Discussion Board

What you put in your mouth will impact your medical health, your financial health and the health of the environment.  Which of these reasons would most influence you to reduce your meat intake and why? 

How has the lipoprotein/cholesterol levels in your diet changed, say, compared to your grandparents? How about your great-great grandparents?  What about compared to primitive humans of the Paleolithic? Why has this changed?

How do factors other than diet, such as alcohol/tobacco use, genetics/family history, exercise/physical activity, age, race, medications, diseases/illnesses,  impact the risk of CVD?