Tag: food is medicine
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Blogpost: American Heart Association Says Just Move!
New physical activity guidelines were released by the American Heart Association (AHA) at the annual meeting. They added to the current guidelines. However, approximately 80% of Americans are currently not meeting the previous guidelines. What! Of course physicians are quick to point the finger and pull out presciption pads to write for BP and cholesterol…
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Podcast 187 with Addie Dulaney Majnaric-Navigating Eating Season. We Can Help
Welcome and Thank you for listening. Addie Dulaney Majnaric RDN joins me today as we discuss navigating your nutrition through the holiday season. Yes, the eating season is upon us. Halloween kicked things off with sugary temptations. Thanksgiving brings advertisements for high calorie, fat laden foods along with more deserts. Holiday parties are beginning. We…
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Blogpost: What is Your Purpose for Eating Out?
When I was growing up, my family would go out to dinner occasionally on Saturday night. I can recall about three or four restaurant choices. We got dressed up and were joined by my parents friends. It was a time that I learned to sit in a chair and learn appropriate behaviors. There were few…
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Podcast Episode 186-If you believe in what you are doing, there is not a wall that is too hard to climb
Welcome and thank you for listening. This episode is about obstacles to eating plant based and how you might deal with them. When people are just learning what a whole foods plant based diet is, they are often tripped up by hidden ingredients. We have been so removed from our food sources that some people…
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Podcast: How to Prevent a Heart Attack
Welcome and thank you for listening. I have been a practicing cardiologist for over 25 years. I am still surprised when I hear people say that they did not expect they or their family members would have a heart attack. They did not see it coming despite all the warning signs. Many people have said…
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Blogpost: Soy Misconceptions
I recently spent the day at a local health fair promoting the benefits of plant based nutrition. Soy was brought up more than once as a reason for not being plant based. Apparently, there must be a rule somewhere that makes soy a mandatory ingredient in a vegan diet. I have not been able to…
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Podcast Episode 184-My Chat with Dr. Laurie Marbas and Much More
Welcome and thank you for listening. Will Tuttle once made a joke that a Stage 2B vegan was an angry vegan. That was in the context of describing what it was like to be excited to share the news of veganism, but others were less than excited to hear. I have been doing classes and…
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Blogpost: Why do We Fear Push-ups but not Cheese
After 21 years of a traditional medical practice, I made a huge change to a membership practice. It has been official for just over a year. The emphasis of the practice is reversing lifestyle diseases, and achieving optimal health for as long as possible. You would think that would be the emphasis of all medical…
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Podcast: Episode 183: What you say, what you mean, and what you hear
Welcome and Thank you for listening. Sometimes you feel very comfortable being plant based and then someone raises a question that causes you to stumble. While pondering the answer, you are thinking of more questions. Sometimes we sort out what we are thinking best by talking. It is a way to get our own heads…
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Blogpost: Breast Cancer Prevention
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Pink labels on products line the shelves. The focus in on early detection and donating to find a cure. One in 8 women will develop breast cancer over the course of a lifetime. There will be an estimated 266,120 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 63,960 cases of…