Newsflash: Carbohydrates do and can serve as the building blocks so to speak of cholesterol. In other words, the biochemical reactions that produce cholesterol may use carbohydrates to produce them. This is why a diet high in carbohydrates can lead to high cholesterol levels of 'bad' (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol.
There is a world of difference between fish-eating (pesco) vegetarians and vegans. While I could see a world where mammals and birds are no longer eaten, I would never agree to drop fish, cheese, and eggs from the food chain. Fish do confer anti-cancer properties to humans, and the reference for the italicized sentences is provided.
The reduction in risk was stronger for pescatarians, who had a 43% lower risk of colorectal cancer (HR 0.57 [95% CI, 0.40; 0.82]) [33].
Therefore, I would never agree to eliminate fish from my diet as it has huge benefits to health, over and above just plant-based diets. The article also states that fish confers even more anti-cancer benefits:
Lower risk of overall cancer and nine cancer sites was found for pescatarians compared with meat-eaters in the unadjusted analyses—kidney, lung, melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, colorectal (overall and for colon and rectum individually), bladder, prostate, lymphatic and breast—with hazard ratios ranging from 0.57 to 0.65.
Background The associations of cancer with types of diets, including vegetarian, fish, and poultry-containing diets, remain unclear. The aim of this study was, therefore, to investigate the association of type of diet with all cancers and 19 site-specific incident cancers in a prospective cohort...
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com
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Now, as for cheese, there have been chemicals that are known for their 'anti-cancer' properties, and there is research on cheese:
Brie, camembert and cheddar could fight around 30 types of cancer according to research published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
CHEESE may work as a natural cancer fighter, the latest research has revealed.
www.express.co.uk
Therefore, I would never advocate for the elimination of cheese from the diet.
Not mentioned also is that fish oils promote health hair and prevent hair loss. Therefore, there are too many benefits of fish to warrant elimination of fish from diets. Cod liver oil supplements are also the fastest way to increase one's vitamin D levels in case one is low on vitamin D.
Cod liver oil is also one of the best food sources of vitamin D, which has an important role in maintaining healthy bones by regulating calcium absorption (9Trusted Source).
Cod liver oil is a type of fish oil supplement that can improve your health in many ways. This article lists 9 science-backed benefits of cod liver oil.
www.healthline.com
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Last issue: Obesity and health. It is a medical fact that obese people are at a higher risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and have suppressed immunity function as opposed to people in normal, medical weight ranges based on their body types. Simply overweight yet not obese people still have a higher risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease than others, not to mention diabetes as well.
This is not meant to be 'phobic', but, as the saying goes, "Facts don't care about feelings.'
As far as Matt is concerned, it is not a matter of debate whether he is of normal weight or not: Matt is not obese and not overweight. Therefore, unless he is underweight, he is of normal weight as defined by medical standards. Even normal weights are a range depending upon body types. I trust that if Matt had a health problem, he would address it and not whine about it like Tiffany does.