Which Veg Doctor Is Right — and Why You Shouldn’t Care

McDougall, Fuhrman, Ornish, Esselstyn, Barnard — and the rest.

Sure, they all agree that a healthy 100% plant-strong, or nearly-all plant-strong diet can reverse heart disease and work other miracles for your health.

But they don’t agree on everything, do they!

So which one is most “right?”

Here’s the VegSource answer: it’s the same as the answer to the question: which exercise is best?

Answer: The one you’ll do.

When looking at healthy plant-strong diets, the best one for you is the one that YOU will stick with. That’s our take.

Which Veg Doctor Is Right — and Why You Shouldn’t Care

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At  Slender For Life™ I will support  you in making healthy lifestyle changes. Personally, the teaching of Dr. John McDougall make the most sense to me. I have followed Dr. McDougall’s recommendations for almost 20 years. I have better health, I lost over 110 pounds and I have more energy. Do I agree with Dr. McDougall 100 percent? NO, of course not. But our differences are so minor to what we agree on. So, what is important? EAT A PLANT STRONG DIET!

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Why Meals For Health Is Important

Meals For Health is a 30-day intervention program where low-income people are taught to eat a healthy plant-based diet, and in the process lose weight and reverse serious chronic illnesses.

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I’m curious. Are you concerned about the affects of obesity on our nations healthcare? Does childhood obesity concern you? Are you ready for your own healthcare reform? Are you open to considering hypnosis for weight loss? Please email me directly or post your comments with this blog post.

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Sugar Is A Poison

VegSource April 25, 2011: The rise of obesity is usually blamed on too much eating and not enough exercising, but Robert Lustig, MD, a UC San Francisco pediatric neuroendocrinologist, asks us to look beyond the obvious. Yes, more Americans are overweight today than 30 years ago. Kids are still getting heavier, compared with prior generations of kids. But behaviors that some might refer to as gluttony and sloth are merely consequences of the true cause of the epidemic, Lustig says. Food was just as abundant before obesity’s ascendance. The problem is the increase in sugar consumption. Sugar both drives fat storage and makes the brain think it is hungry, setting up a “vicious cycle,” according to Lustig.

More specifically, it is fructose that is harmful, according to Lustig. Fructose is a component of the two most popular sugars. One is table sugar — sucrose. The other is high-fructose corn syrup. High-fructose corn syrup has become ubiquitous in soft drinks and many other processed foods.

Lustig believes that fructose generates greater insulin resistance than other foodstuffs, and that fructose calories, therefore, fail to blunt appetite in the same way as other foods. Unlike conventional calorie counters, Lustig does not believe all food calories have the same impact on fat storage and energy expenditure, regardless of whether they come from fat, protein or carbohydrate. Fructose, a type of carbohydrate, is not metabolized like other foodstuffs, and not even like glucose, the other major carbohydrate, Lustig says.

In addition, Lustig claims that fructose is just as bad as alcohol in causing fat storage in the liver — and in causing fatty liver disease. Much of processed food labeled “reduced fat” instead has sugar added to make it more palatable, Lustig says. But when it comes to harmful health effects, sugar is worse than fat, he claims. Consumption of either results in elevated levels of artery-clogging fats being made by the liver and deposited in the bloodstream. But fructose causes even further damage to the liver and to structural proteins of the body while fomenting excessive caloric consumption, Lustig says.

Lustig prescribes four simple guidelines for parents coping with kids who are too heavy:

• Get rid of every sugared liquid in the house. Kids should drink only water and non-dairy “milks”.
• Provide carbohydrates associated with fiber.
• Wait 20 minutes before serving second portions.
• Have kids buy their “screen time” minute-for-minute with physical activity.

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Sugar Is A Poison is an excellent article from VegSource and I hope that you will seriously consider the consequences of the sugar that you do eat. If you are craving the sugar of junk food and processed food isn’t it time that you learn hypnosis and change your eating habits? Self-hypnosis can really make a huge difference in your life and in the life of your family.

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Dr. John McDougall knows that dairy products cause Type 1 Diabetes and other autoimmune diseases. So what does cause Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus, colitis or any other autoimmune disease? Autoimmune diseases arise from an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body. In other words, the body actually attacks its own cells. The immune system mistakes some part of the body as a pathogen and attacks it. Why? Because of what you are eating! Your body will attack proteins that leak into your body. If it is dairy and other animal proteins that are leaking into your body, your body will attack those proteins and anything that looks like dairy which are parts of your own body. Weight loss hypnosis can help you end your desire for dairy and other animal proteins that cause diabetes and autoimmune diseases. Take back your health with self-hypnosis.

Milk Causes Type 1 Diabetes & Autoimmune Diseases

Type 1 diabetes strikes people at any age. It comes on suddenly, causes dependence on injected or pumped insulin for life, and carries the constant threat of devastating complications.

To stay alive, people with type 1 diabetes must take multiple insulin injections daily or continually infuse insulin through a pump. They must also test their blood sugar by pricking their fingers for blood six or more times a day. While trying to balance insulin doses with their food intake and daily activities, people with this form of diabetes still must always be prepared for serious hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) and hyperglycemic (high blood sugar) reactions, both of which can be life-limiting and life threatening.

As many as three million Americans may have type 1 diabetes, and each year more than 15,000 children and 15,000 adults are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

But there’s a pretty straightforward way to avoid it altogether: don’t consume dairy products or consume animal proteins — but especially milk, cheese and other milk products.

The same is true for myriad other autoimmune diseases, such as arthritis, colitis, lupus and many more.

Read more about Milk Causes Type 1 Diabetes & Autoimmune Diseases at VegSource

My 89 year old mother has shown that it is never too late to make changes to your health. This winter she stopped eating dairy products like cheese and ice cream. Within a few weeks, her arthritis pain and swelling was diminished. How did she make this dietary change? She learned self-hypnosis. In four months she lost over 17 pounds, exercised and improved her health. Weight loss hypnosis can improve your life.

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How Vegetarians Maintain Bright Moods

The bodily benefits of vegetarianism have long been known. Less meat typically means less saturated fat and more antioxidants, which leads to improved heart health. But the impact of vegetarianism on mental functioning is less clear. Nutritionist Bonnie Beezhold at Arizona State University surmised that vegetarians have impaired mood, since most consume no fish and have extremely low levels of DHA and EPA, omega-3 fatty acids critical to brain cell function. But she found quite the opposite. Vegetarians who had low levels of omega-3s were happy campers, reporting fewer negative mood states than omnivores. The meager EPA and DHA furnished by their vegetarian diets is adequate as long as they consume significant amounts of ALA, or alpha-linolenic acid, found in many plant oils. Under the right conditions, the body can convert some of it into EPA. Vegetarians can load up on ALA by eating flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds, and walnuts.

A report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition finds that moderate intake of omega-3s does not lower dementia risk over the long haul. Those with a regular fish intake developed dementia at the same rate as those who ate no fish during the 10-year study.

The ALA naturally found in many plant oils is not merely a substitute for the omega-3 fats found in fish. It has cardiac virtues all its own, according to a report in the journal Circulation. It has direct antiarrhythmic properties. As a result, it prevents sudden cardiac death. The effect is above and beyond whatever protection fish-based omega-3s provide.

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Give up the fat and and brighten your mood with plant-based meals. You can easily learn self-hypnosis and change your food cravings. Hypnosis for weight loss can help you lose weight and improve your health.

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Vegetarian Diet Linked To Lower Cataract Risk

Fri, Apr 8 2011 Reuters Health – People who don’t eat meat have a significantly lower risk of developing cataracts a British study says.

In a large dietary survey that followed people for as long as 15 years, researchers found that about three in 50 meat eaters had cataracts, compared to about two in 50 vegans and vegetarians. The results translated to a 30 to 40 percent lower cataract risk among vegetarians and vegans compared with the biggest meat eaters.

This study is published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

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Do you think it would be difficult to give up meat and dairy? Having grown up on a dairy farm with ice cream a nightly ritual, I couldn’t even conceive of it. But, thanks to hypnosis, exercise and a vegan lifestyle, I lost over 100 pounds 15 years ago and I don’t miss the meat and dairy. I feel so much better and my health has dramatically improved. Learn self-hypnosis and discover how easy it is to eat healthy.

For more information on vegetarian and vegan lifestyles,
visit these web sites:

Dr. McDougall’s Health & Wellness Center

Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM)

VegSource

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