Glad to see plans to get doctors involved. Doctors need training as much as patients. Where are they getting this training, and is this article the product of assuming that plant-based diets are epitome of a healthy way of eating? For some, that may be true. For most, it's not quite that simple when ignoring animal proteins.



The WHO considers heart disease and stroke to be caused by high blood pressure, tobacco use, elevated cholesterol and low consumption of fruits and vegetables. Interesting way of describing this, as high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol are symptoms of another root cause and among several markers for Metabolic Syndrome. I start to get a hollow feeling anytime the WHO is referenced, as they don't really understand how to eat to control vascular disease and spend time trying to rid people of symptoms rather than spending time identifying root causes. Any related nutrition training a doctor receives should be considered suspect and incomplete, only part of the story. But hey, WHO knows their stuff!