It is time to end the confusion. ‘Food as Medicine’ presents the best current scientific evidence for physicians, nutritionists, and other health professionals who want to counsel patients and teach students.” Dr. Walter Willett, chairman of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health and one of the leading researchers in the world in nutrition....
we have just finished our series on complete digestive cleansing: caring and nurturing our inner tube of life. Now, let us rebuild our entire system for optimum health, vitality and longevity to prevent the chronic diseases sweeping through the 21st century....
May we all age gracefully and youthfully! After my lecture on the “Underlying Causes of Chronic Diseases” in northern Philippines, I was approached by a 105 year old woman with several questions. Before answering her questions, I asked her, “What is your secret?” She replied, “I eat paksiw (fish and ampalaya) cooked in Ilocos vinegar for breakfast, lunch and supper.”...
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Let us add more years to life and more healthy life to years . . . Glycation is the first step in the life and death cycle of virtually every cell in the human body. Although both proteins and sugars are involved in the process of creating Advanced Glycation End products, sugar, specifically FRUCTOSE, is the true source of the problem. Fructose is an extremely potent pro-inflammatory agent that creates AGEs and speeds up the aging process....
Let us add more years to life and more healthy life to years . . . A close friend from California who was 65 years old weighed 275 pounds, had high blood pressure, frequent attacks of gout, back pain, and had diabetes. One day, Vincent realized that he had a choice: either he could depend on at least seven prescribed medications and resign himself to old age and inactivity, or he could take charge of his life by making healthy eating and lifestyle choices. Thankfully, Vincent chose to make healthy choices....
Every mouthful of fast food mealcontains a handful of chemicals thatraise ‘bad’ cholesterol levels,increase diabetes risk, lower immunity,and damage DNA. Just think, we paytwice: you pay for the junk and fast foodnow and then pay later with your health....
Our limbic brains love sugar, fat,salt.… so we formulate products todeliver these. Perhaps add low cost ingredientsto boost profit margins. Then “supersize” tosell more.… and advertise/promote to lock in “heavy users.” —Bob Drane, former vicepresident for new business strategy anddevelopment at Oscar Mayer, from SaltSugar Fat: How the Food Giants HookedUs (Random House, 2013)...
OUR THREE MAIN FACTORS TO WEIGHT GAIN: Genetic Factors: These are the forces inside each of us that make us gain weight and stay overweight. Personal Factors & Socio-cultural Factors: These are the outside forces that contribute to the overweight/obesity epidemic. These three factors are so intertwined that we have to discuss them as one....
An alarming global reality: we have more than 1 billion overweight adults, 530 million of them are obese! The EPIDEMIC...
