Eating more plants is the only nutritional protocol known to man to prevent and even reverse the chronic illnesses that ravage our society. Plants and vegetables are full of macro and micronutrients that provide our bodies with everything we need for a healthy and vibrant life. By eating at least two meals packed with veggies every day, and snacking on fruits and veggies in between, the quality of your health and ultimately your life will drastically improve. The most common health concerns that people have can be alleviated by this one simple step. Things like obesity, poor sleep, bad skin, accelerated aging, inflammation, physical pain, and lack of energy can all be positively affected by increasing the intake of plants and natural foods.
From the ancient Greeks to the modern day IronMan triathletes, the best performing athletes have notoriously eaten plant based diets. Athletes know this, but the public has taken a little longer to catch on. Discover the reasons why a plant based diet allows for such phenomenal performance.
Enzymes are a critical, but often overlooked nutritional need of the body. Heavy cooking, grilling, and other processing kill the natural enzymes present in food. So, when the amount of enzymes decreases, the digestive process also slows down.
A plant based diet is a diet where you only consume natural foods which the ground produces. Therefore anything that you eat must be in its natural and unprocessed form whenever possible. Most raw food dieters eat their foods in their raw state, because they contain more nutrients than cooked foods.
How to combine your healthy plant-based eating habits with entertaining, visiting, and other social gatherings? Here are some easy tips for the upcoming holiday season!
Plant based dishes are precisely what they sound like: They are any dishes that have plants as their major ingredients. Such dishes are progressively building a following in current years. This rise in popularity is great news for anyone looking to eat this type of diet for these reasons, more restaurants will cater to the vegan diet, vegan ingredients will become easier to find in grocery stores and markets.
A list for you to use when it comes time to stock your plant-based kitchen and pantry. It's a long list but don't be intimidated. It's only a guideline to give you an idea of the variety of foods on the whole food plant-based diet.
Vegetarianism provides a host of health benefits. Many people are interested in beginning this lifestyle change or at least partially replacing the meats in their diets with more plants. At first, this may seem like an overwhelming task.
When it comes to a healthy diet many folks with whom I have spoken attempt to deny plain facts and plain statistics by citing one example that they hope will refute the obvious truth. The vast majority of evidence clearly shows that a plant-based diet heals, while an animal- based diet leads to cancer and heart disease among other unfortunate health issues.
Americans have been duped into believing that a plant based diet is not sufficient to maintain health and that the consumption of animals, and animal bi-products is actually necessary for optimum health. This is a lie and the product of large organizations who have gotten rich by making us all believe that meat is necessary for health. They have masterfully promoted this dangerous truth and have been the cause of unprecedented increases in cancer rates, diabetes, stroke, and heart disease, to name a few.
Are meat and dairy products from cloned animals and their offspring really safe? Why has the FDA approved such products while safety concerns and moral objections persist?
What does The China Study say about your eating habits? Are you putting yourself at a greater risk for chronic illness, simply by eating that hamburger? Can one hamburger really hurt?
Fascinating findings. A woman who enjoys a plant based whole food diet, has a lower stroke risk according to a new study. Even if she has a history of heart disease or stroke, this way of eating... lots of fruits, vegetables and whole grains... can reduce her chances of suffering with a stroke.
Plants or plant based foods generally get a bad rap amongst the masses. People associate the lack of seasonings and taste with how they feel about plants. Vegans and raw foodists are growing by the numbers due to readily available health education on fruits and vegetables. Today we will share 4 benefits that people experience from consuming a plant based diet.
Can we get enough micro-nutrients from a plant based candida diet? The answer is overwhelmingly, "YES!" The best source of vitamins is fruit and the second best is vegetables. The best source of minerals is vegetables and the second best source is fruit. Those with diets high in fresh fruit, freshly made fruit juices, salads and raw veggies not only do not experience nutrient deficiency, they are also in excellent health with good, strong bodies and immune systems!
It is not a rocket science to do meal planning on plant-based diet. Follow those practical steps and easy tips for a balanced and satisfying menu.
Last year I changed my life forever, I decided to live a plant based lifestyle. My health was in such a poor condition that I felt I needed to get a huge life insurance policy so my family will be taken care of. Crisis avoided by going plant based. I wondered how I was going to do this and the question arose, would you buy a juicer or a blender on a plant based diet. I started doing research on both. What I found was both had advantages and disadvantages. If you consider that a problem while you're eating plants. Right?
All you need to know about the benefits of pea, soy, rice, and hemp based protein powder. This article describes in depth the benefits of each individual plant based protein and how they can be used as an effective healthy protein powder supplement.
On Feb. 1, 2011, news around the U.S. broke recapping the new guidelines for dietary consumption from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which it modifies every five years. The move to a heavier plant-based diet is huge news considering the Food Pyramid, which has yet to be revised, has been heavy in grains and dairy for many years.
The world was rocked today (or at least my little corner of it ) with the news that "Bill Clinton has lost 24 pounds on a plant-based diet". Although he had been forced to undergo a quadruple bypass in 2004 he now says that his new "diet has cleared arterial blockage". I think it is wonderful that our former president has come to his senses and began a diet that is consistent with optimum health. Everyone ought to. But the burning question in my mind is: Why do sensible people need a thumbs up from Bill Clinton to begin to consider the benefits of a meatless diet?
I often have people make these statements to me: "I have to have my meat." "I don't see how you do it, but you look good."
The grill isn't created for meats alone. Try these delicious plant-based grill recipes the next time you bring out your grill!
Various studies have shown plant-based diets to be the best eating plan for preventing and treating Type 2 diabetes. According to an article published in PLOS ONE in February 2015, a low-carbohydrate diet including plant-derived proteins rather than animal proteins, is helpful for prevention - at least in women. Investigators at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine and several other research centers in Tokyo, Japan, compared carbohydrate, protein and fat consumption and the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in a large population.
Part of a series of articles written on various topics regarding 'The Benefits of Eating a Plant-Based Diet.' This article deals with a popular myth surrounding the vegan diet, the vitamin B12 deficiency. The author explains what B12 actually is and where is comes from, why B12 deficiency occurs more often in meat-eaters than vegans, and ways to ensure that you get the B12 your body needs.
Weight loss diets fail because people eat the wrong food, lack an effective motivational program and do not use fast, easy ways to prepare healthy meals. A solution is provided that addresses each of these issues.
A raw food diet, packed with immune protecting benefits may just be the answer to food allergy problems. Sufferers who already feel slighted in their choice of "what to eat" are recommended to check out its benefits.
Popular to contrary belief, meat is not the only - nor the best - source of iron. There are plenty of vegetables rich in iron, including all sorts of greens, beans, legumes, grains, nuts and seeds. In this article, we'll look at how much iron each of us needs, what the top plant-based iron sources are, and some yummy tips on preparing them.
Healthy foods to eat can be tricky to determine... there are so many food choices available in our modern world of junk food and processed foods. So, how do you know which foods will improve your health, and which foods will be detrimental to health?
Enzymes are needed for life! Chronic disease and ultimately death result from extreme enzyme deficiencies due primarily to a lack of nourishing the body and its organ systems, such as the liver and pancreas, properly. Aging and consuming overcooked, canned and processed food consistently throughout life result in symptoms such as "leaky gut syndrome", where partially digested food is reabsorbed into the body. Autoimmune diseases such as ulcerative colitis, fibromyalgia, lupus, or even multiple sclerosis may result. This is where the body attacks itself, causing much unneeded pain and discomfort.
I thought that I would write about pregnancy nutrition - being that I am currently pregnant with my third child. Before I start explaining what I should be eating and why - I would like to ask the question: Does anyone else find it hard to eat nutritionally excellent while being pregnant?
There is a lot said in the media these days about the pros and cons of the Raw Food Diet for children and the elderly. A lot of it is nonsense, some of it is simply nutritional ignorance, and some of it is, well...vested interests. Make up your own mind.
Not so obvious as a contributor to the quality of today's food is the emergent of new taste buds. By processing all the natures food they can lay their hand on, by tinkering with old and tested recipes in the effort to force food craving, restaurateurs and food outlets are at the forefront of gustatory evolution. As such, modern recipes are more arduous than ever before. Following their directions, one is likely to add sugar, sprinkle in some salt, pour in a pint of oil, smear on an ounce of caramel and toss in a chunk of syrup, none of which adds any nutritional value to the food. Nobody will lose any weight following these recipes.
Weaning is introducing food other than milk to breast-fed babies. Usually, it is taken in the context of addition of semi-solid feds to the infant's diet. The necessity of introducing additional food is caused by the following reasons:
Why do people choose to have a meat-free diet? It can be for several reasons. And while some choose a meat-free vegetarian diet, others choose a completely animal-free, vegan diet and choose to not only abstain from eating animals, but also animal products such as dairy and eggs. But whether vegetarian or vegan, the choice usually goes far beyond just being a diet.
For the third time in the last half year, the FDA rejected a weight loss pill because the possible harmful side effects outweigh benefits for people fighting obesity. A drug called Contrave was rejected by the FDA in late January.
What are super foods? They are the most nutritionally dense foods on the planet. Loaded with antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, proteins, etc. They are the answer to many of our illnesses.
More than anything else, what we put in our mouths determines our health. Plant-based foods have huge advantages as opposed to drugs that are chemicals that become toxic and are the leading cause of illness, disability and death.
Recent studies suggest that certain lifestyle and dietary changes can lengthen people's lifespans by understanding their chromosomes. With this approach to diet, the focus is not on the calories or food, but rather on the very foundational base of what causes aging in people. By basing their eating habits on the cellular foundation of their genetic makeup, people may be able to live healthier and longer lives.
Are you a deer hunter who lives in the southern US and plants deer food plots on your property? Then you're in luck. Discover the top seed choices for these food plots as well as other necessary considerations before and after you plant.
The key to producing nutrient rich edible plants is to have nutrient rich soil. Plants can produce vitamins, but they can't produce minerals. They also won't produce vitamins very well if they are growing in poor soil.
In this article, Mike Adams shares his amazing story of transformation and some surprising statements from the U.N. regarding food. Mike Adams is known as the "Health Ranger." Mike cured himself of disease through nutrition and he is the founder and editor of
NaturalNews.com.
While the vast majority of plants engage in photosynthesis to convert water, sunlight, carbon dioxide (CO2) and simple minerals into energy and starch, Carnivorous/Insectivorous Plants and Fungi seek an extra source of nutrition - live creatures. With over 600 species living in all areas, they are fascinating and intriguing especially since deploy a variety of traps and methods to outwit their unsuspecting prey.
This article will let you know the basics of taking care of indoor plants. Its lighting and water exposure limits etc. If you have or wish to keep plants at your home, this article is must read.
Aquaponics is a system of growing plants without soil. The aquaponics system combines hydroponics and aquaculture to grow vegetables and fish.
Many of us are still living in the dark ages of vitamin awareness. To think that a man made pill, of isolated substances, can actually benefit our complex and integral biology is ridiculous. Hence, enter the conversation for whole food nutrition..
I am a Whole-Food, Plant- Based, animal free, lifestyle advocate. Not, eating meat does not mean that we are consuming the proper amount of whole plant-based foods required for health and wellness. Even as a vegan, vegetarian, and or meat consumer, the average individual eats far too many processed foods. RMB lifestyle Movement is more about the elements that make up your lifestyle. Daily we must gain the power and tools to live life the way God, designed us in the beginning.
If you are looking for help treating your dog's behavioral issues, or just curious about why your dog does what he does, then this Behavioral Series is for you. This segment focuses on what is the best dog food. So, what is the best dog food?