healthy living

Forks Over Knives

When a movie is considered to be a documentary, and held as the reason for many to adopt a Vegan lifestyle, it is worth reviewing. This is not a documentary, a documentary means the movie would be non-fiction. The movie is filled with feel good stories, misdirection, and information that is just not factual. Still this movie has an effect – and if it were not for the facts, after watching this movie I would give up lamb for beets.

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Vegan Activism

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine seems to play a bit loose with the facts about nutrition. This organization is less about research and evidenced based medicine, and far more about an agenda or advocacy.

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Scrambled Eggs via Chef Gordon Ramsay

Making the perfect scrambled eggs is an art that is required of any who wish to learn the basics of cooking. Gordon Ramsay has prospective chefs make him scrambled eggs, just to see if they do it right. Well, here is how to do it- along with a video from the man himself.

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Paula Deen’s Diabetes – a Physicians Perspective

Paula Deen’s celebrity can be a powerful force for diabetes research and education – while her food didn’t help her, it was more her genetic make up than the food. But the best quote is from Anthony Bourdain.

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Paleolithic Diet: Old Genes to Fit in Jeans

Did our guts evolve in the Paleolithic era so that to avoid modern disease we should eat like a caveman? Does our genetic code have the answer to fit into those slim jeans? Or is this just another low-carb fad diet. Well, there are some good points, and here is the skinny

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The Beer Diet Results

Not only did Evo beat all expectations in terms of weight loss, but his levels of triglycerides and his cholesterol decreased dramatically without an increase in liver enzymes. Evo did better than someone on the famous Ornish diet would have done. What does this tell us?

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Beware of Outrageous Claims

Imagine if you took every product out there that was said to promote health- purify it, concentrate it and then sell it in a multi-level marketing firm. That is what Sisel does. Do I recommend these products- absolutely not.

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Do Vegans Live Longer?

Can the diet you eat make you live longer? Do vegans live longer? Probably no- food can kill you faster, but it is more a question of balance than of anything else.

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Being a Vegan- President Clinton and Heart Disease

President Clinton recently announced that he is a vegan – under the care of Dr. Dean Ornish. Sadly, this will not result in President Clinton being healthier – he is falling under the spell of so many TV MD’s. The science just doesn’t support eating a vegan diet.

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