Reversing Bad Diabetes, Neuropathy and More in Three Months – Kirk’s Interview with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams (12-08-18)
Though I had shared a Forks Over Knives video with you about Eric Adams, former NYPD and current Brooklyn Borough President this 15 minute interview is very inspirational on multiple levels…. that you can dramatically change serious health issues in as little as three months (diabetes, neuropathy, ulcer, high blood pressure, cholesterol, excess weight) but also have a dramatic impact on transforming the health of your community.
Watch my video overview and listen to my interview with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. Then share…
“How A Former New York City Police Officer and Current Brooklyn Borough President Reversed His Diabetes and Neuropathy By Diet and Is Transforming the Health of His Community – An Interview with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams
Kirk’s video overview of his interview with Eric Adams
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Saying No to Ketogenic Diets and Hello To Muscle Building with Plants (12/6/18) Sometimes I write because I want to share new research because it’s interesting and that really may help you live longer with less illness and more vibrancy. But now I find myself sharing more “bites” of information to try and help “de-confuse” you. Because a confused public is at the whim of current marketing or a fad and one’s own personal likes, and this usually ends up as a harmful lifestyle practice.
I have written that I have seen people improve on a ketogenic diet and I think in the short-term to get someone out of a health situation when they are stuck is reasonable. But ketogenic diets (diets where you have restricted carbohydrates drastically to live of the fat you burn) range from tons of eggs, cheese, meats and added fat to (old style Atkins) to one that has a small amount of animal food (palm full or so) with tons of greens and colored vegetables and “good” fats from olives, nuts, avocados, cold water fish and eggs (Bredesen Protocol for Alzheimer’s). But the BIG BUT IS, very seldom should this be a long-term solution. You can look at the references by Dr. Joshi in this article but the truth is I would rather just use our common sense. Yes, we developed the ability to live in a ketotic state (burning our own fat) for days at a time when there was no food, but when a human has a choice, as in all cultures, they eat carbohydrate as their main fuel. Also look at those who live the LONGEST and who are the most HEALTHIEST (Blue Zone populations) they consume carbohydrate rich diets. BUT they are unprocessed carbohydrates mainly. Whole foods that are carbohydrate rich with fiber and all the micronutrients that go along with them INTACT (beans, lentils, peas, squash, potatoes, yams, whole grains, fruit, vegetables). If modern society adopted “1 diet rule”, eat the carbohydrate in its whole state without added oils, fats and sugars and other food chemicals (essentially WHOLE plant foods) there would be no need for ketogenic diets because there would virtually be no diabetes, heart disease or obesity. BUT today’s individual is “drowning” in exposure to processed carbohydrates with added sugars, fats, chemicals and the carb is virtually fiber-less…A prescription for the chronic disease epidemic we have.
I can see an occasional person doing a more plant-based ketogenic diet for a short period because they are stuck, but not as a lifestyle diet pattern. That, I believe, in most cases would be harmful as recent studies have suggested.
If you want to build muscle, plants can do it. Read Robert Cheeke article and also Miracle Metabolism by Thomas Tadlock.
Say No to Ketogenic Diets
How to Build Muscle Eating Plants
Miracle Metabolism by Thomas Tadlock
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Gladiators….Big Time “Barley (and Wheat) Men”! 12/05/18
The Gladiators were known as “Barley Men” because their staple foods were barley and wheat NOT MEAT AND EGGS. ( Watch Video )
Vegetarian diets for athletes have been noted for over a hundred years to provide better endurance than their meat eating counterparts. The Tarahumara who run 100 plus miles for the fun of it consume a low fat high carbohydrate diet of beans, corn and squash (Tres Hermanas) (70-80% of their diet GOOD CARBS. ( Watch Video )
Which brings me to a client I saw to day…
I saw today a huge muscular and overweight power-lifting police officer who was on disability for having shortness of breath came out with “clean” coronary arteries on his coronary calcium score, but he had hypertension and was prediabetic. When I asked him what his diet was he said whole eggs, egg whites, meat, casein (milk protein) shake, whey, etc…..His day was one long big continuous protein buffet. I told him you
“may” have a low risk to heart disease but you are at high risk for cancer, diabetes, kidney disease and arthritis…. Remember, low carb high protein diets in the long run have shown negative consequences on you living a long time. ( Watch Video )
The longest living people from the Blue Zones are 90-95% plant-based. Moral of the story is that you don’t have to eat lots of animal protein to be a good athlete and strong….and that high protein low carb diet may not be good for your longevity.
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Why 15 Professional Footballer Players Chose To Go Plant-Based? (11/28/18)
You can be strong and eat plants. In fact you can be very strong… Ask 15 Tennessee Titans football players who went vegan….
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LOW Protein HIGH Carb Diet Good for Brain, Good for Longevity! (11/28/18)
While you are being “pounded” by the media and “health experts” that low carb, higher fat and protein diets are great for weight loss and reversal of some chronic disease like diabetes, I share with you the science (Univ. of Sydney) that still supports what we see in the longest living cultures in the world (The Blue Zones)…. lower protein diets with higher UNPROCESSED “GOOD” CARBOHYDRATES (not sugar and oil rich, and fiber-less PROCESSED carbohydrates that you are surrounded with).
While mild ketosis may be good for brain functioning, so is a properly structured carbohydrate rich diet. I was sent these links by my good friend Dr. Craig Willcox (Okinawa International University) gerontologist and aging expert who has been studying aging in Okinawa for more than 20 years and is the co-principle investigator of the “Okinawan Centenarian Study” the longest studying of centenarians in the world…
You can listen/watch my podcasts with Dr. Willcox when I visited him in Okinawa and his brother Bradley Willcox, MD a geriatrician who is also an aging specialist in Hawaii talk about the Okinawan diet and lifestyle responsible for their remarkable longevity.
As much as I am a plant-based person and would like the world not to eat animals for a mix of reasons I think the most important diet rule that would change the health of the world most dramatically and quickly would be to not eat any PROCESSED CARBOHYDRATES.
Just eat the carb in its whole state. This would take out all the extra fat and sugar in these foods and put back the very valuable fiber that is removed.
ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY EATING!:-)
Longevity Interviews with the Drs. Bradley (Hawaii) and Craig Willcox (Okinawa)
Low Protein High Carb Diet for Longevity
Low Protein High Carb Diet for Healthy Brain Function
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To Keto or Not To Keto? Longevity No! Short-Term…Maybe? (11/27/18)
No question some people can lose weight, get off bad (and good) carbs and feel better on a whole food, lower protein, good fat, ketogenic diet. I have seen it and have seen people’s zeel and belief in this dietary approach. BUT no long living culture (Blue Zone) eats a ketogenic diet outside of periodic fasting. So where I can see the ketogenic diet used in selective cases for those who are just absolutely frustrated with their weight and just can’t stay off bad carbs, while eating only good whole carbs (beans, lentils, peas, yams, potatoes, whole grains that you are not sensitive to), it is not a long-term diet….though many people are making it a lifestyle diet vs. a therapeutic diet, and really are doing a study on themselves. The data on long-term health of low carb, higher fat and protein diets for the long-term aren’t good and we don’t have a successful longevity culture who follows this pattern as an example. Be careful… Short term keto- maybe…I can see it in some cases… Long-term can’t recommend. Happy Holidays! Study Finds Low-Carb or Keto Diets Could Lead to Shorter Lifespan
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Audio Books, Gratitude (Happy Thanksgiving) and Your “Wheat Belly”(11/22/18)
Happy Thanksgiving! My favorite Holiday. No presents. Just a four day weekend, family, friends and really the most important holiday to me to take stock and be thankful for all that I (you) have.
I heard this is at retirement lecture last year that the average American has WAY MORE than any Pharaoh in ancient times with regards to the simple conveniences in life…. like a toilet… yet sometimes we look at the cup half empty instead of half-full and gripe about what we don’t have immediately.
So I use this day to really count my blessings and re-evaluate what and how I should be living my life. And one thing I was born to do was share health information in the hope of helping the readership live longer, healthier, disease-free lives and more purposeful lives, and hopefully “de-confuse” the public so they can live with confidence and with less confusion a healthful life. Because the public and health professionals are very confused about diet and health.
So I am going to mix gratitude with some health education.
BEING GRATEFUL…
I am so grateful that a young patient of mine who is a very successful entrepreneur shared with me his use of the audio book service “Audible” and also how he speeds up the sound to “read” books faster. Over the last year this has helped me “read” 2-3 popular health books per month and then hopefully be able to share the “truth (s)” that are in each health book, but put the conclusion in bigger context of what I think is the ultimate beneficial health message. Ideally helping you all to be less confused!
A FUTURE BOOK…
Someday I am going to write the book “Why All Diets Work! Common Truths That Lead To Optimal Health and Longevity“. I don’t have the right sub-title but you get my point.
People (doctors, researchers, nutritionists, etc. ) write books because they have had success in improving the health of a significant amount of people for a certain period of time. Many times they have improved their own health after many years of frustration These “therapeutic diets” are many times of a short duration of time, but they get results. Then many hang on to this “truth” because of ego, belief systems, financial reward, etc..
Because results occur doesn’t necessarily mean the explanation of why the author’s explanation of why the diet works is correct. But if you experienced health benefits after years of frustration you will believe not only the diet works but probably the authors explanation of it.
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS “CURE” … A TALE OF TWO “DIFFERENT” DIETS?…
The example I have been sharing recently is I have heard 3 plant-based physicians speak on their reversal of their multiple sclerosis when they switched to a plant-based diet, and also have read and heard the excellent and popular work of Dr. Terry Wahls who cured herself and others of MS with a modified Paleo diet approach (The Wahls Protocol, Wahls Paleo and Paleo Plus, etc.).
On the surface you’d think the plant-based diet and modified Paleo diet are polar opposites…. but instead of looking at their differences you should look at the overall commonality of these two diet patterns because they both have achieved dramatic results in many cases. And the truth is if you had a severe disease like MS, or you were a practitioner who applied one of these approaches to your patients with results, you would keep using that approach and keep repeating the authors explanation of why it works probably….write or wrong.
The COMMONALITIES in both the whole food plant-based diet and the Wahls Protocol Diets ARE….NO Dairy, Eggs, Processed Carbohydrates (this eliminates all junk foods containing, wheat corn and added sugars and bad oils); they both eat tons of non-starchy colored vegetables, are low glycemic and keep insulin levels low; they both improve the gut microbiome. Those are MAJOR common points of benefit in my opinion….
They differ in the amount of animal food consumed, the amount of “good” carbohydrate consumed, and the amount of fat consumed. But they both get good results. And each group can give case studies of those who’ve followed the others approach and there was no improvement…..
So I will give you a hint. Look at the commonalities in the diets if you are confused. These are the real reasons in the short run that they both diets get dramatic positive results.
NOW “WHEAT BELLY”… THE WHOLE TRUTH?…
NoW let’s talk about “Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Way Back to Health” by cardiologist William Davis, MD.. Main Point: Modern wheat is not the same as ancient wheat, and the ubiquitous presence of it in our diet is basically one of the major causes of the chronic disease epidemic (obesity, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, etc.). Not the whole truth….
I agree and disagree. I must agree to a certain extent because I wrote a combined chapter in my book, “Staying Healthy in the Fast Lane” Chapter 9 “Double Trouble? Dairy and Grains” and how I think everyone should go off those two food groups for a month at least and see how they feel. Also, I try and get everyone to go on the whole food version of my “BED” Basic Elimination Diet for at least a month to see if their health complaints improve. This food list eliminates 10 or so common foods that can lead to intolerance of which wheat and glutinous grains are one of those 10 or so classic foods that many people are sensitive to… And yes people’s health improves dramatically in many cases if they eat whole foods off the BED Food List that doesn’t have wheat containing products on it and a few other foods.
Staying Healthy in the Fast Lane”
BED Diet Handout (page 2)
WHAT I DON’T LIKE ABOUT THE “WHEAT BELLY” EXPLANATION…
First it will work. This “one rule” to stay off wheat will improve a lot of peoples health because it will get people off a whole bunch of “junk carbohydrate” that not only contains wheat (ancient wheat, modern wheat, whatever…), but sugars of all types, bad fats of all types, food additives and foods that generally are very low in health promoting fiber….. BUT WHAT THIS BOOK DOES, AS MANY OF THE LOW CARB BOOKS DO, IS MAKE CARBS THE BAD FOOD COMPONENT AND IGNORE THAT EVERY LONG LIVING CULTURE IN THE WORLD (“BLUE ZONES”) HAVE DIETS THAT PROVIDE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEIR CALORIES AS “GOOD CARBS” NOT LARGE QUANTITIES OF ANIMAL FOODS (USUALLY< 10%).
In two of the Blue Zones Sardinia, Italy and Ikaria, Greece where people live into their 90s and 100s with minimal chronic disease they eat a wheat containing flat bread (Sardinia, Italy) and a whole grain sour dough (Ikaria, Greece).
Sardinia Breads and Good Carbs (read #2, 3, 4 and 6)
Ikaria Bread and Good Carbs
Another thing Dr. Davis says in his books which is SO WRONG is that carbs cause diabetes. I have no doubt that many peoples diabetes improve or may resolve because they got off all WHEAT CONTAINING food products (not pure wheat products like boiled wheat berries or cream of wheat even)… Those are the “junk carbs” with added oils, sugars, additives and little fiber. But as you can see from just the Ikarian and Sardinian examples above (“good carb” rich diets) that whole food carbs are not the cause of diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s’ disease, etc.
If you or Dr. Davis think carbs are the cause of he world-wide diabetes epidemic then you have to tell me why all the longest living Blue Zone cultures eat carb rich diets and survive; why the incidence of diabetes in China has sky rocketed from 1% in 1980 to almost 12% in 2010 yet rice consumption has remained essentially the same but meat and fat consumption have increased dramatically; and you have to tell me why the Pima Indians of Arizona before the turn of the century while being farmers ate a diet that was 70-80% carbohydrate rich; 8-12% fat and 12-18% protein and had virtually no diabetes then lost their irrigation rights, went on government subsidies and became obese and had one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world (1990s) with a diet of 30% carbohydrate, 50% fat and 20% protein?
RICE, FAT AND MEAT AND CHINESE DIABETES EPIDEMIC
References1 2 3 4 ) Impact of Meat Consumption on Health and Environmental Sustainability,” Talia Raphaely & Dora Marinova, 2015 pages 222-223
PIMA INDIANS, DIABETES AND CARBS! – EAT GOOD CARBS TO REVERSE DIABETES…
References 1 2 3 4
BOTTOM LINE ABOUT EATING CARBS…
EAT CARBOHYDRATE RICH FOODS IN THEIR WHOLE STATE AS POSSIBLE, OR AS CLOSE TO THE FORM AS THEY CAME OUT OF THE GROUND, AND YOU WILL BE FINE. IF YOU FEEL A FOOD REACTION THEN EAT ANOTHER GOOD CARBOHYDRATE.
The reason the “Wheat Belly” diet works, and can work well for many people, is it gets rid of all PROCESSED carbohydrate rich foods with added fats, oils, sugars and additives AND wheat is usually them main carbohydrate source in those foods. Unfortunately his book emphasizes or implies getting rid of good carbs as well….This is wrong!
Enjoy that sweet potato, corn on the cob, green beans and salad fixins with that turkey today!….Or go turky-less:-))!
I WILL CLOSE WITH A THANKSGIVING THOUGHT IF YOU HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR….
BEING FILLED WITH GRATITUDE INCREASES GOOD HEALTH AND LONGEVITY! References1 2 3
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Boil Those Sweet Potatoes This Thankgiving for Maximum Nutrition! (11/18/18)
I must give this example 3-4 times per week. Boil, steam or bake a sweet potato with the skin on it…. Superfood! Reverses heart disease, diabetes, obesity, etc…. Peel the skin off and deep fry it into a sweet potato chip and put oil and salt over it and you have a disease causing junk food. And the more color in the sweet potato the better. The Okinawan sweet potato “Beni-Imo” is a beautiful magenta-purple color…. Antioxidant rich! In the past the Okinawan longevity diet derived 60% or more of its calories from the purple sweet potato. What I learned from this video is that boiling is the best way to get maximum nutrition out of the sweet potato. Better than steaming, and definitely better than baking. Enjoy sweet potatoes this Thanksgiving. Try boiling them and get the ones with the deepest color inside. Beni-Imo. Can get a big bag of huge organic sweet potatoes at Costco for $10! … Video: The Best Way to Cook Sweet Potatoes
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This is How A 106 Year Old Japanese Female Has Made Her Tofu for Decades (11/14/18)
If you want to watch how real tofu is made, as a true longevity food ,start this video about Japanese longevity at 6:00 minutes and you will see a family passed on time honored process. The story of the 106 year old Japanese women who has been eating and making tofu since a little child on the farm starts at 3:00 minutes into the video.
The paranoia in the U.S. integrative medicine community about tofu consumption is ridiculous. Yes you can be allergic to anything, but the frequency of sensitivity to soy is overblown in my opinion. Soy products can be fermented and are healthy. But so is non-fermented tofu if made right. Just use your eyes and watch. ….And you can buy tofu organic at any grocery store.
If you want to stop the consumption of GMO soy stop eating factory farmed animals where most GMO soy and corn go.
This time-honored way of making tofu, along with lots of farm fresh plant foods and small amounts of animal foods is a prescription for longevity, along with continually moving your body and being around family.
Japanese Longevity Pearls
– Smaller portions
– Green tea consumed daily
– Sea food, lean meats
– Fermented foods, soy
– Baths vs. showering, especially hot springs
– Access to affordable health care
– Kids walking to school
– Low violence and gun related deaths
– Respect for the elderly
– Government acknowledges when you turn 100
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Cheese Addiction By “Design?” How the Government Helps!? (11/14/18)
While I love the taste of cheese like most people do I have taken everyone off it that will listen for the 30 plus years because I have seen so much suffering from consuming it from a food intolerance point of view. Wrote a whole chapter about it in my book (along with wheat). Also, cheese is very high in fat, especially saturated fat, and salt.
And, it is addictive thanks to its high content of the milk protein casein which increases opioid compounds, casomorphins, that are produced in the gut, thereby making cheese a very addictive food… In fact, the most addictive of all dairy products in my opinion.
So if nothing else stay off all milk products for 2 weeks (milk, cheese, ice cream, yogurt, keifer), preferably a month, then reintroduce it several times a day for a 4-5 days and see what happens. Most people get a lesson when they eliminate it, and as well when they reintroduce it. You should reintroduce it only under a doctors supervision if you have asthma, anaphylaxis, or any other severe allergic reactions. Once in a while enjoy the greasy, gooey stuff but not as a regular staple. And the politics of why dairy is in everything is explain in this video. Just a side note it is so obvious how the increase consumption of dairy in the Asian countries I have visited the last year are a contributing cause to fat gain and acne.Can see it easily! Video: Is Cheese Bad for You
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BBC for Your Brain!….Berries, Beets and Greens! Pretty Simple! (11/12/18)
BBC for your brain! BERRIES which I always talk about. But in this video review BEETS and GREENS. Stimulates blood to the brain and in the brain. And then DO, as I jumped up and down to a patient couple I love very much today, the NEURO PLAN. 1) NUTRITION 2) EXERCISE 3) UNWIND 4) RESTORE 5) OPTIMIZE See NEURO PLAN – “ALZHEIMER SOLUTION” on my PDF handout on Reversing Alzheimer’s and Cognitive Decline Click Here (page 3): Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are not inevitable. Don’t be an ignorant victim. My 10 page handout has the credible resource for you to be in control of your brain! Just don’t wait! I’ve said this a 100 times. Unlike heart disease and diabetes we can hold you “together” with drugs and surgery and interventional medical care for 10-20 years and then you could decide to change your diet and reverse your disease. But with cognitive decline you can’t do that. You have a short window to decide to act. There is no medical “extenders” for cognitive decline that allows you or your loved one to hang on mentall then decide to act like the programs in the “Alzheimer’s Solution” and “The End of Alzheimer’s”.Cognitive decline is a different animal. You must act now aggressively at prevention.
BUT IT’S NOT INEVITABLE. IT’S DOABLE!
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“Non-Burn” Sunlight Critical for Health (11/8/18)
I am a firm believer in “non-burn” sunlight being very important for overall health, mood and longevity. 5-20 minutes daily in mid-day sunlight exposing as much of your body as you can is a minimum. Taper your time to you skin. When the skin turns a little pink get out of the sun until you naturally start to tan a little bit. Were not talking hours but minutes in the sun daily.
https://www.worldhealth.net/news/lack-sun-may-be-bad-smoking/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26992108
https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2013/sunshine-080513
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130507195807.htm
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/seasonal-genes-35478
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Ikaria Greece a Island of Longevity and Little Alzheimer’s Disease… The Good News! (11/5/18) Want to avoid Alzheimer’s? Practice a diet and lifestyle like the Ikarians (Greece) who not only live 8-10 years longer but have virtually no dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. They practice one of the strictest versions of the Mediterranean diet…These two short articles are a must read! “A Greek Island’s Ancient Secret to Avoiding Alzheimer’s” “Diet and Dementia: What Foods Increase or Decrease Alzheimer’s Risk?”
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“Alzheimer’s Disease & Cognitive Decline Prevention & Reversal Patient Resource Guide”
New Article of 100 cases of cognitive decline improving with the Bredesen Protocol….
“Reversal of Cognitive Decline: 100 Patients. Bredesen DE. et al., The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinsonism, 2018, 8:5 (full article) Reversal of cognitive decline: a novel therapeutic program. Bredesen DE. Aging (Albany NY). 2014 Sep;6(9):707-17. (full article)
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PPIs (Proton Pump Inhitors) are Not Candy! They May Reduce Your Memory!(10/29/18)
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), like what Larry the Cable Guy makes jokes about that you can eat anything you want because you can just “pop” one and your heart burn (GERD) goes away, were never meant to be taken chronically or like “candy”…. Well they do a bit more than just take away your hurt burn… like help you live a shorter life, or maybe inhibit how you can think (increase dementia risk?).. Or how about create weaker bones? Had a patient today who was struggling to give up his 3 gin and tonics and 2-3 cups of coffee to see if he could get off his PPIs… And he was feeling great! … PPIs were meant for SHORT-TERM USE ONLY! Days to 1-2 weeks MAX and that is it! Watch this informative video! Just for 2 weeks give up all dairy products, alcohol, coffee/caffeine, eggs, baked goods…. See what happens!
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The “Pros?” and Cons of Energy Drinks! A Healthy Diet Trend? (10/27/18)
I was having a discussion about the potential risks of energy drinks with a colleague and WahLahh!… Dr. Michael Greger prepares two excellent, well researched videos on the Risks and Benefits of Energy Drinks… A must listen/watch in this day and age! Risks to Energy Drinks? Benefits to Energy Drings?
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Beans, Beans, The Magical Food, The More You Eat The More You?…..! (10/27/18)
I am a big fan of beans because they are consumed by all “Blue Zone” cultures that live vibrantly into their 90s and 100s. (Ikaria Greece; Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Loma Linda, California). The have resistant starch which makes them excellent in promoting good intestinal microflora (microbiota) and weight loss; they are low glycemic; they have time-released carbohydrate and are a good source of plant protein. Sure some people might be sensitive to them, but start with small amounts and build up. Lectins, which some say are a reason not to eat beans, can be broken down with soaking and then boiling or slow cooking (crock pot, pressure cooker, etc.). And beans are “dirt” cheap! They are versatile and can be made into many things – dips, burgers, soups, salads, etc.. Check out these 27 recipes from BlueZones.com and incorporate them daily. One of my steps on my “21 Day Healthy Living Program” is to have 1/2-1 cups of beans daily. I call beans a “Long Carbohydrate” for their slow release and sustain blood sugar and energy!
– 27 Bean Recipes
– BlueZones.com
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A Teaspoon of Ginger Daily Goes a Long Way! (10/22/18)
One teaspoon of ginger powder daily, about 5 cents per day, can reduce weight, inflammation and fatty liver. Definitely worth using it in your cooking. Watch Video
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The Proven Way to A Healthy Long Life is Low Tech Not High Tech…(10/14/18)
The secret to a long, healthy and happy life isn’t high tech… It’s actually low tech.
We know this from studying the Blue Zones around the world and trying to bring those lifestyle patterns back to the U.S. with the Blue Zone Projects in Blue Zone Communities.
And it is way more your environment than you genes as this second video will show you!
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Having a Craving for Disease Reversing Asian Recipes? Have At It! (10/13/18)
Have a craving for some Asian dishes that can reverse your heart disease, diabetes or help you lose weight? Here are some plant-based “gems” from the McDougall’s and Forks Over Knives…Enjoy!
Asian Veggie Wraps
Chickpea and Sweet Potato Satay
Coconut Thai Rice
Thai Noodles
Fresh Spring Rolls
Spicy Asian Tacos
No-Fry Fried Rice
Thai Noodle Soup
Stir Fried Noodles with Veggies
Vegetable Brown Rice Sushi
Asian Cucumber and Sea Vegetable Salad
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– Resources to REVERSE Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity, Alzheimer’s/Cognitive Decline and Aging
– Kirk’s 21 Day Healthy Living Program – Handout
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The Right Carbs Cure Diabetes! Watch!…. Don’t Be Fooled by “Experts”! (10/12/18)
The right carbs “cure” diabetes! Don’t be fooled by “ignorant” and misleading experts! Watch this…. Then watch this AGAIN! 2 + 2 = DIABETES CURED! NOW READ THIS! Share these two videos with your health professionals. Most are ignorant as well! Enjoy your weekend and throw a little exercise in with your diet!
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– Resources to REVERSE Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity, Alzheimer’s/Cognitive Decline and Aging
– Kirk’s 21 Day Healthy Living Program – Handout
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Former Brooklyn Police Officer Reverse His Diabetes….Fast! With Plants!!!! (10/9/18)
I heard Eric Adams, former police officer and now Brooklyn Borough President, speak this past weekend when I did a “1 Dayer” to the 2nd Annual Preventive Cardiology Conference at Montefiore in the Bronx, NY. While there was some great physicians speakers, Mr. Adams was the best. His dramatic diabetes reversal story along with his passion to help people in general, and especially the people in Brooklyn, and especially, especially, the children of that borough is tremendously inspiring. Read this content and watch this video (5 minutes). Share it with a loved one with diabetes. Then go to my web page of resources for Diabetes Reversal. This is an example of how fast (3 months) and out-of-control diabetic can reverse their disease (and neuropathy) with a whole food plant based diet.
Watch This: Read This:
This is one of the most powerful videos and talks I have heard. Share it!
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– Resources to REVERSE Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity, Alzheimer’s/Cognitive Decline and Aging
– Kirk’s 21 Day Healthy Living Program – Handout
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Easy on the Ketogenic Diet Thing! (10/2/18)
While there is no question some people on ketogenic diets have lost significant weight and controlled their diabetes their long-term use is probably not healthy. The other issue is what type of ketogenic diet do you do. I have seen everything from plant-based ketogenic diets to high fat, high meat based diets. There is no Blue Zone culture that subsists on a ketogenic diet. Short-term for a month maybe if your are trying to make something happen in your body or if you are stuck. But long-term this is not a healthy diet plan.
Video: Study Suggests Low Carb or Keto Diet Could Reduce Lifespan
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– Resources to REVERSE Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity, Alzheimer’s/Cognitive Decline and Aging
– Kirk’s 21 Day Healthy Living Program – Handout
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Vitamin D May Be Good for Autism (9/23/18)
There is a lot of controversy about autism and things that help. But here vitamin D appears to be the real deal. Easiest enough to measure and very safe…1000-5000 IU per day is very reasonable. Video: Dietary Supplements for Autism
Other things I would always try:
Eliminate sugars and processed carbohydrates – that doesn’t mean get rid of all of the just the processed ones with sugar and oil added and the fiber taken out!
Eliminate dairy products, eggs, glutinous grains (this essentially eliminates baked goods) as a simple elimination diet.
Get sunshine….
– Vitamin B complex 50-100 mg
– Vitamin C 1000 mg/d
– Vitamin D 1000-5000 IU/d
– Omega 3 fats (even though this video didn’t support it) 1-4 grams/d
– Magnesium chelat3 200-800 mg/d
– Probiotics
– Culturelle 1-2/d
– VSL#3 1-2/d
– Assess for environmental exposure.
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– Resources to REVERSE Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity, Alzheimer’s/Cognitive Decline and Aging
– Kirk’s 21 Day Healthy Living Program – Handout
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“Game Changers” – The Myth of Meat Consumption, Strength and Athletic Performance (9/16/18)
Saw an incredible Preview of a documentary last night called “Game Changers” which dispels the myth of needing animal protein to be an elite athlete and to be strong. You see world class martial artists, boxers, weight lifters, Olympic cyclists, ultra marathoners, sprinters, professional food ball lineman, and one of the world’s strongest men all vegans (no animal foods) interviewed and see them doing their craft. One of the most humorous but profound examples was 3 college males who ate a bean burrito one day and then were tested that night for erection strength and frequency and then another night they are fed burritos with animal meats. It’s hysterical to watch them in front of a testing urologist when they look at the results and see after eating the meat containing burrito erection frequency and strength are dramatically reduced compared to the night after eating the plant-based burrito. I am not sure when this documentary is going to be released but keep your eyes and ears open…The will be a “Game Changer”…. BTW many of the gladiators were vegetarians eat barely and beans….. Watch Trailer:
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– Kirk’s 21 Day Healthy Living Program – Handout
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Some Tricks to Treat Recurrent Canker Sores (9/16/18)
Canker sores are a “pain” literally. Some things that are reasonable to try are vitamin C 2000 mg/d, a B complex 50 mg/d, Vitamin B12 1000 mcg/d, ? iron, topical curcumin, and honey may be best topically. Stay off sugar, dairy, processed foods as well. Watch Best Supplements for Canker Sores
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– Kirk’s 21 Day Healthy Living Program – Handout
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Is Plant-Based Health Care the Most Powerful Medicine? Check It Out! (9/14/18)
I just heard a fabulous talk on water fasting from an expert Dr. Michael Klaper who used to work at TruNorth () and has supervised some 3000 water fasts. It’s a good thing in the right situation. Right now listening to one of my favorite plant based cardiologists talk about the Fasting Mimicking Diet of ProlonFMD.com created by Dr. Valter Longo. I am doing to workshops today 1) on Fasting 2) the second on how to do nutrition studies. Check out the agenda for this International Plant Based Healthcare Conference in San Diego https://pbnhc.com/agenda Check out the speakers and topics that will talk about the power of whole food plant based diets in reversing them.
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Junk Food Vegan Turns His Diabetes Around (9/13/18)
They key to reversing diabetes being a vegan is simple – just eat whole plant food, especially your carbohydrates. If they are UNPROCESSED (as close to how they came out of the ground or off the tree), just cooked with herbs and spices (or raw) with no added fats or very little fat (oils) you will reverse your diabetes. If you eat PROCESSED carbohydrates with added sugars and oils you will cause or aggravate your diabetes.
It’s simple. Good story below illustrating this point. You can be a junk food vegan and get very sick very fast. You can got to my Diabetes Reversal Resource page for free information to help you reverse your diabetes. I am a big fan of the book Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes mentioned in the article. We sell it in the clinic.
You can order it off my web page below.
Junk Food Vegan Changes Diet Reverses Diabetes
Diabetes Reversal Resource Page
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A Happier You with Fruits and Vegetables! (9/10/18)
Another reason to eat more fruit and vegetables… A kinder and happier YOU! (Watch Video)
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The Health Benefits of Chlorella(9/10/18)
Chlorella is a reasonable product to take for cholesterol reduction, fatty liver, “detoxification” and weight loss. As a support product but not something to “cure” the condition by itself. (Watch Video )
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Kidney Disease, Uric Acid and Fructose Toxicty (9/9/18)
The interview I did with nephrologist Dr. Patanay Teng-umnuay, MD, PhD (Molecular Cell Biology), who is also the Vice President of the American Academy of AntiAging Medicine, Thailand, really opened my eyes to the value of a simple test that really should be done on all routine exams, especially if you have any type of kidney disease (or really hypertension, diabetes, bone loss, heart disease, etc), and that is a simple uric acid level. While we all know to check uric acid levels for gout and put people on lower meat protein diets, reduce cheeses and alcohol what I didn’t know was how extremely important it was to lower uric acid levels by medication or diet to prevent or reverse kidney disease. It goes something like this. Fructose which comes from soft drinks, any confectionery food (along with the wrong type of fats), artificial sweeteners and fruit consumption is metabolized through the liver (unlike glucose). Its metabolism ends up increasing uric acid which can lead to an acid state in the body and progressive kidney disease. So to combat kidney disease (and other conditions, like bone loss, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, etc. ) stop all artificial sources of fructose (i.e. soft drinks, confectionery foods, etc.) and even fruit in some cases. Or limit to 2-3 pieces per day. Dr. Patana uses the old drug allopurinol to lower uric acid and buffers the blood with sodium bicarbonate to slow or reverse kidney disease. This is definitely a podcast to read and/or listen to! Very relevant to many people!
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Reduce Cardiac Dearth and Disase with CoQ10 and Yeast Bound Selenium (9/8/18)
Getting ready to head to the airport….Sunday in Bangkok (back at SFO 8:30 pm Sunday)…trying to finish editing and posting one of two interviews I did from the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine Meeting (Bangkok, Thailand). This was with a Professor of Cardiology from the University of Linkoping, Sweden, Dr. Urban Alehagen, on the benefit of yeast bound selenium 100 mcg 2 x daily and CoQ10 (ubiquinone) 100 mg 2 x daily on reducing cardiac death, cardiovascular disease and improving heart function by reducing inflammation and the “stiffening” in the arteries and fibrosis in the heart. I think you will find it informative, practical and easy to understand. Interview/Podcast HereYes diet first, mostly plants, then judicious supplementation if needed.
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Know Your Real Risk of Heart Attack – An Interview From “Down Under”(8/18/18)
Recent interview I did with Australian cardiologist Dr. Warrick Bishop on the role of using coronary calcium scoring and CT angiography as a means to assess heart attackrisk. The coronary calcium scan is like the mammogram of the heart, except way more women (and men) die of heart disease than breast cancer. Consider it. Not expensive for the information you get. Interview Podcast and Summary Kirk’s Video Summary of Interview
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Beans are A Superfood Found in Every Blue Zone… Enjoy! (8/18/18)
About a week ago I took a can of organic black beans, threw in some onion and garlic powder, with cilantro, parsley, dill, oregano, basil and chive flakes with some salt and pepper mixed with some organic baby spinach. Heated and stirred it all up till the spinach leaves were slightly wilted and just ate it. It was simple but great tasting! Greens and beans… Slow release carbohydrate from the beans (with protein too) contains fiber that is good food for your intestinal bacteria and greens are greens. That is why the biggest animals in the world literally live off tons of greens because they are so nutritious. Also a consistent dietary staple of ALL the Blue Zones in the world…. where people live the longest and without much chronic disease… is beans! Enjoy these simple recipes!
Mint Lemonade Chickpea Salad
Easy Black Bean Salad
Fresca Bean Salad
Chickpea Avocado Salad
Cauliflower Rice Salad
You may want to eat that brownie rather than smoke it! Still less damaging than cigarettes!
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“B” Stands for Believe Blueberries Benefit Your Brain!…Just 1 Cup!(8/13/18)
Berries have been touted to help with everything from brain function, to eyesight, to helping your bowels move…. Sometimes it sounds just to good to be true that something sweet, tasty and accessible can do your body so much good! Well in the case of blueberries the hype matches the effect. just a cup per day helps with memory and brain function! …Go for it! (Watch Video Here)
Rice and beans have been used for millennia by cultures without epidemics of obesity and without “carb phobia”. They have provided cheap, healthful and effective nutrition and energy for billions of people. The key to eating a carbohydrate rich diet and being healthy, like most Blue Zone cultures around the world eat (cultures that live into their 90s and 100s without chronic disease), is to try and eat carbohydrates in their whole state as possible (i.e. whole grains, beans, peas, lentils, yams, sweet potatoes, whole potatoes, squash, with as little added oils and animal foods as possible. If you eat a high meat-fat diet along with processed carbohydrates that have added sugars and oils in them (muffins, cakes, crackers, chips, most breads, pastries, etc.) you are getting a ton of sugar and fat along with your carbohydrate source which can lead to insulin resistance, diabetes, obesity and poor health. So keep it simple. Eat the carbohydrate in its whole state as possible, with minimal added oils, sugars and animal foods, if any, and add tons of vegetables or combine good carbs like beans and rice. White rice did not lead to obesity in cultures until those cultures started eating more meat (animal foods), fat and added sugars. White rice and vegetables doesn’t make you fat. Meats, oil, dairy foods and white rice make you fat!
Enjoy and save money! Rice and beans are cheap!
Mexican Style Bean and Rice Casserole
Green Chile Rice with Black Beans
Burritos with Spanish Rice and Black Beans
Costa Rican Rice and Beans (Gallo Pinto)
Rice Bowls with Kidney Beans, Spinach, and Mixed Veggies
Enjoy. Keep it simple, healthy and cheap!
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Don’t Wait – Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline Now! (8/5/18)
I was preparing my handout for my “Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline Prevention and Reversal” talk at LABIOMED this Wednesday (6:00 p.m., 1124 West Carson, Torrance, CA – 310-803-5657 RSVP) and wanted to make it available to everyone. Here is the 10 page PDF of resources from my 3 favorite books and author/researchers on the subject (“Diet for the Mind”, Martha Morris, PhD; “The Alzheimer’s Solution” Dean and Ayesha Shirzai, MDs; and “The End of Alzheimer’s Disease”, Dale Bredesen, MD).
This handout is incredibly extensive. Use it in combination with my website where there is links to books, research papers, podcasts and websites on the subject of prevention and reversal of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease made for easy access (just click on the links).
There is much hope in the prevention of Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline. While it seems like there is no effective drug treatments, that does not mean this condition cannot be prevented and in some cases reversed. If you read the handout; resources on this page; read these 3 books you will know that we can turn back this epidemic of cognitive decline. But you must act.
If I had to pick out 1 thing to tell people to do for their mind/memory…… it would be to exercise vigorously for 1 hour daily….
If I could only get you to do one dietary habit….eat no processed carbohydrates – only whole carbohydrates. (2nd would be to decrease saturated fat intake – meat…)
If I could get you to follow one lifestyle plan – Follow the NEURO Plan in the “Alzheimer’s Solution” and join: Team Sherzai
If a loved one had Alzheimer’s – but had the right team (physician, family support, insurance/or economic where-with-all, health coach, in home assistance, etc.) then I would do the Bredesen Protocol (The End of Alzheimer’s).
Unlike the all other chronic diseases – heart/cardiovascular disease, diabetes, bone loss, eye disorders, obesity, arthritis, etc. you can “buy time” with medical interventions (i.e. drugs, surgeries,etc.) to extend life, maybe not the quality, but you can extend life. And if a person said “OK I am going to reverse my heart disease now and do the diet you told me to do” it can be done at a very late stage and be successful. Same with diabetes. But in Alzheimer’s and cognitive decline there is no grace period. There is no medical therapy that extends the window of when you can try. Once a person slides to a certain point of cognitive decline you can know all the biochemistry and environment that is imbalanced, and the lifestyle (diet and exercise) that is off, but then it is up to the family/support people to do EVERYTHING for the patient (right foods, exercise, take supplements, hormones, medications, correct toxic environment etc.) and it gets too overwhelming and it doesn’t even get attempted and the patient has to have extensive home care or goes into a facility for “whare-housing”. Sound brutal it is! I have experienced this personally on several occasions from the practitioner end.
That is why I really plead with you DON’T WAIT. Start at least the NEURO Plan Now! It is all at your fingertips! One click away!
Website Resources: Alzheimer’s Prevention and Reversal Resource Page
Handout: Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Decline Prevention and Reversal Handout
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The “Low Tech” Approach to Anti-Aging and Longevity is the Best! (8/4/18)
One of my deepest passions (“Ikigai” see below) is to share with people simple, proven ways to not only extend the length of their lives, but to increase the quality, purpose, function and disease-free periods in their lives. You know I am a “Blue Zones” fan because…while I love nutrition and prevention research, and spend a great deal of my life looking through it, I give more credence to learning from people who live long functional lives, which is what the “Blue Zone” populations are all about.
While I recommend in my practice “plant-slanted” diets, exercise, stress management, nutraceuticals, hormones, environmental clean-up and do lots of sophisticated nutritional testing – what is more important is paying attention to how the longest, happiest, most functional people live and incorporating those principles in our busy modern lives. That is why studying one of the Blues Zones, Loma Linda, CA, is so important. This is 60 miles from downtown LA… in the “heart of the beast” so-to-speak. So you don’t have to travel to a far away Blue Zones isolated from the rest of the world to find examples of long living people.
So just read these short “Blue Zone” pearls…The “Low Tech” way to health and longevity.
Watch this excellent short 4 minute video on Longevity by Dan Buettener, creator of the Blue Zones. Video
Sign up for the Blue Zone health letter….great and simple health pearls….(at the bottom of the page)
When you add a strong sense of daily purpose to a healthy lifestyle now you have the recipe for a really long and wonderful life. In Okinawa, Japan they call this… (Ikigai – “the reason for being – the thing that gets you up in the morning”)
This two minute video on “Ikigai” “the reason for being; the thing that gets you up in the mornging” in Japan is wonderful!…pretty funny though ends up being a Nescafe ad…. good for them! Spreading some good message!
The 10 Laws of Ikigai (3 minutes)
You are in charge with most of your disease and longevity….” Just Do It!”:-)!
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To Reverse Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity Follow That “CHIP”! (8/3/18)
Yes following the “CHIP” may lead you to the optimal diet for disease prevention and reversal of heart disease, diabetes and obesity because it teaches people how to achieve results in their home environment.
I am a big fan of Dr. Hans Diehl the founder and creator of the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP). It is pretty simple “…Eat MORE plants, eat LESS processed foods!”. Check out this program.
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Want To Lower Your Heavy Metals? Eat Plants (6/29/18)
See how diet can reduce heavy metals in your body… While plant-based diets may have more lead in their diet, less gets absorbed and total heavy metal levels are reduced with plant-based diets! Watch Here!
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Playing Games Can Help Your Brain and Memory (6/24/18)
In a Chinese study participating in intellectual activities, such as reading books, newspapers, or magazines; playing board games, Mahjong, or card games; and betting on horse racing, even in late life, might help delay or prevent dementia in older adults.PARTICIPATE! Learn something news. Playing games is good. Have fun with your intellectual challenges or do things that interest and challenge you. Learning new Salsa footwork, something I am not good at, I challenge myself to learn on a regular basis. Or, by memory, doing a short educational video off the top of my head on a health topic I have just researched, is what I do with my YouTube videos.
Keep challenging yourself!
From BlueZones.com
Original JAMA Article: JAMA Psychiatry, May 30, 2018. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0657
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Fasting Mimicking Diet Can Reverse Chronic Disease, Enhance Cancer Treatment and Rejuvenate Body Tissue (Interview) (6/24/18)
The “Fasting Mimicking Diet” is a powerful tool to reduce your risk to chronic diseases (heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity, autoimmune illness, inflammatory conditions, arthritis, IFD, etc) and that has been proven to have anti-aging properties by stimulation of autophagy (self-scavenging of cellular debris) and stimulation and differentiation of stem cells creating new body tissue. Here is my interview and summary with Dr. James Kelley, MD, MBA and medical liason for L-Nutra which makes the 5 day fasting mimicking diet product Prolon® created by gerontologist and director of the Longevity Institute at USC Valter Longo, PhD.
YouTube Video: 5:26 min/sec Podcast: 29:60 min/sec
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Try Cabbage for Knee Arthritis and Good Carbs for Diabetes (6/19/18)
Topical cabbage (literally placed on the knees) and oral intake appear to reduce pain in knee arthritis. Cruciferous vegetables (family Brassicaceae also called Cruciferae) include cabbage, cauliflower, garden cress, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts and similar green leaf vegetables are super foods for being anti-inflammatory and detoxifying and reducing the risk to chronic diseases including arthritis. So eat up, or in some case “Wear It” like cabbage knee wraps for osteoarthritis. (Watch Video)
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ALSO GET THAT “GOOD CARB FEELING” AND….
COME JOIN ME THIS “FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 6 P.M. FOR MY TALK & PLANT “POT-LUCK”
“REVERSE YOUR DIABETES TODAY”
Learn How To….
– Reduce Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes
– Reduce Insulin Need in Type 1 Diabetes!
– Prevent diabetes from occurring if pre-diabetic
Carbohydrates do not cause diabetes! This is a mistaken belief taught by health professionals and misunderstood by the public. Most all traditional cultures who have NO diabetes eat a low-fat, unprocessed, carbohydrate-rich diet that is low in animal foods. Intact, whole, fiber-rich, low glycemic, carbohydrates are the foods of choice for diabetics and in the context of a low-fat, low animal food diet, reduces fat in your cells which is the cause of most diabetes (insulin resistance). You will learn simple straight forward diet recommendations that will lower your blood sugar and insulin levels quickly (within days) whether you are a type 1 or type 2 diabetic or pre-diabetic helping to preserve your nerve, kidney, eye and vascular function.
AND….SHARE A PLANT-BASED-POTLUCK /MEAL
YOU ARE WELCOME TO BRING A GUEST. JUST BRING A “PLANT” INGREDIENT FOR A SALAD OR YOU CAN BRING A WHOLE FOOD PLANT BASED DISH (NO OIL ADDED) IF YOU WISH!
PLEASE RSVP ME BY EMAIL IF YOU ARE COMING. krhammer@surewest.net (Friday (6/22/18), 6 pm, Health Associates waiting room, 3301 Alta Arden, #3 Sacramento, CA 95825)
FOR DIABETES RESOURCES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS GO TO:
Click on “Diabetes ‘Quick-Start’ Handout”
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Reading, Health and Happiness!…And “Reverse Your Diabetes Today!” (6/18/18)
My grandchildren read a ton! They love to read! I can’t tell you how happy that makes me! A typical visit to S.F. is to hit the playground and then the library on theay home! Hope Dan Buettner is correct in this interview about happiness…It’s worth the “READ!”
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COME JOIN ME THIS “FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 6 P.M.
FOR MY TALK & PLANT “POT-LUCK”
“REVERSE YOUR DIABETES TODAY”
Learn How To….
– Reduce Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes
– Reduce Insulin Need in Type 1 Diabetes!
– Prevent diabetes from occurring if pre-diabetic
Carbohydrates do not cause diabetes! This is a mistaken belief taught by health professionals and misunderstood by the public. Most all traditional cultures who have NO diabetes eat a low-fat, unprocessed, carbohydrate-rich diet that is low in animal foods. Intact, whole, fiber-rich, low glycemic, carbohydrates are the foods of choice for diabetics and in the context of a
low-fat, low animal food diet, reduces fat in your cells which is the cause of most diabetes (insulin resistance). You will learn simple straight forward diet recommendations that will lower your blood sugar and insulin levels quickly (within days) whether you are a type 1 or type 2 diabetic or pre-diabetic helping to preserve your nerve, kidney, eye and vascular function.
AND….SHARE A PLANT-BASED-POTLUCK /MEAL
YOU ARE WELCOME TO BRING A GUEST. JUST BRING A “PLANT” INGREDIENT FOR A SALAD OR YOU CAN BRING A WHOLE FOOD PLANT BASED DISH (NO OIL ADDED) IF YOU WISH!
PLEASE RSVP ME BY EMAIL IF YOU ARE COMING. krhammer@surewest.net (Friday (6/22/18), 6 pm, Health Associates waiting room, 3301 Alta Arden, #3 Sacramento, CA 95825)
FOR DIABETES RESOURCES AT YOUR FINGERTIPS READ THIS:
CLICK HERE for My “Diabetes ‘Quick-Start’ Handout
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Beans are A Super Food! Your Arteries Like Them! (6/16/18)
“Eating Beans Reduces High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease and Peripheral Vascular Disease (blood flow to your legs and arms)”… Do what all the longest living people in the world due (Blue Zones – Ikaria, Greece; Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Loma Linda, California). No matter what “Noise” you hear from nutrition experts beans are good food you. They remind of my Lyft and Uber rides….They are a “Win Win” for the me (the consumer)… They are cheap, great for your health, accessible anywhere, and you just feel like you got a great deal when you use (eat) them! If you feel you react to one type of bean start with small quantities or try and different kind of legume (beans, lentils, peas, etc.). Great health does not have to be expensive and high tech! Throw beans on a salad, in a soup, or make your own personal hummus…you can’t go wrong! (Watch video)
Beans as Longevity Food Resources at Your “Finger Tips” to Reverse Heart Disease
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The Bad Rap on Whole Grains! They are Good For You! (6/13/18)
Whole grains are a longevity food, processed grains and baked goods are not! Don’t throw the “baby out with the bath water.” I have taken more of my share of people of processed wheat products and baked goods, because most of the time your are not taking people off a whole grain product you are taking them off a refined grain product with reduced fiber and added sugar and oil (muffins, chips, crackers, cookies, pastries, refined breads, etc.). The former reduces chronic disease the later increases it. The Blue Zones of the world, were people live the longest and are disease free until close to the end of their lives, consume grains healthfully by consuming them in their whole state generally and also with the consumption of whole grain bread products.
Making Ikarian Sour Dough About Whole Grain (Blue Zones)
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“Eat More, Weigh Less?” Yes It is True! (6/12/18)
“Eat More Weigh Less”? Yes it is possible! Eat foods with less energy density (fruit, vegetables, yams, sweet potatoes, beans, whole grains, etc) compared to more energy dense foods (i.e. free oils, meats, poultry, fish, sugar enriched foods and to a certain degree nuts, though they are protected somewhat with fiber) and you can eat virtually as much as you want…or until you are stuffed! You cannot get fat on whole fruit and vegetables, especially if they are raw. Go ahead… try it! (Watch Video & Read Blog )
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Taking A Probiotic? Save Money! – Eat More Fruit and Vegetables! (6/10/18)
Taking and probiotic and spending lots of money doing it? Why not eat more fruit and vegetables and fiber rich plant food and save a buck? Also help your heart!
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Can an Apple A Day May Keep the Doctor and Statin Away? (6/4/18)
An apple a day may help keep the Doctor AND Statin away! … Possibly!
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You Are Never to Old to “Reverse” Your Heart Failure With a WFPB Diet! (6/1/18)
A patient of mine sent me this story on the power of “Whole Food Plant Based Diets WFPBD)” reversing heart failure in an 80 year old female who was told by her cardiologist to “get her affairs in order” and to “make her comfortable”. The daughter came across the research of Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn on the benefits of WFPBD and fed her mother this type of food and her symptoms slowly but consistently improved. Her ejection fraction (EJ) went from 10% to 45% at age 86 and she is still alive today. Her daughter started a WFPBD food delivery business as a result of this journey.
I have posted before this video of cardiologist Dr. Baxter Montgomery who applies not just WFPBD in the hospital setting (the first part of the video will show reversal of heart failure in 70 plus days) but it has a strong raw food component which makes the results happen even faster. There is no medical therapy more powerful than an WFPBD that can not just stop, but reverse, not only heart disease, but diabetes and obesity as well (and many other chronic inflammatory conditions). And age does not matter. This story is of a 80 year old starting the process. In the video you will see an 86 year old female diabetic on 22 medications and high doses of insulin twice daily gets off all her medications and insulin quickly. Again Dr. Montgomery even in the hospital setting uses a more “raw” version of the WFPBD for I think resulting in faster results.
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