If you are overweight or obese and are discouraged at your rate of weight loss after transitioning to a WFPB diet, you may be sabotaging your efforts by consuming too many liquid calories. Although homemade juices and smoothies can be a convenient way to increase fruit ... READ MORE...
Role of Juicing and Smoothies in a Whole Food Plant Based (WFPB) Diet
May 13, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Whole Food Plant-Based Diets for Physical and Maybe Even Mental Health
May 4, 2015 By 1 Comment
What is a whole food plant-based (WFPB) diet? A WFPB diet is based on whole or minimally processed plants, primarily fruits, vegetables, whole grains, tubers, and legumes. It excludes or minimizes animal-based foods such as meat (including poultry and fish), dairy ... READ MORE...
Diabetes Educators Employed by Pharmaceutical Companies Are Coming to a Doctor’s Office Near You
April 23, 2015 By Leave a Comment
I was recently informed by Deb Bellerose, nurse and Plantastic Life (PL) team member, that various pharmaceutical companies have offered to provide nutrition education classes at the physicians’ office at which she works. The classes will be provided by Certified ... READ MORE...
Carbohydrates From Whole Food Plant Based Diets Help To Crush Insulin Resistance and Type II Diabetes
April 9, 2015 By Leave a Comment
The success that low fat whole food plant based (WFPB) diets have in preventing and treating Type II diabetes is so strong, that The American Diabetes Association includes a low-fat plant based diet as an approved treatment approach.[1] This should come as no surprise ... READ MORE...
Fish and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
March 29, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease) strikes healthy, middle-aged people seemingly at random. It is a brutal neurodegenerative disease. ALS paralyzes people while leaving their mental capacities intact. Most patients die within three years when ... READ MORE...
Thoughts on the AND’s Sponsorship Policy, Cheese Product and Cheese
March 17, 2015 By 2 Comments
There has been quite an uproar among registered dietitians over an ABC news article that revealed the decision by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) to allow Kraft Singles to display the Academy’s “Kids Eat Right” logo. The AND’s practice of accepting ... READ MORE...
WFPB Diets – What I’ve Noticed These Past Six Years
March 15, 2015 By Leave a Comment
On March 15, 2009, I began eating a WFPB diet. My transition went pretty smoothly as the only animal foods that were part of my diet at that time included non-fat yogurt, chicken, turkey and the occasional piece of fish. I had given up cheese a few years prior and I ... READ MORE...
Just Say NO If You Want a Healthy Endothelium and Heart
March 2, 2015 By 1 Comment
What is the Endothelium? Endothelial cells (EC) make up the thin layer lining the walls of arteries. This lining is sometimes referred to as the endothelium. Research over the last 25 years has shown that the endothelium is an active, multi-functional organ that plays ... READ MORE...
Plant Based Diets in the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease
February 27, 2015 By Leave a Comment
For years, chronic kidney disease or kidney insufficiency has been treated with low protein and low phosphorous diets with the goal of delaying onset of dialysis. In 2007, a Thai study compared renal (kidney) function parameters among non vegetarians and vegans ... READ MORE...
It Turns Out I Like Pig Food
February 19, 2015 By 1 Comment
A few evenings ago I learned that I like pig food. You see, I happened to stumble upon John Maggio’s wonderful documentary called “Italian Americans” which aired on our local PBS station. One of the topics that the film covered is the reaction of immigrants from ... READ MORE...
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