Pg 62 "Australian Dr. Gary Fettke, an orthopedic surgeon by training, developed an aggressive pituitary tumor requiring surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Through his own research, he was able to stave off its progression by adopting an extremely low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diet. This diet is now in trials around the world (at notable research institutions such as Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York and MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston) to "starve" the tumor, and reverse its growth. Fettke, as a caregiver, prefers not to have to amputate limbs from diabetic patients as a consequence of their condition, so he tells his patients that a simple dietary change can save both life and limb. For informing his diabetic patients to reduce their sugar intake, Fettke was stripped of his ability to provide nutritional counseling or medical management of his patients. Fettke still doesn't know the names of the persons who reported him to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), but he does know that the complainants are members of the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA). They accused him of "inappropriately reversing a patient's diabetes." The DAA has made its opposition to LCHF and ketogenic diets well known. The AHPRA slapped a lifetime ban on Fettke for his attempts to try to save diabetic patients' limbs from being sawed off and their lives from being snuffed out. The good news is that Dr. Fettke, with help from the international medical community, finally won his appeal in 2018." What in the world is going on down under

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Pg. 70 "In 1919, the Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard recommended a 70 percent fat, 8 percent carbohydrate diet was optimal for diabetics. But 1921 was a watershed year for diabetes with the discovery of insulin. Insulin meant that carbohydrates were back on the menu for diabetics, and treatment was now easier to institute than prevention. The high-fat paradigm for the treatment of diabetes was destined for the trash heap (at least until ninety years later)."

Pg. 73 "Despite the codification of meat (when slaughtered and prepared correctly) by both kashruth and halal traditions, the demonization of meat by religion is unique American (an Indian, where the Hindu population traditionally worships cows.)"