KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. INSPIRATION WHEN ACTED UPON CAN BE LIFE TRANSFORMATIONAL
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LEARNING HOW TO LIVE AND EAT FOR HEALTH
The "nourishing links" below provide guidance & support for a healthy lifestyle and diet.
The power of excellent nutrition in this 2013 TEDx Charlottesville is discussed by Joel Fuhrman, MD. Based on Dr. Fuhrman’s clinical work and book reader results, he wholeheartedly believes the toxic food we are eating is destroying our health. Dr. Fuhrman is passionate about his work and feels our diet is “dramatically, nutritionally deficient” and a diet change can increase our longevity.
Dr. Fuhrman claims 55% of our U.S. diet is from processed food.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4katnfHzXA
Did you know the current rate of our children having chronic health issues is 25%? This video discusses our industrialize food supply and the negative health effects. John Robbins (of the Baskin Robbins family) is an activist for cleaning up our food supply. He refers to the clean up as a “Food Revolution”. Learn how “Crave-ability Experts” have high-jacked our taste buds. The last few minutes of this video discusses a series that can be purchased to support the nonprofit efforts of the foodrevolution.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5gnkJGEmP4&feature=youtu.be
According to healthline, “Added sugar is the single worst ingredient in the modern diet”. The site states the modern diet is void of nutrition while adding calories and can “damage metabolism in the long run” and result in “lifestyle diseases” such as type 2 diabetes, obesity and heart disease. The article details how much sugar if any should be eaten and how to reduce sugar intake.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-much-sugar-per-day
The average U.S. person’s food intake ratio of Omega 6 to Omega-3 has been off kilter since the processed and fast food movement began. According to the article link below the recommended ratio should be one to one whereas the typical western diet is over 20 to one. Achieving one to one can essentially be met by avoiding processed food including most oils and adding fish such as salmon and flaxseed oil to the diet. This research is a must know to understand a healthy diet.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26950145
This April 2019 released study describes the advantages of avoiding a high red meat diet and concentrating on quality protein sources such as beans, nuts, and healthier meat choices. The study reviewed risk factors of cardiovascular disease and concluded a healthier non red meat diet brought the health markers to less risky levels. The study’s research scientist authors also state the study is in agreement with epidemiologic studies that also conclude heart attacks are related to red meat diets.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/substituting-healthy-plant-proteins-for-red-meat-lowers-risk-for-heart-disease/
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to informing people how to live healthy lives in a healthy environment. The EWG produces a report based on analysis of annual test data from the federal Department of Agriculture. The report referred to as “The Shopper’s Guide to Pesticide in Produce”, studies vegetables and fruits and their toxic load. It publishes what EWG calls the “Dirty Dozen” or high contamination foods from pesticides. The lists of dirty dozen food produce can be found in the links below. The list of produce having the least chemicals or “Clean 15” is also included in the third link.
https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary.php
https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php
https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/clean-fifteen.php
Mark Hyman M.D has a private practice called the UltraWellness Center in Massachusetts and he is also the Medical Director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Functional Medicine. Dr. Hyman refers to his practice as “a new way to heal”. The web site link below has nourishing articles, blogs and pod cast links to various topics of lifestyle and functional medicine.
https://drhyman.com/
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health provides Nutrition Source updates for “how to eat healthy”. The second and third links below are to the site’s Healthy Eating Plate and Pyramid (Image shown below). Print out and enjoy this inspirational knowledge.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-plate/
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-pyramid/
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine states it is revolutionizing the way our healthcare system treats patients. It includes case studies from its member MDs, PhDs and other medical practitioners including details on applying the principles of root cause medicine.
https://www.lifestylemedicine.org/ACLM/Home/ACLM/Default.aspx?hkey=a39dc6f4-1e03-4c51-b838-992f45cfc385
The greenmedinfo.com web site has over 10,000 evidence-based research articles about natural medicine. The site educates health professionals and consumers about the value of vitamins, minerals, herbs and foods. As an example, a recent article deals with 250 plus natural remedies referred to as safer and more effective than pharmaceutical drugs (see second link below).
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/page/about-us
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/250-examples-natural-remedies-beating-pharmaceuticals?mc_cid=fb55d0b888&mc_eid=ec21918576
For the exceptionally curious, this site is amazing. The founder, Michael Greger, M.D. takes the time every week to understand the evidence-based nutrition studies. He then does brief video reports on the many scientific studies dealing with health, disease and nutritious foods. You can listen to his library of over 1,000 videos and learn about the latest scientific studies for best healthy foods including recipes and other supportive knowledge based on Dr Greger’s insight.
https://nutritionfacts.org/ The site states “The goal of this website is to present you and your doctor with the results of the latest in peer-reviewed nutrition and health research, presented in a way that is easy to understand”.
Dr. Fuhrman claims 55% of our U.S. diet is from processed food.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4katnfHzXA
Did you know the current rate of our children having chronic health issues is 25%? This video discusses our industrialize food supply and the negative health effects. John Robbins (of the Baskin Robbins family) is an activist for cleaning up our food supply. He refers to the clean up as a “Food Revolution”. Learn how “Crave-ability Experts” have high-jacked our taste buds. The last few minutes of this video discusses a series that can be purchased to support the nonprofit efforts of the foodrevolution.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5gnkJGEmP4&feature=youtu.be
According to healthline, “Added sugar is the single worst ingredient in the modern diet”. The site states the modern diet is void of nutrition while adding calories and can “damage metabolism in the long run” and result in “lifestyle diseases” such as type 2 diabetes, obesity and heart disease. The article details how much sugar if any should be eaten and how to reduce sugar intake.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-much-sugar-per-day
The average U.S. person’s food intake ratio of Omega 6 to Omega-3 has been off kilter since the processed and fast food movement began. According to the article link below the recommended ratio should be one to one whereas the typical western diet is over 20 to one. Achieving one to one can essentially be met by avoiding processed food including most oils and adding fish such as salmon and flaxseed oil to the diet. This research is a must know to understand a healthy diet.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26950145
This April 2019 released study describes the advantages of avoiding a high red meat diet and concentrating on quality protein sources such as beans, nuts, and healthier meat choices. The study reviewed risk factors of cardiovascular disease and concluded a healthier non red meat diet brought the health markers to less risky levels. The study’s research scientist authors also state the study is in agreement with epidemiologic studies that also conclude heart attacks are related to red meat diets.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/substituting-healthy-plant-proteins-for-red-meat-lowers-risk-for-heart-disease/
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to informing people how to live healthy lives in a healthy environment. The EWG produces a report based on analysis of annual test data from the federal Department of Agriculture. The report referred to as “The Shopper’s Guide to Pesticide in Produce”, studies vegetables and fruits and their toxic load. It publishes what EWG calls the “Dirty Dozen” or high contamination foods from pesticides. The lists of dirty dozen food produce can be found in the links below. The list of produce having the least chemicals or “Clean 15” is also included in the third link.
https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary.php
https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php
https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/clean-fifteen.php
Mark Hyman M.D has a private practice called the UltraWellness Center in Massachusetts and he is also the Medical Director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Functional Medicine. Dr. Hyman refers to his practice as “a new way to heal”. The web site link below has nourishing articles, blogs and pod cast links to various topics of lifestyle and functional medicine.
https://drhyman.com/
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health provides Nutrition Source updates for “how to eat healthy”. The second and third links below are to the site’s Healthy Eating Plate and Pyramid (Image shown below). Print out and enjoy this inspirational knowledge.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-plate/
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-pyramid/
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine states it is revolutionizing the way our healthcare system treats patients. It includes case studies from its member MDs, PhDs and other medical practitioners including details on applying the principles of root cause medicine.
https://www.lifestylemedicine.org/ACLM/Home/ACLM/Default.aspx?hkey=a39dc6f4-1e03-4c51-b838-992f45cfc385
The greenmedinfo.com web site has over 10,000 evidence-based research articles about natural medicine. The site educates health professionals and consumers about the value of vitamins, minerals, herbs and foods. As an example, a recent article deals with 250 plus natural remedies referred to as safer and more effective than pharmaceutical drugs (see second link below).
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/page/about-us
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/250-examples-natural-remedies-beating-pharmaceuticals?mc_cid=fb55d0b888&mc_eid=ec21918576
For the exceptionally curious, this site is amazing. The founder, Michael Greger, M.D. takes the time every week to understand the evidence-based nutrition studies. He then does brief video reports on the many scientific studies dealing with health, disease and nutritious foods. You can listen to his library of over 1,000 videos and learn about the latest scientific studies for best healthy foods including recipes and other supportive knowledge based on Dr Greger’s insight.
https://nutritionfacts.org/ The site states “The goal of this website is to present you and your doctor with the results of the latest in peer-reviewed nutrition and health research, presented in a way that is easy to understand”.
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