Understanding Nutrition Must Begin with Principles
Professor T. Colin Campbell is widely acknowledged as the intellectual grand-daddy of the whole food plant-based nutrition movement. In fact, he coined the phrase ‘whole food plant-based’, in order to distinguish his ideas about optimal nutrition for humans from vegetarian and vegan eating patterns, which include animal products in the former case, and not infrequently…
Plant-Based Nutrition and Cancer
Dr Dean Ornish is nothing short of legendary in the field of plant-based nutrition research. His research career began in 1983, and since then he has published numerous carefully-conducted studies in peer-reviewed medical journals demonstrating that his comprehensive lifestyle program comprising a low-fat plant-based diet, regular moderate exercise, training in stress management techniques and structured…
Taking the ‘die’ out of your diet
Dr Kim Allan Williams is kind of into ‘firsts’. He’s the first African American to be elected president of the American College of Cardiology, which is highly significant because African Americans suffer the ravages of cardiovascular disease more than any ethnic subgroup in the US: African Americans have the highest age-adjusted death rates due to…
“I don’t mind dying. I just don’t want it to be my fault.”
These memorable words were spoken by Kim Williams, current president of the American College of Cardiology, outspoken advocate of a wholefood, plant-based diet, and keynote speaker at the 3rd International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference. Yes, we are all going to die, some day. But as Dr Williams and the other speakers emphasised, we have the…
California Dreamin’
As I mentioned in last week’s post, my family and I are touring California for 2 weeks before I attend the 3rd International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference in Anaheim (guess where the rest of the family is going while I’m at the conference ;-)). Before we left Australia, several people asked me if I was…
Staying on track while you’re on the road
By the time you read this, I’ll be in San Francisco, one of my favourite cities in the world. My husband, 2 kids and I are spending 2 weeks exploring California (with a dash across State lines to visit the Grand Canyon), culminating – for me – with 3 days of full-tilt learning at the…
Green Go-Fuel Soup
You won’t believe how tasty and filling this combination of broccoli, kale and red lentils is. This recipe began its life, like so many of my recipes, as a way to use up an oversupply of vegetables. It turned out so delicious that my husband and kids begged me to make it again… and again!…
The high-pressure personality
It’s funny how certain ideas worm their way into popular consciousness, without us ever really thinking about what they mean. How many times have you heard someone say (or maybe heard yourself say) something like “Being stuck in traffic makes my blood pressure rise.” or “Just being around him really puts my blood pressure up!”…
Diet and immunity: What’s the connection?
I have a confession to make. Sometimes, I spend too much time on Facebook. In my defence, I don’t post pictures of my lunch, or watch cat videos (well, not very often, anyway ;-)). No, my version of spending too much time on Facebook is getting involved in pointless discussions/arguments with people who hold silly…
Does low meat consumption increase or decrease life expectancy in humans?
The priests of the Paleo movement constantly preach that humans evolved eating large amounts of meat (for evidence pointing in the opposite direction, see my Hot Topics April 2013 and June 2014 webinars), and that therefore we need to eat meat regularly – as the major source of daily calories – in order to achieve…