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Ask the Doctor: Q&A with Michael Greger, M.D. (#19)

Michael Greger MD | February 16, 2012 | Health

Read More: antioxidant, arugula, atherosclerosis, beets, blood pressure, caffeine, coffee, colon cancer, dermatitis, DNA, eczema, endothelial, energy drink, espresso, flaxseed oil, green tea, health, heart disease, hempseed, hempseed oil, inflammation, nutrition, olive oil, oxalates, potato, stroke, supplement, sweet potato, toxins

This is another sampling of the more than 900 comments and questions I’ve responded to on the site NutritionFacts.org (so far!). Please feel free to leave any follow-up questions here or on any of the hundreds of videos on the more than a thousand......

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Heroin and Chocolate

Sarah Taylor | December 22, 2011 | Health

Read More: Addiction, Food Addiction, Health, Vegan

We are often told that “all things are okay in moderation.”  A little bit of chocolate, a couple of glasses of wine, a small piece of cake… As long as we eat and drink in moderation, all is well.  But......

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Real Food Part 2: Eating Less Sugar 5 Ways

Jess Parsons | December 7, 2011 | Food

Read More: addictions, American Heart Association, coffee, dr mcdougall, Dr. Michael Klaper, health, juicing, money, snacks, sorbitol, stevia, sugar, tea, vegan, whole grains, xylitol

The Real Food series helps you eat more real food in the real world.  In Part 1, we ate more whole grains.  Now let's learn how to do what we know we should - eat less sugar. What's so......

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Do YOU Have a Food Addiction?

Sarah Taylor | December 1, 2011 | Health

Read More: addictions, food addictions, health, vegan

I recently had a huge shift in awareness.  The kind that makes you wonder how you could possibly have missed it for so many years.  It has to do with food addictions.  My own, in fact, that I didn’t even......

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Use it up! Stevia - naturally sweet

Jess Parsons | November 28, 2011 | Health

Read More: glycemic response, health, home gardening, homegrown, stevia, sweetener

I'm still working on the last Use It Up challenge, (gluten free baking mix).  I missed a golden opportunity to use some of this baking mix when I baked 40 plus mini chocolate chocolate chip vegan cupcakes for the......

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Why Wine is Not Healthy

Sarah Taylor | November 9, 2011 | Health

Read More: health, vegan, wine

We love to hear that our bad habits are healthy – it gives us permission to continue making poor choices.  For example, the rumor that chocolate was a health food had women everywhere jumping for joy!  Not surprisingly, just about......

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Why Oil is NOT Healthy!

Sarah Taylor | October 24, 2011 | Health

Read More: health, oil, vegan

We have been taught that oil – especially olive and canola oils – are heart healthy.  They are good for us, and we should swap out butter and margarine and cook with these heart healthy oils instead.   However, I believe......

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Join Millions Weighing In On The Forgiveness Diet: Don't Miss This Great Opportunity

Walter Jacobson, M.D. | October 18, 2011

Read More: diet, forgiveness, happiness, health, lose weight, making money, prosperity, success, vegan

Today, for 24 hours only, when you order this extraordinary, life-changing book, you will receive 150 FREE BONUS GIFTS WORTH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS from people like myself who have partnered with me on this book launch and believe in the......

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This MIND-BODY MIRACLE video WILL Change Your Life!

Walter Jacobson, M.D. | October 8, 2011 | Lifestyle, Video

Read More: backaches, forgiveness, happiness, health, mind-body connection, miracles, self-help, success

You MUST watch this video. This is a TRUE STORY. This happened to me! It's a perfect example of how the mind affects the body, how the mind creates physical reality, how the subconscious mind can subvert our efforts and......

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DO IT NOW! LET'S GO!

Walter Jacobson, M.D. | October 2, 2011 | Lifestyle, Video

Read More: forgiveness, happiness, health, losing weight, making money, success

You want your life to get better? You want to make your dreams come true? You want to be happier? You want to healthier? You want to be wealthier? You want to stop the self-sabotaging behaviors, get out of your......

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Why You Can't Seem to Quit Eating Cheese

Sarah Taylor | July 18, 2011 | Health

Read More: cheese addiction, health, vegan

If you’re having a hard time going vegan because you just can’t seem to give up cheese, you’re not alone!  Many of us have felt the pull to cheese like a crack addict to crack.  In fact, you may even......

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Justifying How We Eat

Becky Mikles | June 28, 2011 | Health

Read More: health, plant-based

Although we don't know the precise foods the very first humans lived on, most people will try to find something in the literature to back up the way they currently eat, be it a meat-based diet, or one of mostly......

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Women in business

Jess Parsons | June 25, 2011 | Lifestyle

Read More: business, children, gender, health, money, mother

    Photo of vegan career woman: BodyShots Auckland Women are naturally paid less because they take more sick leave due to, ummm, monthly women's problems and lifetime problems like children. New Zealand Employment and Manufacturers Association (EMA) chief......

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What is that in my loaf of bread?

Becky Mikles | June 22, 2011 | Food

Read More: Bread, Food, Health

Why is it so hard to buy a decent loaf of bread? With most supermarkets devoting an entire aisle to bread products, it frustrates me when I can't find a simple loaf of bread with just a few basic ingredients. ......

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Vegan Athletes

Sarah Taylor | May 19, 2011 | Health

Read More: health, vegan, vegan athletes, vegan diet

I have had a rash of questions lately about how to use the vegan diet to optimize athletic performance.  While I have race-walked marathons and played competitive tennis as a vegan, I have never paid particular attention to my diet......

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I Love You, Mom, But Ix-Nay The Frozen Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches

Walter Jacobson, M.D. | May 8, 2011 | Health

Read More: choices, health, processed foods

There is a product on the market now which is essentially frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches which Moms can take out of the freezer and put in their kids' lunchboxes so that by lunchtime they will have defrosted and......

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"Forks Over Knives" - A Film Review

Walter Jacobson, M.D. | May 3, 2011 | Health

Read More: bypass surgery, change, choices, cholesterol, diabetes, health, heart disease, hypertension, obesity, vegan diet, weight loss

If you're not a vegan, you're killing yourself with the food you're eating. You're killing yourself with the false beliefs you have about the nutritional importance of animal products. You're killing yourself by creating in your body high cholesterol, hypertension,......

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3 Easy Steps to Vegan Entertaining

Sarah Taylor | April 30, 2011 | Food, Lifestyle

Read More: entertaining, health, vegan

“HELP!  The neighbors are coming over for dinner – how can I feed them a great vegan meal that they will love?” The idea of serving a vegan meal to friends or family can seem daunting, but it doesn’t need......

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Not Thinking Can Be Hazardous To Your Health

Walter Jacobson, M.D. | April 21, 2011 | Lifestyle

Read More: forgiveness, happiness, health, self help, success

There was a story in the paper last week about fishermen in Los Angeles being warned against eating a number of species of fish they caught off L.A. shores that have been determined to be toxic. The response of the......

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The Power of One

Sarah Taylor | April 18, 2011 | Animals, Health

Read More: Animal Abuse, factory farms, health, spirituality, Vegan, Vegetarian

Animal abuse is horrific.  I can’t even watch the Animal Planet anymore because they are forever airing shows about the SPCA going into homes and saving animals from the most terrible conditions.  I would cry so hard that my husband......

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Celebration! not deprivation...discovering the complete joy of eating

J Morris Hicks | April 11, 2011 | Food, Lifestyle

Read More: environment, harmony, health, maximize calories from whole plants

When people think of making a big change in their diet for one reason or another, they most often think about what they're going to have to give up. Little do they realize in the beginning that one day they'll......

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Book Review: THE ENGINE 2 DIET by Rip Esselstyn

Walter Jacobson, M.D. | April 10, 2011 | Health

Read More: diet, exercise, happiness, health, self-empowerment, self-help, well being

Rip Esselstyn, a Texas Firefighter, has developed a "28-Day Save-Your-Life Plan that Lowers Cholesterol and Burns Away the Pounds." It's motto, "Eat More, Lose More, is particularly appealing to me, being someone who is excessively dedicated to food consumption. What......

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Honey, You Don't Love Yourself Enough!

Sarah Taylor | April 6, 2011 | Health

Read More: health, vegan, weight loss

I have an amazing life coach.  I hired her a couple of years ago when I was going through a very rough time in my life.  In one of our first sessions together, as I was spilling out all the......

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Eating Food Can Be Hazardous To Your Health

Walter Jacobson, M.D. | March 30, 2011 | Food

Read More: health, longevity, medications, motivation, self help, vegan, vegetarian, weight loss

John Robbins, author of "The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever in an Age of Less," wrote an eye-opening Huffington Post, "Being Fat In America," which was the final nail in the coffin of my attachment to eating animal......

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Inside Out

Sarah Taylor | March 22, 2011 | Health

Read More: cancer, health, heart disease, vegan

I know someone who doesn’t take such good care of her body.  It’s not that she’s overweight, but she drinks like a fish and subsists on Wheat Thins and Diet Pepsi, among other things.  I want to tell you the......

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