Could it be that the "olive oil is heart healthy" notion is just a marketing ploy? In a word: YES! The beneficial components of the Mediterranean Diet and Lyon Diets -- are that they are largely vegetarian diets. The health...

Just how much sodium is in a meal from popular chain restaurants? You may be shocked (though probably not surprised). A recent story in Time Magazine reveals that major restaurant chains put a LOT more salt in the foods served...

Julieanna Hever, MS, RD -- AKA the "Plantbased Dietitian" -- has brand new talk show, What Would Julieanna Do?, set to preimiere on Monday, January 28th, 2013 on Veria Living. Throughout the 39 episodes, Julieanna explores nutrition, cooking, fitness, yoga,...

A lot of top obesity "experts" say they know what makes people fat, and how to fix it. The only problem is: they just can't seem to do it where their own body is concerned! How is it that in...

Reprinted from Health Science Magazine. When readers of Health Science are asked, “What should I eat,” the first thing that probably springs to mind is to recommend a vegan, meaning plant-based, diet. But just recommending a vegan diet is not...

We previously made Jimmy Moore our Obese Low-Carb Guru of the Month! Jimmy saw the video and apparently is complaining that the dates we had of the photos of him were wrong, because some months ago, Jimmy started a NEW...

Everyone knows by now that fruits and vegetables promote health, and animal products promote disease. Just this month another in the thousands of studies -- this one showing that over the 20 year study period, of men who had prostate...

Avoid annual exams and checkups! Doctors and the tests they run can ruin your life! Take it from John McDougall MD. SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH VIDEO:   This is a short excerpt from the Panel discussion at Healthy Lifestyle Expo...

  Europe has something the US doesn't -- a press that is not 100% bought and paid for. GMO expert Jeffrey Smith gave a fascinating and frightening presentation at our Healthy Lifestyle Expo this year.  His talk was both enligtening...

Watch out for carbs! They'll make you fat!That's what a group of bestselling low-carb, high protein "Paleo" diet authors say.And they've sold millions of books and made a bleeping fortune teaching how to get lean and mean -- by avoiding...

Let's be real. The most important thing you can do with your diet to protect your health is to minimize or avoid entirely animal foods. Fried foods, processed foods, salty, oily, crapped up sugary food -- lose them as well....

When I was 60 I had been working out and eating well for decades - or so I thought.  Sometimes that included lots of meat and for a few years I was a vegetarian.  I worked in health clubs as...

Whole Foods Market actually takes care of their sick employees -- and fellow businesses should take note. Watch Whole Foods founder, John Mackey, explain how he arrived at a decision to use plants instead of drugs to heal his employees....

Obesity, cancer, heart disease, type 2 diabetes...this country's health is plummeting. Then there's the cost of health care.  Out of control.  Threatening to bankrupt companies and the country. What's the solution? Well John McDougall MD has one.  It's simple,...

Newsletter subscribers recently wrote to me citing two scientific reviews on nuts and weight. An expert had told them these reviews showed that “90% of published studies suggest that nut consumption does NOT lead to weight gain.” They wanted to...

Okay, please excuse the incendiary title of this article.  Someone recently sent me links to a couple of articles from vegan websites with titles like "How the Health Argument Fails Veganism."These articles come from animal activists like Ginny Messina and...

This is a plant-based book like none other out there.  I have to say, I did not expect this book to go where it did.  I want to be careful not to give any spoilers here, but you won't find...

We recently ran an article by Chef AJ talking about how she dropped the extra weight she had been trying to lose for years.  AJ had been eating a healthy plant-based diet – that included regular rich desserts and chocolate. ...

Editor's Note: We ran into our friend, Chef AJ, at a local vegan fair not long ago and were struck -- she's lost a lot of weight!  She then told a story of being in excellent health, but being questioned...

Low-carbohydrate (low-carb) diets are fueling the destruction of human health and our planet Earth. “Low-carbohydrate” means a diet high in animal foods and low in plant foods. Only plants synthesize carbohydrates (sugars). The body parts of animals, including red meat,...