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Animal Fat Increases Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
a positive correlation between pancreatic cancer and saturated fat, especially from animal products such as red meat and dairy. Researchers examined the association between fat from different food sources on over 500,000...
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Stopping a Cold Before it Starts
An optimal diet is excellent for treating and preventing many conditions like type 2 diabetes , cardiovascular disease , hypertension , arthritis , diverticulitis , and obesity . But will diet alone keep us from getting sick during cold and flu season?...
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Neal Barnard MD Discusses Digestive Health
If you've been searching the Internet for relief from hemorrhoids, GERD, constipation, or other gastrointestinal disorder, you may be interested in viewing the below 15-minute session featuring Neal Barnard, MD. Dr. Barnard gives a general overview of...
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Is "Vegan" Soy Protein Isolate a Health Food?
Can we be honest? One of the very best things about the standard American diet (SAD) is its convenience. Although I love cooking, I admit there have been a few days when I've missed the ease of my former diet. I could swing through a fast food joint...
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Normalize High Blood Pressure With Plant Foods
Keeping blood pressure within the healthy range is vital to maintaining excellent cardiovascular health. High blood pressure also known as hypertension increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, both of which are the leading causes of death in the...
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Plant-Based Nutrition: Idiot's Guide
In The Idiot's Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition , readers will find: Where to get nutrients that others get from meat and dairy. How to avoid the vegan pitfall of overfed but undernourished. How to spot hidden animal ingredients in packaged foods. Tips...
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Plant-Based Diet Improves Fertility
Lisa Silvius and her husband desperately tried to conceive a child for many years, yet she had not had a monthly cycle in ten years, and no doctor was able to figure out why. Lisa and her husband conceived their first two children through the process of...
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How the Calcium Paradox Baffles Bone Beliefs
Diseases like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and atherosclerosis are rather hidden -- out of sight out of mind for many of us. But osteoporosis ? We've all seen an older neighbor with a bowed back or known an elderly relative whose health...
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Protect Your Heart With Starch-Based Diet
Restaurant owner, Judy Patti, prepared her meals the way most Americans do, using a vast selection of meat, dairy, eggs and oil. She admits her poor dietary choices were the root cause of her illness. Judy was 60 pounds overweight, had high blood...
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97% of People Are Deficient in This Nutrient
Protein is the most valued of all nutrients, making it a popular and controversial topic of conversation. Most everyone following a plant-based diet has been asked the question, "Where do you get your protein from?" This question comes from the...
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Protect Your Prostate from Cancer
Prostate Cancer is Very Common Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for men. The Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine reports that "Prostate cancer is the fourth most common malignancy among men worldwide, with an...
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Part II: Do Plant-Based Diets Need Supplementing?
Fear of weak bones is what drives concerns about calcium intake. But calcium alone doesn't build strong bones. Exercise, Vitamin D, and a variety of vitamins and minerals from whole plant foods all strengthen our skeletal system. As the muscles work...
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Is the Ancient Daniel Fast Scientifically Sound?
The Biblical figure Daniel is possibly best known for spending time in a den of lions, but these days he's almost as well known for his dinner plate. Many people choose to emulate Daniel's abstemious eating style for a short duration for either health...
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What Causes Leaky Gut?
The origin of many serious health conditions including autoimmune disease can be traced back to a condition called increased intestinal permeability, or better known as "leaky gut syndrome." You may be thinking, "How can my gut possibly be related to...
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Finding Relief for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
It is believed that as many as 1.4 million Americans suffer with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Symptoms can include diarrhea, constipation, bowel urgency, stomach pain, cramping, bloating, bloody stools, fatigue, loss of appetite, weight loss, skin...
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Cure Cancer by Eating Meat? (Beware of Clickbait)
Have you ever been tempted to click on the link to an article whose title contained an outrageous proposal? Beware the lure of Clickbait . The titles of these articles suck us in with annoying half-truths. Each time we click, the site earns ad...
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Will my children get enough calcium on a Starch-Smart® diet?
A Starch-Smart® diet supplies adequate levels of calcium for growing children and can be started as soon as solid food is introduced. A well planned, Starch-Smart® diet provides optimal nutrition and powerful protection against childhood illness and...
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Linda Carney, MD
step-father entered into her life who did not eat meat. The vegetarian philosophy she was raised with included the eating of dairy products, plenty of eggs, processed foods, fake meat analogs (images to the beasts) and many other refined food products...
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Mike Tops Out at 571 lbs Before Changes
Around Spring Break of 2012, I was invited by some friends of mine to go to an Engine 2 Potluck. I hadn't realized how much weight I had gained, and when my I started to try on some clothes, I realized I was unable to fit into my 5X jersey from my...
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Kay: More Energy, Inspiration, and Insight; Less Cholesterol
I met Dr. Carney during a breakout session at a health check fair San Marcos. As a health coach, I was interested in how she mentioned food was a major factor in your health and that really grabbed my attention. Within a year, I became plant-based and...
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