Saturday, May 3, 2014

Blog entry 9: Research Proposal

What is your general subject?

The benefits of having a plant based and whole food diet ( plant-based diet is one based on vegetables, grains, legumes and fruit, with little or no animal products (including dairy) ) versus eating  a lot of animal products and processed foods. Basically I am saying A plant-based diet is the best for people, it prevents and can reverse cancer and heart disease, and having a high meat, animal products, refined foods (including sugar and oil), and high levels of protein cause and/or contribute to cancer and heart disease.


What is your focus or narrowed topic?

Plant-based whole food diet for disease prevention.


What do you plan to support/argue for?

Eating a plant based whole food diet is better for you then the traditional western culture diet of meat,dairy,and processed foods


What have you looked at so far

Fork over knives is a movie based on this lifestyle,Colin Campbell, Ph.D., author of The China Study,

How useful do you think they will be and why? Be as specific as possible. Please include links to web sources that you have found and add a brief description of them.

These are some really useful and powerful sources that are backed by medical journals. The foundation for the conclusions presented in Forks Over Knives is built by Cornell University professor T. Colin Campbell, PhD, and Caldwell B. Esselstyn, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic. Campbell conducted several studies and research experiments outlined in the book. Esselstyn treated and continues to treat some of his patients with strict changes in diet.
This is some information about the movie and a trailer link.

http://www.forksoverknives.com/about/synopsis/


What are your next steps if this topic is approved? What would be the next steps in the writing and research project next week?

I am thinking I will start by amassing all the information I can get. Then beginning to write a introduction and a thesis with a coherent argument.

What difficulties do you see at this time in moving forward with the research process?


Making sure my thesis statement is strong and clear and all the information I have gathered is not pieced together out of format.

4 comments:

  1. your topic seem to be too vast.it might be a challenge, but that isn't always bad.your blog entry was very clear , i'm looking forward to read your paper. i think youll nail it

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  2. I think you should go into detail of what exactly a plant based diet means. But other than that, great topic.

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  3. I think that is the point of the paper to go into detail. For the sake of the people that might not understand what I am talking about. I am basically saying having a high vegetable diet with little or no meat is disease preventative and better for you then having a high meat processed food diet. If you dont know what processed foods are google it ,thank you for the responses

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  4. I agree with this topic and your argument for it. Would you perhaps include the spiritual benefits of such a diet? Also to argue against your topic even though I agree with it. I think everyone's body is different so diversity in diet is needed. For example in colder environments consuming meat is needed. People even adapt to eating "unhealthy" foods as well. Hah just a thought and good luck~

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