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“I Eat Pretty Healthy”

Posted on October 23, 2018December 8, 2018 by makg1@netzero.com

Diet Nutrition Food Perspectives I hear the statement “I eat pretty healthy” time and time again when I discuss nutrition with people. The problem is, the choices most people make in diet/nutrition is based on limited knowledge and biased information sources. T.S. Eliot once said, “Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?” We are on information overload in our society. We have a plethora of information available to us but it lacks depth. Not that…

Plant Based Diets Set You Free!

Posted on October 23, 2018October 24, 2018 by makg1@netzero.com

“A plant based diet may seem restrictive when you first hear about it, but actually it let’s you do whatever you want to do with the maximum amount of energy for all the years that you are on this planet. It’s not what’s being taken away. It’s what you’re getting.” From Forks Over Knives, The Faces of Forks Over Knives, Pam Popper, ND.

Food – Both the Salvation and Bane of Life

Posted on October 23, 2018October 24, 2018 by makg1@netzero.com

One of the most enjoyable things we think about and look forward to every day is food. If you think about it, food is probably the number one thing we think about. And this makes sense because food is necessary and it gives us pleasure by stimulating the pleasure centers in the brain, thus we seek it out. However, food, while an unequivocal necessity for life can also be “the bane of one’s life” as well. But…

Leading Cause of Death

Posted on October 23, 2018October 24, 2018 by makg1@netzero.com

The number one cause of death in America is heart attack! The number one cause of heart attacks is not lack of exercise, hypertension, cholesterol, stress, or genetics; it’s DIET! As a matter of fact, according to a huge long term study, the 2010 Global Burden of Disease, the leading cause of the top 15 killers and cause of disability in America is diet. If you take an introspective look, what’s even more amazing is that humans, the…