Just yesterday, the Food Revolution Summit completed, hosted by from John and Ocean Robbins. Wow, what a powerful event. I and many listened to nearly all the interviews. If you didn't get a chance they have all been recorded. Click here to learn more. I look forward to participating next year. It was great to hear … Continue Reading!
Think you can't eat carbs AND lose weight? Your right, carbs are the enemy if the picture to the left is your image of eating carbohydrates. You are wrong if you think it means eliminating fruit, and beans etc. Time to bust this weight loss-only myth once and for all! The Truth: You CAN eat carbs — … Continue Reading!
I trust you had a great holiday weekend kicking off the Holiday Season. A quick story... It's one I tell after every Thanksgiving because ever since it happened, it just feels relevant as people digest all the food they just ate. About 7 years ago, a Ph.D education-level client of mine was very upset about how we had … Continue Reading!
Hi Friends, I can't tell you how many times I have been criticized for promoting "90% or More," as the percentage of plant-based, nutrient-rich, whole foods you'll want to be eating, if you're going to have the level of health everyone is talking about, but so few actually experience. Everyone seems to agree that we need to … Continue Reading!
Optimize the way you eat. That means, make the Switch to 90% or More Plant-Based Nutrient Rich eating, the cornerstone of a healthy eating style, in which you ideally want ninety percent of the foods you eat to come from leafy greens, colored vegetables, fruits, beans, raw nuts and seeds, and whole grains, and ten percent … Continue Reading!
Do You Have a Nutrient-Rich Body? This article discusses ten simple ways to know if you don't yet have a nutrient-rich, healthy body and what you need to do to develop one. Many of us do not get all the nutrients the body needs to stay healthy. Our diets can be overwhelmed with calories - protein, carbohydrate … Continue Reading!
When I saw this I nearly fell off my chair laughing!! I am usually a fun-spirited person who does not judge people at all for how they eat. My days as a food cop and healthy eating zealot are long, long gone; and I completely understand why some people roll their eyes back when it comes … Continue Reading!
In my last post, where I was talking about a plant-based low-carb diet, as compared to animal-based low-carb diets and the Standard American "regular" Diet, it occurred to me how lost most people really are when it comes to being able to see the dietary landscape clearly. This was true for me, too, until relatively … Continue Reading!
According the Annals of Internal Medicine, diets that emphasize animal sources of fats and protein are associated with higher all-cause cardiovascular and cancer mortality [1], but we didn't need the Annals of Internal Medicine to tell us this information, rather, we just needed them to confirm it for scientific substantiation. Low-carb diets, even after Dr. Robert … Continue Reading!
There's no secret that a Nutrient-Rich diet is a plant-based diet. Why? Because plants are where virtually all nutrients come from - in particular, phytochemicals and antioxidants. And, at a time when when our nations' diet is in crisis, needless to say, it is more important than ever to understand the power of antioxidants. Reality check: If … Continue Reading!
