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’ ... READ MORE...
Diabetes Educators Employed by Pharmaceutical Companies Are Coming to a Doctor’s Office Near You
April 23, 2015 By Leave a Comment
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 ... 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 ... READ MORE...
Making Healthy Changes At Work
January 24, 2015 By 1 Comment
Kelly Boyle is a registered dietitian who transitioned to a whole food plant based diet (WFPB) a few years back. Her transition did not occur without a few bumps in the road. One of her biggest ... 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 ... 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: ... 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 ... 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 ... 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: ... READ MORE...
Another Meaningless Study
September 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
This recent NY Times article discusses the latest study comparing a low carb vs. a supposed low-fat diet. It’s just another study that compares two diets that are just slightly better than the ... READ MORE...
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