The most interesting item in the article, was this, "We referenced the plummeting death rates from strokes and heart attacks in Norway during World War II when the German occupying forces confiscated their livestock, limiting Norwegians to plant-based nutrition.15"
I didn't know about this. This might be the only reliable
evidence of the efficacy of plant based diets we have so far? I don't know the mindset of Norwegians back then
concerning health, so I don't think the Placebo Effect played much of a role in final statistics, and they must have been under a lot of stress. I couldn't find the footnote 15, but will look harder.
I don't remember the source, but I read an article a couple of years ago that linked that statistic of plummeting death rates in Norway during WW2 to high consumption of cod liver oil, which apparently was readily available. Take that as you will.
The most interesting item in the article, was this, "We referenced the plummeting death rates from strokes and heart attacks in Norway during World War II when the German occupying forces confiscated their livestock, limiting Norwegians to plant-based nutrition.15"
I didn't know about this. This might be the only reliable evidence of the efficacy of plant based diets we have so far? I don't know the mindset of Norwegians back then concerning health, so I don't think the Placebo Effect played much of a role in final statistics, and they must have been under a lot of stress. I couldn't find the footnote 15, but will look harder.