Tag: nutrition as medicine
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Blogpost: That One Second Decision
Everything was going great. You had your morning oatmeal with flaxseed and blueberries and did your morning walk. You pull into Starbucks to order a tall black coffee and in a split second before the barrister takes your order you change to a venti Christmas Ginger Latte with whipped cream. You drink it and in…
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Blogpost: How Does Your Nutrition Plan Hold Up on Thanksgiving?
By this time most people have their Thanksgiving dining plans finalized. We all grew up with our own traditions and memories. I hope you are surrounded by friends and family and are enjoying happiness and good health. Interestingly, most people in our practice said they would be dining out or going to another…
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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 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…
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Blogpost-Choose Plant Based Nutrition to Achieve Optimal Body Composition and Performance
I just completed Ironman Chattanooga last weekend. While being around the athlete village for three days and racing, I observed every body size and type imaginable in all age groups. That might come as a surprise given the magazines and TV coverage of endurance athletics. So one might conclude that it does not matter what…
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Podcast Episode 181-Why Marathon Running is Good for You
Welcome and thank you for listening. I am about to compete in Ironman Chattanooga which is a 144.6 mile triathlon:2.4 miles swim, 116 mile bike and 26.2. The average finish time is somewhere around 12:30 hours. The average marathon or 26.2 mile run time is 4-4:30 hours. Over half of all marathoners are over 40…