Americans Love Animals. They Love To Eat Them.

Using Statistics from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), economists gathered data to estimate the amount of food, by weight, Americans eat per year.  It turns out that the average ... READ MORE...

Ignoring Holistic Nutrition Research Harms Many

This video is from a Canadian news show that aired during Dr. Roy Swank's lifetime. It covers some drug trials for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and also covers Dr. Swank's diet trial for MS.  Towards the ... READ MORE...

Fighting Breast Cancer with Whole Food Plant Based Weapons

Evidence of the positive impact WFPB diets have on the prevention and treatment of Breast Cancer continues to pile up. Click here for a study that showed that vegan women had 34 percent lower rates ... READ MORE...

Does Supreme Physical Fitness Equate to Great Health?

Highly fit people are more likely to be in better health than people who are not physically fit.  Great fitness and great health seem to go together naturally. Hence, we often refer to physically ... READ MORE...

Live Long and Prosper!

 Dr. Dean Ornish , in collaboration with Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD,   showed that the following lifestyle changes can lengthen telomeres, the ends of chromosomes that control how long we ... READ MORE...

The Bronx Bombers – Crushing Heart Disease

On January 11, 2014, at the Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY, I witnessed a team in action, who like the New York Yankees, deserve the moniker “Bronx Bombers”. However, this team’s playing field ... READ MORE...

Be a Successful Weight Loss Maintainer

Be a Successful Weight Loss Maintainer  The National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) was established in 1994 by Rena Wing, Ph.D. from Brown Medical School, and James O. Hill, Ph.D. from the ... READ MORE...

The Glycemic Index is a Load of …

The Glycemic Index (GI) is a ranking of carbohydrates on a scale from 0 to 100 according to the extent to which they raise blood sugar levels after eating. Foods with a high GI are those which are ... READ MORE...

“Cheesy” Bean Dip

Cheesy-Beany Spread Makes 4 1/2-cup servings 1 15-ounce can white beans, drained and rinsed, or 1 1/2 cups cooked white beans 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice (or more to taste) 1/2 teaspoon ... READ MORE...

WFPB Is More Than Just Salads

With the success of the film Forks Over Knives, more and more people are becoming aware of the long-term health benefits of adopting a WFPB diet.  This means that more and more people are considering ... READ MORE...