Plant Based

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Getting your feet, rather, palate whet with plant-based eating

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3 (highly recommended) books to get you started on the healthy, plant-based lifestyle path of feeling alive, well and living fully

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The benefits of plant-based eating

Besides being adequately researched, studied and scientifically proven to prevent (and even reverse) cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity and other life threatening diseases, plant-based eating can and will provide rather immediate results in terms of weight loss and management; digestion and assimilation (and excretion); boosts in energy levels; enhanced quality of sleep; alleviation of back pains and body aches; mood swings and anger management; feelings of satiety and satisfaction with eating; peace and clarity of mind; the texture and condition of head hair; and the clearness of skin, to name just a few.

And, if the proven benefits don't convince you to make the switch fully to a plant-based diet and/or lifestyle, you can always start by trying for just a few days to see for yourself just how good you feel (and how truly delicious plant-based recipes taste).  Literally and truthfully.  For some additional motivation, see the three recommended books below that go into further detail about the benefits associated with a plant based lifestyle with regards to your own health as well as the health of our fellow animals and the health of our beloved Mother Earth. 

Three plant-based lifestyle books to buy and read (with factual proof and real-life example success stories)

1. The China Study

At the top of the book list is still an all-time personal favorite of mine and few other million people, The China Study.  This book, perhaps one of the first most comprehensive studies to be conducted about human dietary nutrition and health, literally provides startling implications regarding human diet and weight loss as well as other long-term health characteristics.

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2. How Not to Die

If the title of this book alone doesn't make the hairs on the back of your neck rise while providing that ecstasy like feeling of goosebumps, then maybe a blurb quoted from the book's description will, "From the physician behind the wildly popular website NutritionFacts.org, How Not to Die reveals the groundbreaking scientific evidence behind the only diet that can prevent and reverse many of the causes of disease-related death." 

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3. Forks Over Knives

Whenever I recommend books to read regarding plant-based living (and all of the health benefits achieved there from), I usually start with this Forks Over Knives book because it is honestly the fastest and most informative (and easy to) read for those that are not yet familiar with the idea of plant based living.  Plus, this version of Forks Over Knives comes with packed with (delicious) recipes to make it even easier to get started.

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Need some more help getting started?

If you feel like you may need some more help and/or convincing with making the (logical) switch to a plant-based lifestyle so that you can begin to live your life to the fullest and as healthy as humanly possible, contact me and we can schedule a best time for you to talk.  Previously coming from the meat-eating lifestyle, I know all about the objections, obstacles and otherwise obstructions that can make the switch harder than it truly needs to be.  Once you do make the switch you will fully feel the benefits both from the inside of your body (in terms of how you feel; your energy levels; your level of focus; your hunger cravings; your back pains; your body aches; your ongoing illnesses; your quality of sleep; your mood swings; et al) and from the outside of your body (in terms of how fit you will become as you naturally lose excess weight; your skin tone and clearness; the skeletal structure of your face and cheeks; the texture and feel of your hair; et al).

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"This is for everyone who knows what it’s like to struggle with weight loss, heartburn, back pains, skin care, sleep and even mood swings."

-Scott Schroeder, How I Lost 20lbs in 7 Days

 
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Watermelon Seed Tea

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Watermelon Seed Tea

Utilizing watermelon seeds for a tasty pot of therapeutic tea

The Basics

  • Prep time 5 minutes 
  • Brewing time 10 minutes
  • Servings 3-4

Ingredients

2 teaspoons black watermelon seeds (ground) 

2 cups water (filtered AND fluoride-free)

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Adding a little more vitality to your plate with David Wolfe's Superfoods

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Adding a little more vitality to your plate with David Wolfe's Superfoods

Learn how to establish superior health and well-being with Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future

Superfoods by David Wolfe: Review

Similar to Life-Changing Foods, How Not To Die, Forks Over Knives, The China Study and all other self-health books that are highlighting and prescribing the factual (and true) benefits of wholefood plant-based diets, this Superfoods book by David "Avocado" Wolfe is another recommended read full of nutritional information and dietary insights for establishing and maintaining a life of optimal health and well-being.  With this self health book Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future, David reveals the healing powers of certain, nutrient-rich foods (aka super foods) that we can utilize as both our food and our medicine.  Learn more about what set superfoods would be best to eat for you and your health with this easy-to-read (and quite hard-to-put-down) self health book about superfoods specifically.

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When life hands you lemons, boost your immunity, alkalize your body and promote weight loss

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When life hands you lemons, boost your immunity, alkalize your body and promote weight loss

Lemons, fruitful gifts from above with the healing powers of vitamins, minerals, electrolytes and phytonutrients

Lemons, nutritional and beneficial for optimal health

As tart as lemon juice may be to the taste, it's health benefits are indefinitely sweet to the human body.  With a nutrient rich profile that's stacked with vitamins, minerals, electrolytes, flavonoids and phytochemicals, lemons are ultrahydrating foods that immunize, alkalize and purify (and even sterilize) the body, all of its cells and its support systems.  And, when it comes to consumption, it really doesn't get much faster or any easier than just slicing and squeezing the healing juices out of lemons for drinking as a beverage; topping as a dressing; marinating as a seasoning; calming as a sleeping aid (when combined with warm water and honey); cleansing as a disinfectant; and/or what-have-you.  Lemons are a heaven-sent food and their fruitful powers are rather limitless. 

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Keep hydrated (and stay cool) with water-rich foods

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Keep hydrated (and stay cool) with water-rich foods

A look at some of the most water-rich foods that you can eat to keep hydrated and stay cool with this summer

Embracing the heat with a cool, hydrated body

Regardless of whether you're using Celsius or Fahrenheit measurements, one thing is for sure, the heat index temperatures are rising steadily for the months of the summer season and the weather forecast is not showing any sign of things getting cooler any time soon.  Nonetheless, there's not a need to ring the alarm or create a fire drill for because we can all take natural efforts to better keep (calm and) hydrated and stay cool this summer.  In addition to drinking an ample amount of water to fully nourish and hydrate your body on a daily basis, you can also eat specific foods that will help to keep your body cool during times of high heat temperatures.  At the top of the list of the most recommended cooling foods to eat in summer to keep your body cool are what we commonly refer to as water rich foods (and/or foods that are rich and otherwise high in water content). Adding some water-rich foods to your daily diet, especially during the hotter seasons, will work wonders for your body (and mind) by keeping you naturally cool and adequately hydrated, too.  See some of the most popular cooling foods listed below that you can begin to supplement in to your diet every day for their maximum hydrating and cooling powers.

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Supplementing papaya enzyme for weight loss (and digestive health)

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Supplementing papaya enzyme for weight loss (and digestive health)

Lose weight while you simultaneously improve your digestion with the help of papaya enzyme

The healing benefits of paypaya for weight loss and digestive health

Coined by Christopher Columbus as the fruit of the angels, papaya is native to the tropic regions of the Americas and brings with it a limitless amount of healing potential for our digestive systems (as well as our skin, too).  With well over 500 (some of which are still yet to have been fully discovered) digestive enzymes, papaya is the ultimate fruit doctor for healing and supporting human digestion, providing relief from constipation and upset stomachs while also reducing any inflammation and alkalizing the insides of our intestinal tracts.  In addition, papaya can alleviate and even reverse symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohn's disease, colitis, ulcers, pancreatitis, liver disease and other ailments and diseases of the digestive system.  With regards to weight loss, the enzymes found within papayas play a key role in improving human digestion and promoting natural weight loss by flushing wastes and otherwise excess weight from the body in a routine and uniform manner.  If our body is not properly digesting the foods that we eat and/or is not removing the byproduct wastes on a daily basis, our body will in turn be bloated and full of food particles and waste dispersed throughout our digestive tract.  Improving our digestion and the digestibility of the foods that we eat will help us to shed excess weight and keep it off seamlessly and naturally.

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Letting food be our medicine and letting medicine be our food

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Letting food be our medicine and letting medicine be our food

The story of how a Doctor diagnosed with MS chose nutrition and natural, plant-based healing over costly, Western medicine

Code blue: redefining the practice of medicine

What started out late 1995 as an MRI confirming diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) has since blossomed in to an awakening of the powers of plant-based nutrition on health, wellness and healing for Dr. Saray Stancic.  After about eight long years of battling with the suffering and pain accompanied by the burden of taking ineffective pharmaceutical drugs (and likely an unimaginable amount of frustration), Dr. Saray came across an article in a medical journal that shed some light on the possibility of managing MS with diet and/or nutrition.  At first doubtful in this new approach of "treatment" and even discouraged by her neurologist and physician peers, Dr. Saray decided to give this newfound approach a try and has since reaped the benefits of natural healing with whole food, plant-based lifestyle/diet.

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This smoothie list is bananas, B•A•N•A•N•A•S !! 🍌 🍌🍌

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This smoothie list is bananas, B•A•N•A•N•A•S !! 🍌 🍌🍌

Featuring 10 banana based smoothie recipes hand-picked from the Green Blenders' compilation of 73 banana-friendly smoothies

Bananas are nutrition powerhouses

In addition to providing for the perfect texture of any smoothie and supporting those of us on set diets to either lose weight or gain weight, bananas are an excellent source of numerous amounts of healing nutrients like minerals (such as potassium, copper, selenium, magnesium, molybdenum and boron), vitamins, amino acids, antioxidants and other phytonutrients.  Bananas are also full of fiber, water and pulp, too, aiding us in suppressing and satisfying our appetites.  And, as Anthony William of Medical Medium alludes to in his book Life-Changing Foods, bananas are one of Nature's gifts for our digestive system, even known to reverse bodily conditions like IBS, Crohn's Disease and Colitis.  Whether eaten raw from the peel, blended up in a smoothie, chopped with your kale or what-have-you, enjoy your bananas and the healing powers they pass along with their pleasurably unique taste and conveniently soothing digestive benefits.

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The Kale Massage: Technique and Tactics

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The Kale Massage: Technique and Tactics

Enhancing the flavor and nutritional value of kale by massaging it in water for a few minutes before eating it

Kale, a healing cruciferous vegetable

One of the almighty, cancer-killing (and thyroid-healing) cruciferous vegetables belonging to the Cruciferae family, kale is a popular compliment to many healthy recipes and accompanying meals.  Along with all of the other crucifers in the list of cruciferous vegetables, kale is a potent source of a number of powerful vitamins like vitamin A, B, C, E, and K.  Also known to be rich in the mineral, sulfur, all of the cruciferous vegetables like kale help to promote healthy lungs by stimulating lung tissue growth and regeneration as well as the recovery and restoration of lung scar tissue.  You can read Medical Medium's "Life-Changing Foods" for more scientific information about the nutritional makeup and healing powers of kale and its cruciferous vegetable companions.

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Life-Changing Foods for your book reading (and grocery) list

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Life-Changing Foods for your book reading (and grocery) list

Lots of love and appreciation for Medical Medium Life-Changing Foods: Save Yourself and the Ones You Love with the Hidden Healing Powers of Fruits & Vegetables

Life-Changing Foods: Book Review

Featuring another life-changing book for you to add to your reading list, Life-Changing Foods: Save Yourself and the Ones You Love with the Hidden Healing Powers of Fruits & Vegetables, written by the New York Time's bestseller author Anthony William of Medical Medium.  This self-health book is chock-full of highly informative (and especially insightful) material about a handful of healing fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices that a majority of us have readily available at our local neighborhood grocery stores and farmer's markets. I am completely in love with the knowledge that is relayed in Life-Changing Foods, reconfirming my belief in the true healing powers of our food as our natural medicine.

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