This guy breaks all the molds – vegan, Cro-Mag punk rocker, Hare Krishna, author, fitness guru! I kind of like him because he does not follow stereotypes. He says “motherf****r” a lot, about once every sentence. He has vegan recipes on his “Hard Truth” YouTube channel. (note – I disagree with him and believe unprocessed…
Category: nutrition
famous vegans
Ken Chau is the owner of the Sun Bo Kong vegetarian Chinese restaurant in Vancouver, BC. This is one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in the world! (yes my Indian friends, it is better than “Indian Chinese”). Ken has quotes from famous vegetarians on the wall of his restaurant. Quotes from the web: “One farmer…
plant based cardiologists in colorado
Andrew Freeman at National Jewish. Here are his slides from a recent talk at VegFest. Maria Anderson, currently in MN, back in CO next year. Nelson Trujillo – my partner at Boulder Heart, almost there. Srini Iyengar – my partner at Boulder Heart, vegetarian. Bryan Mahan – my partner at Boulder Heart, relapsed vegan, we…
hospital food
Hospitals made the decision to go smoke free when the data was overwhelming. The data on WFPBD (whole foods plant based diet) is now overwhelming and hospitals need to move on this! This will save countless lives. Here are the hospitals that have fast food restaurants on the hospital premises: I trained in one of…
food advice
The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans. The French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans. The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or the Americans. The…
food addiction
Nora Wolkow is the world’s foremost authority on addiction. In this talk she talks about food addiction. Neal Barnard did a great talk that started with “how to magnetize a baby?” Sugar addicts lose their cravings when they are exposed to naloxone, an opiate antagonist. This suggests that sugar addiction works along the same pathways…
excuses to drink coffee
For your heart Arrhythmia Coronary artery disease Has fiber especially coffee with chicory For your brain Alzheimer’s disease Parkinson’s disease Multiple Sclerosis Depression Diabetes Type 2 diabetes Cancer risk Cirrhosis and liver cancer Colorectal cancer Oropharyngeal cancer Melanoma Joints Gout Teeth Cavities – black coffee only Eyesight Retinal degeneration Death Death. Death! Note that soda…
low carb diet & AFIB – part 2
Here is another substudy of the ARIC study published last week. 13,385 patients were followed for 22.4 years. An increase of 9.4% in carbohydrate intake (corresponding to 1 standard deviation) was associated with an 18% lower rate of incident AF.
processed people
If you don’t want to watch the whole video, the following quotes in the video summarize it: “Americans need to be challenged to think about what they eat.” “Health is not the absence of illness, it is the presence of well-being.” “Goal is to live until you die, not to start a slow process of…
breakfast or not?
Starting with the punchline : we should listen to our own bodies and eat when we’re hungry. Don’t starve yourself but also don’t eat the moment you wake up, whether you are hungry or not. Don’t constantly graze either. If we were meant to graze, we would be cows. I want to present both sides…