accurately impersonal, dispassionate and statistically valid description of the influence of dietary habits on our general level of health and well being..

Bon apetit





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William Schaeffer