Tag: plant based education
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Blogpost: The Time For You Prevent Heart Disease is Now
A recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology by Gidding SS, et al and Zhang Y, et al. showed that elevated BP and LDL cholesterol in young adults increased the risk for cardiovascular events later in life. How much later? The study followed people for an average of 17 years…
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Blogpost: Work a Little Harder
I am not getting any bigger. Do I need more protein? I have been working out. I am not loosing any weight, and I am eating perfectly. It was my birthday and we had company. I want to run an 8:30 pace. It is just not dropping off like it did before. We all want.…
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Blogpost: Happiness is Contagious
“If I were any happier, I would be twins” said one of my members as he smiled ear to ear. He is 84 and had just come into the office after chatting with a 91 year old in the parking lot. Both of them were happy and smiling with a youthful spring in their step.…
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Podcast: Are you Cheering for Yourself?
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. You are running a marathon and it is mile 17. You can see the wall, and you feel like walking. As you round the corner, the streets are full of cheering people urging you to go faster. You pick up the pace. The pain is gone and you…
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Blogpost: Sports Drinks and Recovery Drinks: Harm or Good?
The pros are doing it. Why not us regular folks? Drink chocolate milk to recover from triathlon training, touts a famous female triathlete. She is a fabulous athlete that is sponsored by the milk industry, and I would give anything to run like she does. Will chocolate milk make me faster, stronger, and less likely…
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Blogpost: Stretch your metabolic success
Everyone does a stretch now and then. Sometimes just to relieve a kink and other times a mindful stretch to release tension. Part of the practice of Yoga is to attain a new position a little further than the last attempt. It can be good to stretch muscles out after a workout. These attempts at…
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Podcast: Self Talk-I can Do This
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. Life is like a marathon. Just when you think it is too tough to go on, you hear a cheer from the crown, and you get a second wind. Nothing changed, there were just some strangers cheering and ringing cow bells. There was a study where they flashed smiley…
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Blogpost: Doctor I Need Something Crunchy
That is easy: carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, apples, and celery are all crunchy. It that what you mean? No, I mean something like a cracker that crunches. Umm. Those vegetables and fruit mentioned above crunch and make the same sound as potato chips, corn chips, and crackers. It is not really the sound, is it. There…
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Podcast: They Don’t Know What They Are Missing
Welcome! and thank you for listening. Have you ever heard of Falafalous Freekah Patties? How about Spanish Quinoa sauté? How many meals do you eat each week that have no ties to a box? Do you take time to appreciate your plate before consuming the food? Are kitchen tasks something to be avoided, so take…
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Blogpost: What is Your Nutritional Story?
I had a patient say to me years back, “never trust a skinny cook”. I guess that is partly why she is no longer my patient. Changing beliefs can be hard. We often construct our story around beliefs and hang on tight. We make justifications to suit our actions. Our words are powerful and our…