Calorie labeling of menus, menu boards and drive-thrus will soon become a reality. The National Menu Labeling Regulations were released which will require restaurants with 20 or more locations to include calorie information on menus and provide additional nutrition ... READ MORE...
Calorie Counting Doesn’t Work If You’re Searching For Long-Term Health
November 26, 2014 By Leave a Comment
We Don’t Need The Latest Dairy Study to Bash Dairy
November 16, 2014 By Leave a Comment
A research article entitled “Lactose Intolerance and Risk of Lung, Breast and Ovarian Cancers: Etiolgical Clues from a Population-based study in Sweden” was published in the British Journal of Cancer in October, 2014. The study showed a decreased prevalence of lung, ... READ MORE...
The Sodium Question is Meaningless for Most of Us.
November 8, 2014 By Leave a Comment
I recently participated in a webinar sponsored by Con Agra called “Sodium (Too much, too little or just right?)”. Con Agra Foods, Inc is an American packaged foods company that makes and sells products under various brand names that are available in supermarkets, as ... READ MORE...
The Health Philosophy of Most Americans is Warped
October 25, 2014 By 1 Comment
I was recently screened as part of a Health Evaluation Program provided by my employer. As part of the program, participants are given a personal health score based on a health index developed by the wellness company that conducts the screening. The score is designed ... READ MORE...
For True Health, You Must Eat Truly Healthy Foods
October 22, 2014 By 2 Comments
I’m finding myself frequently placing the adverb “truly” before the word “healthy” when I describe whole plant foods. My reason? Many people recently diagnosed with chronic disease often appear shocked when I tell them that their diets are to blame. They are shocked ... READ MORE...
The Plantrician Project
October 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Back in the spring of 2013, Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest managed care organization came out in support of plant-based diets. In an article entitled “Nutritional Update for Physicians: Plant-Based Diets”, published in the Kaiser Permanente Journal in the ... READ MORE...
Breast Cancer Can Strike a WFPB Diet Follower
October 12, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Susan Voisin , in addition to being dismayed, was also shocked to hear her physician tell her that she had breast cancer. You see, Susan is the creator and administrator of the “Fat Free Vegan” web site and she has followed a low fat vegan diet for 20 years. A breast ... READ MORE...
Do You Want To Empty Your Medicine Cabinet?
October 11, 2014 By 2 Comments
After purchasing the book “The Empty Medicine Cabinet”, I received an email message from the book’s author, plant-based pharmacist Dustin Rudolph PharmD. He asked if I wanted a signed copy and he also wrote that he would mail the book the next day. He added that he ... READ MORE...
UCLA Is Now Promoting Dr. Ornish’s Whole Food Plant Based Lifestyle!
September 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
In 2010, Medicare began covering “Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease” as a branded program under a new benefit category, “intensive cardiac rehabilitation” (ICR). This was the first time that Medicare had covered an integrative medicine ... READ MORE...
Latest Type II Diabetes Study Asks Meaningless Question
September 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The Daily Mail recently published an article on the results of a Swedish study that showed the following associations between dairy products and type II diabetes and meat and type II diabetes: Eight or more full-fat dairy portions a day cuts risk of type 2 diabetes ... READ MORE...
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