Interesting stuff. I definitely have some input...

I was part of a study in undergrad on hypothyroidism and saturated fat. I love all food, so it was easy to ditch meat and go veggie for a couple months during the study. The veggie diet basically stabilized my blood work, which did support their hypothesis that we eat too much meat, and although fat in general keeps us fuller longer, the high amount of saturated fat is unnecessary! I wish I had a copy of the outcome/published paper, but I have no clue who to contact! It is out of West Virginia University.

Just the other day I watched Food Inc. and Forks Over Knives. My story: I love cheese...and could put sharp VT cheddar on pretty much anything (even my tooth brush...hehe)...more about diary later. After reading an amazing book by Anne Marie Corbin (sp?) and researching the clean eating/whole food movement, I am definitely interested. With a medical degree behind me, I learned that our teeth are truly made to chew animal protein...and our digestive system can handle the meat. We have to think about history too, though, and how little of the animal protein was actually being ingested. In the meantime we had to survive on legumes and veggies. Being veggie is fine, but don't kill yourself if you still prefer to eat meat. Dairy...is another topic. What other animal continues to drink milk as an adult or older child? NONE! On top of that, what animal drinks another animal's milk? NONE. Just us. Dairy is something that we really need to cut back on (insert issue of being a cheese addict!). Believe it or not, milk isn't too much help. I was a hardcore cold cold cold skim milk drinker, and now I don't at all. Milk actually reverses calcium absorption. It is so acidic that it takes all the fortification IN milk to replace what it's acidity has removed during digestion. So re-think your dairy intake...interesting!

So my plan is to load up on those veggies, moderate fish, extremely moderate dairy/no dairy and moderate grains/fruits. Hmm....