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Think a vegan diet is the ticket to personal and planetary health? Seen Forks Over Knives and become convinced that animal products will be the death of you and the planet? Then it’s time to lose your veganity! Yes, lose your veganity. Let go of the wishful thinking that pervades vegan myths and open up [...]
Welcome to our new feature where we’ll be exploring key nutritional elements and how to make sure they’re a part of your healthy eating plan. Remember, our bodies are finely tuned machines, and they depend on us to provide the highest octane fuel possible! We’re going to start with a discussion of calcium, since 90% [...]
Feed Your Goddess With Magnesium In recent years, magnesium has increasingly been referred to as “the mood food” due to scientifically demonstrated connections between magnesium deficiency and depression, mood disturbances associated with PMS, stress, anxiety, anger, and sleep disturbances. However, magnesium is much more than just a mood food…in fact, magnesium is responsible for or [...]
Protein can help you shed those unwanted pounds and keep your belly full. But it’s important to eat the right amount and the right kind of protein to get the health benefits. Seafood Seafood is an excellent source of protein because it’s usually low in fat. Fish such as salmon is a little higher in [...]
“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn You wouldn’t sit down to dinner at your favorite restaurant and order a stick of butter a la carte. You’re too smart for that — you know there’d be lots of calories and little nutrients and, most of all, lots [...]
Which fats should you eat and which should you avoid? This is a question that I get often from my patients. Unfortunately most people have misinformation about fats from the media and even from health food stores! Saturated fats have been demonized and diet “experts” have assured us that canola oil and polyunsaturated vegetable oils [...]
You are probably asking how eating fat gives you more energy? Many people think eating fat will make them feel heavy and lethargic and of course gain weight right? Well in fact it depends on what types of fat you are eating. The type of fat you want to eat if you want more energy [...]
When we learn to eat properly we begin to rebuild our bodies and to fulfill our purpose on this planet to grow in health, creativity, wisdom, and compassion. ~ Dr. Ann Wigmore 1 – Shop the perimeter of the store Ideally you would shop the perimeter of the grocery store to get the freshest, purest [...]
In the past 50 years, the use of nutritional supplements for the prevention of cancer has increased dramatically in the United States. However, emerging scientific evidence strongly supports the beneficial effects of whole foods for cancer prevention yet little support from any single nutrient or combinations thereof. Over 200 recent epidemiological studies indicate that whole [...]
People often ask me if red meat is good for them. My answer is yes and no. Yes it can be good for you if you eat meat from HAPPY cows! Happy cows get out on the pasture and eat grass (that is what a cow should be eating by the way). Pastured animals are [...]
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