Pamela Popper
Founder and executive director of Wellness Forum Health which provides videos and educational programs to consumers and to healthcare professionals who want to convert their practices to a focus on health rather than sick care. Books include Food Over Medicine, Solving America’s Healthcare Crisis, and COVID Operation.
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It’s None of Your Business (8:18) Mar 30, 2021. People who learn a better way to eat want to evangelize. You don’t get a very good reception. Focus on yourself. Get your own diet and exercise under control. It’s not your job to get everybody else on board. More a program of attraction rather than promotion and selling. Don’t offer unsolicited advice.
Diet
Dr Pam Popper: Diet & Inflammation (7:04) Mar 22, 2014. Study of 1000 Chinese women. Cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, bok choy, kale, cauliflower) lowered markers of inflammation. 4 main food groups: fruit, vegetables, whole grains, legumes. Contrary to silly books like Grain Brain and Wheat Belly, whole grains lower inflammation. Iranian study of 44 overweight girls found a large decrease in inflammation in the whole grain group vs. increased inflammation in the control group. Healthy populations have lived on whole grains for all of recorded history.
Dr Pam Popper: Vegetarian Diets are Better than Paleo Diets (7:57) May 1, 2014. Study shows animal protein increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. 25,000 participants in EPIC study followed up to 12 years. Each 10 gram increase in protein increased diabetes risk 13%. Animal (not plant) protein, calorie dense, has saturated fat. Fat in cells causes insulin resistance and diabetes. Second poorly-designed study said to favor carnivores proved nothing according to researchers conclusions.
CARNIVORE DIET INSANITY – Dr. Pam Popper (4:39) Feb 24, 2019. Short-term weight loss. Can lose weight with chemotherapy or cocaine addiction but not recommended. Kidney disease after adopting a meat-based diet. Long-term outcomes not good. Inuit most osteoporotic. Maasai die at 42 with advanced atherosclerosis. Science shows a whole food plant-based diet is healthiest long-term.
Why I SLAMMED Low Carbers At Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee – Dr. Pam Popper (7:36) Jul 28, 2019. Keto advocates angry and rude, claim short-term benefits. Plant-based, low-fat, high-fiber diet like Okinawans consumed healthiest long-term. Can reverse early-stage prostate cancer, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease.
Pam Popper Wrecks Low Carbers in 2020 Dietary Guidelines Speech (3:09) Jul 25, 2019. 25 years. 100,000 patients. Chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease. Treated with low-fat, high-fiber, plant-based diet. Why didn’t I know about this? High-fat diets work short-term but not long-term.
Food
Dr Pam Popper: Meat, Dairy, Cancer & Statin Drugs (8:29) May 20, 2014. Study shows people who eat a diet high in meat and dairy are more likely to develop cancer and die young than people who eat a low protein diet. 6,318 people over 50. Over 20% protein 74% more likely to die during the 18 year study than those eating under 10% of calories from protein. Animal protein increases insulin-like growth factor. Statins improve cholesterol numbers but disease progresses. People starting statins increase calories 10% and fat 14%. Forks Over Knives. China Study.
Whole Grains Reduce Inflammation (7:59) Mar 1, 2018. Whole grains includes whole wheat, oats, brown rice, basmati rice, jasmine rice, rye, barley, bulgur, quinoa, corn, farro, kamut, millet, and spelt. Whole grains do not include bagels, pastry, cookies, flour, pasta, croissants, pretzels, and cereals like Lucky Charms. Grain bashers like William Davis, author of Wheat Belly, confuse whole grains and highly-processed junk foods. Whole grains reduce inflammation; junk foods increase it. Crossover studies clearly show this.
Dr Pam Popper: Why the Fuss about Gluten? (6:21) May 6, 2014. Wheat Belly author obese. Grain Brain by David Perlmutter latest anti-grain storybook. Tells everyone to avoid grain because a tiny percent have celiac disease and need to avoid gluten. Alessio Fasano advice on gluten. People have survived eating grains 10,000 year. Junk foods and animal protein and fat likely the cause of the recent epidemic of chronic disease, not grains. People should get no more than 10% of calories from protein.
Disease
The Top 4 Contributors To Getting Alzheimer’s Disease – By Author Pam Popper (6:38) Jan 9, 2021. (1) Chronic inflammation due to diet and stress. (2) Oxidation, free radicals. (3) Glucose dysregulation, insulin resistance, diabetics more likely to develop AD, diabetes reversible. (4) Lipid dysregulation, what’s good for the cardiovascular system is good for the brain. AD takes a long time to develop. The brain is resilient. Jeffrey Schwartz, The Mind and the Brain. 2/3 of AD patients are women. Learning protects the brain.
The Biggest Risk Factors For Losing Your Memory – By Author Pam Popper (8:30) Feb 18, 2021. Genetic predisposition, aope4 allele from one or both parents. Lifestyle can overcome bad genes. Sleep needed for metabolic housekeeping. Midlife obesity increases dementia risk 40%. Smoking impairs blood flow and increases Alzheimer’s risk. Higher insulin and blood glucose levels cause mitochondrial dysfunction. Coronary artery disease and hypertension increase dementia risk. Anxiety and depression increase cortisol and the risk of cognitive decline. Being sedentary. Good nutrition the best resource for protecting the brain.
Cartilage can Regenerate (8:05) Oct 24, 2019. Myth that cartilage cannot regenerate is promoted by the medical profession and stokes the multibillion dollar joint replacement industry. Study finds that younger cartilage protein in ankle joints is the reason ankle injuries heal faster than hip and knee injuries. Also the reason salamanders and other animals can regenerate limbs. Cartilage protein injections could significantly reduce knee and hip replacements. This and other research ignored while the medical system has chased after procedures and drugs that are very profitable .
Dr Pam Popper: Alternatives to Colonoscopy; Risks of Testosterone Therapy (7:16) Feb 20, 2014. Meta-analysis shows a single fecal immunochemical test (FIT) home stool test effective in diagnosing 79% of colorectal cancers. Less expensive and risky than colonoscopy. Sometimes low-tech option is better. Testosterone for men. Study shows increased heart attack risk. Obesity, diabetes, high alcohol consumption, and heart disease better treated with an optimal diet.
How to Lower Your Blood Pressure Without Meds (9:54) Aug 22, 2019. Sitting interrupted by 3 minutes of walking each half hour reduced blood pressure. Blood pressure lower in vegetarians. Vegetarian blood pressure increases less as they age. Among Adventists, vegetarians have a BMI 2.5 points lower than non-vegetarians. Vegetarian diets with no calorie restriction showed 3.4kg weight loss. Weight loss easier on a plant-based diet and even easier on a vegan diet. Blood pressure meds may increase the risk of heart disease and cancer.
Diet and Kidney Disease (8:10) Feb 13, 2020. High-protein diets very harmful in the long term, particularly for people with chronic kidney disease. National Kidney Foundation recommends a vegetarian diet. A lower protein plant-based diet preserves kidney function and may prevent the need for dialysis. Plants are better than animal foods for patients who have kidney disease and for preventing kidney disease.
Exercise
Dr Pam Popper: Save Your Knees! (7:13) Jun 20, 2013. People think exercise exacerbates injuries and rest heals. Not true. Right movement restores function while being sedentary worsens pain and weakens muscles. 12-week exercise program. Meniscal tears. Surgery and pain medications not usually a good idea. Imaging not terribly reliable. Some need surgery but most would be better off with physical therapy. Favorite physical therapist: Eileen Kopsaftis in NY. Approach drugs and surgery with a lot of caution.
Dr. Pam Popper: Exercise Can Help Erectile Dysfunction; Marathon Training Really is Good for You (6:48) Mar 5, 2015. Erectile dysfunction may be the first sign of coronary artery disease. Men who had recent heart attacks randomized to 2 groups, a walking and a regular care group. ED increased in the regular care group 9% but decreased in the walking group 71%. ED a multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry. Diet and exercise a better way to treat ED. 2nd article. Recreational runners can become fit enough in 18 weeks to run a marathon. People designed to run.