Broccoli Sprouts Sprouts are Very Healthy There are many types of sprouts you can easily grow in your kitchen. Three-day-old sprouts of crucifers including broccoli and cauliflower contain 10–100 times higher levels of glucoraphanin (the glucosinolate of sulforaphane) than do the corresponding mature plants.1 Research shows that broccoli sprouts have a broad spectrum of health […]
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A Mediterranean diet is one of the healthiest consisting of fruit, vegetables, grains, fish, dairy, oil, and reducing red meat. However, in a new randomized cross-over study1 a vegan diet eliminating meat, fish, and dairy was significantly better for health and losing weight.2 In 16 weeks vegan participants lost an average of 13 lbs while
This graphic gives you a clear picture of fattening and lean food. If you were to eat a meal containing 500 calories, which food would make you full and satisfied? Four tablespoons of oil with 500 calories leaves you empty as does a few slices of cheese. Meat is not much better. However, starches like
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Broccoli the Healer Broccoli is the superfood that strengthens your immune system against pathogens like viruses and bacteria, fights free radicals to reduce oxidation (your aging and “rusting away”), heart disease, and even prevents and treats cancer.1 How does broccoli do this? Sulforaphane to the rescue Lymphocyte white blood cells, part of the immune system,
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Buddhist Monks live on Buddha Bowls In Southeast-Asia the Buddhist monks walk the towns every morning with bowls to receive their healthy meal donations from townspeople. The Burmese monks I photographed here are healthy and lean on a simple diet of rice, vegetables, and fruit. Buddha Bowl Recipe You can prepare your own easily-prepared Buddha
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Beets are Amazing Beets are amazing food that can lower your blood pressure improving the circulation of blood throughout your body. This is critical for health because high blood pressure (hypertension) may lead to strokes and heart attacks. If you are an athlete or just walking around the block beets provide more efficient use of
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Why are we required to wear masks when the science says they have little effect? According to the U.S. Government Center for Disease Control (CDC) web page the meta-analysis of fourteen Randomized Controlled Trial studies (the gold standard of research) the CDC site shows masks have little effect.1 Here is the conclusion in the abstract of
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Cholesterol assists COVID-19 If you eat meat and animal products you are increasing your intake of cholesterol which is only found in meat, and animal products like eggs, milk, and cheese. Recent research has shown that cholesterol facilitates the entry of COVID-19 into host cells where the disease replicates and makes you ill.1 How does
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It is a myth that starchy foods like potatoes and rice are fattening. It is true that potatoes and rice can be fattening if you add butter, sour cream, or oil, but not by themselves. Fats like oil or fats in butter are 9 calories per gram while the other two macronutrients of starches and
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Eat fiber foods for health and immunity Whether you get sick or not is determined by the strength of your immune system and dietary fiber is a major factor in increasing your immune system’s ability to fight disease. Fiber feeds your gut microbiome which is to say, poop. Poop, previously thought to be mere waste,
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You are rusting! You have seen pieces of metal that rust as they are being broken down by oxygen. This is called oxidation, and as we age, we too are oxidizing. Oxidation breaks down our cells, causing them to age and die. They can damage our genes which, if not repaired, can cause mutations resulting
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Cheese is unhealthy Think cheese is a health food? It is one of the unhealthiest foods we can eat. Cheese is extremely highly processed. Cheese is 70% of calories from fat, most of it is saturated fat which is the worst kind, and loaded with salt.1 It makes us fat and sick with heart disease,
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But where do you get your protein and calcium? When someone finds out you are a vegetarian or vegan they will often ask this kind of question. It is conventional wisdom that protein comes from meat and calcium comes from dairy. The dairy industry spends over one billion dollars annually on advertising to convince the
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Food is expensive. Food is expensive and, while middle-income families spent $7,061 or 14.3 percent of their income on food, the lowest-income households spent $4,070 on food in 2017, which is 34.1 percent of their income.1 Fast food and processed food may be convenient, but is it as cheap as people think? Are you trapped
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My favorite cookies! Oatmeal-raisin. No SOS (sugar, oil, or salt) I think you will love my favorite oatmeal-raisin cookies. They’re based on Cathy Fisher’s recipe in her outstanding Whole Food Plant-Based cookbook and web site www.straightupfood.com. You can prepare 18 cookies in 25 minutes and cook them in 20. I usually do two batches which
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They’re extremely healthy with complete vitamins and protein, extremely cheap, and quick to make. I just made a tasty veggie burger recipe based on my favorite fellow nutritionist Jeff Novick, MS, RD’s “Fast Food” series.1 Here’s the recipe: 2, 14 oz cans no salt kidney beans (mashed), 1 cup rolled oats, 1 cup cooked brown
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What you absorb is critical. Many people have the idea that simply eating lower-calorie food will result in weight loss and better health. This is only partially true. What is more important is how many calories generating nutrients you absorb. Let’s look at three factors that affect absorption: the form of the food, fiber in
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A Healthy Diet Results in a Healthy Immune System It is constantly reported that those who are most affected by the COVID-19 virus have weak, unhealthy immune systems. There is an abundance of research cited on my web page Eatveggies.org showing that a Whole Food Plant-Based (WFPB) lifestyle is the healthiest diet, so why not
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There is a lot of controversy about the importance of eating breakfast. What does science say about skipping breakfast? Is it really an important meal? Several studies have tested different eating patterns to see what is healthiest. This applies to weight gain and even heart disease and type 2 diabetes. One thing we know is
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