Testing for Vitamin B12 Deficiency 

Testing for Vitamin B12 Deficiency 

Many doctors mistakenly rely on serum B12 levels in the blood to test for vitamin B12 deficiency. There were two cases of young, strictly vegetarian individuals with no known vascular risk factors. One suffered a stroke, and the other had multiple strokes. Why? Most...
What About Animal Protein and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk? 

What About Animal Protein and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk? 

Might animal protein-induced increases in the cancer-promoting growth hormone IGF-1 help promote brain artery integrity?  In 2014, a study on stroke risk and dietary protein found that greater intake was associated with lower stroke risk and, further, that the animal...
What About Saturated Fat and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk? 

What About Saturated Fat and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk? 

How can we explain the drop in stroke risk as the Japanese diet became westernized with more meat and dairy? As Japan westernized, the country’s stroke rate plummeted, as you can see in the graph below and at 0:15 in my video Vegetarians and Stroke Risk Factors:...
What About Vegan Junk Food and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk? 

What About Vegan Junk Food and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk? 

Just because you’re eating a vegetarian or vegan diet doesn’t mean you’re eating healthfully. “Plant-Based Diets Are Associated with a Lower Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease Mortality, and All-Cause Mortality in a General Population of...
What About Omega-3s and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk? 

What About Omega-3s and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk? 

Does eating fish or taking fish oil supplements reduce stroke risk?  In my last video, we started to explore what might explain the higher stroke risk in vegetarians found in the EPIC-Oxford study. As you can see below and at 0:25 in my video Vegetarians and Stroke...