Reversing the disease trend with increased nutritional awareness

Long line Diseases are increasing in Sweden, including a number of cancers. Osteoporosis/osteoporosis associated with bone fractures in Sweden is among the highest rates ever in the world, and over the past 50 years, obesity in the country, as well as in the Western world, has increased dramatically, with its attendant risk of disease. The number of cases of food allergies and type 2 diabetes has also increased. Health care and elder care are overburdened and may have financial strains.

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We cannot continue like this. We must reverse the trend of increasing disease! With the reversal of the disease, much of the suffering from illness could be avoided and more people could stay at home and not be forced into aged care due to illness. The burden and costs of health care can be reduced.

There are many research studies that show a clear link between food choices, health and a lower risk of disease. For example, a large research study published in The BMJ, the British medical journal, which involved 105,159 participants, was followed over a period of 5.2 years. The study shows that increasing the intake of ultra-processed products by 10% increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks by 12% and strokes by 11%. NOVA is a classification of ultra-processed foods used in the research study. (Srour et al. 2019).

Ultra-processed products For example, according to Dr. Pradeep Jamnadas, they are: food products that were present in the factory and contain substances such as emulsifiers or preservatives with the number E. When there is a table of contents, Jamnadas recommends reading it carefully. Researcher Bernard Sorour writes in the conclusions of the study mentioned above that it is important to inform consumers about the link between ultra-processed products and health and the increased risk of chronic diseases.

Physician and Associate Professor Staffan Lindeberg conducted a research study on diet and health in Kitava, Papua New Guinea. The Kitava people ate a primitive diet consisting of root vegetables, vegetables, fruits, berries, coconuts, and some meat. Staffan Lindberg found that the people of Kitava are healthy and do not suffer from Western diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, etc. In this book: Food and folk diseases – an evolutionary medicine perspectiveLindberg describes the study.

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within last the doctor Researcher Dean Ornish has shown in his research that already three months after changing the diet, it is possible to measure an improvement in health. Dietary choices are therefore of great fundamental importance for health and reducing the risk of disease. But for a long time, most nutrition education has been removed from medical education, so today’s doctors don’t have the educational background from medical school to answer their patients’ questions about how to change diet to reduce and actually reverse disease risk. .

As a result, many researchers have suggested that Parliament and government reintroduce nutrition education into medical education. It is an important basis for reversing the disease.

It has been scientifically proven that consumption of alcohol and tobacco increases the risk of disease, hence a high tax is imposed on these products. Implementing tax changes could incentivize reducing the proportion of ultra-processed products in the diet and favoring the consumption of healthy unprocessed or minimally processed foods. Countries such as France and Brazil have already taken measures as above.

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Ingmar Ostlund

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