If you want to eat fake meats for convenience or environmental reasons, sure, knock yourself out. However, they are ultra processed foods by definition and far from being healthy. Don’t get me wrong – I take the kids out to Meta Burger in Denver as a treat once every 2-3 months. But I am not…
Category: plant based
plant based diet can prevent 1/3rd of deaths
Dr. Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard Medical School, while talking at the Unite to Cure Fourth International Vatican Conference said: “We have just been doing some calculations looking at the question of how much could we reduce mortality shifting towards a healthy, more plant based diet, not necessarily totally vegan, and…
ultra-processed foods
Punchline first: Basically don’t eat any (ultra processed) foods that have INDUSTRIAL ingredients, are ADVERTISED or come in PACKAGES! See the prior blog on processed food. Processed food like substances are often subsidized by the government and have led to rising rates of obesity. Even though you eat vegan food, if it is processed, it…
deeply personal
My maternal grandfather was my father figure. We affectionately called him “Dhomdada” after a character he used to play in the local theater. He grew up poor, “stone soup” was a reality for them, not just a story. He didn’t finish high school since his family had very little money and he needed to start…
book review – meat is for pussies
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…
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…
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…