When the COVID-19 Crisis is Over What Will Have Changed?
I’ve been thinking about what “The Great Pause” from the COVID-19 Pandemic is going to teach us in the end. What will be different when we re-open the country, the world? Will we just go back to our old ways, or will we restructure our lives from the lessons we have learned? I, for…
No More Diet Wars
When it comes to what humans need to eat, it sometimes feels like no one agrees. However, that is not the case with doctors and nutritionists who are recommending a whole food plant-based diet. While each might have reasons to support or discourage certain foods, they all agree on the basics.
Think Eating Healthy is Too Expensive? Consider the Alternative
Note: This article is not intended for the number of people who are struggling financially or those living in food deserts, where healthy foods are simply unavailable. That is an important discussion for another article. This article is for people I have encountered who tell me, “It is too expensive to eat healthy or to…
Diets Don’t Work!
The truth is out there. When we eat animal products, processed foods, and oil, we are damaging our bodies. When we stop eating these things and replace them with nutritious plant foods, we heal our bodies.
What is Your Health Mindset?
Does milk do a body good? Is butter good for you? Is “beef, it’s what’s for dinner” and “pork, the new white meat” the best food for your body? Where are the commercials for broccoli? What about spinach? What about kale? There are commercials for orange juice, but what about for oranges? The meat and…
Susan Lucci’s “Heart Healthy” Diet
In October of 2018, Susan Lucci was out shopping when she experienced the sensation she described as “an elephant pressing on my chest.” She was rushed to the hospital by the shop’s owner where she was diagnosed with two blocked arteries, one 90% blocked, and the other 75% blocked. “Nobody has to die of a…
An Adventure of the Heart
For a while now I have been trying to find a direction to go with my writing. I knew I wanted to write about health and wellness, but I felt like I was drifting in space, Internet space, without a clear audience for what I want to share. I asked for divine guidance, and as…
The Whole Food Plant-Based Mindset: Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and Never Diet Again!
This is the title of my new book on Kindle. It is a small, but important, book. One of the reasons that people just give up on being healthy is they get tired of failing. When going for a goal like losing weight and regaining our health, the last thing anyone wants to do is…
WFPB Video of the Week
If you or someone you know is suffering from heart disease, this is a good video to get you started on your path to healing with a Whole Food Plant-Based (WFPB) Lifestyle. Ann Crile Esselstyn and Jane Esselstyn, wife and daughter of esteemed Cleveland Clinic physician Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr., take a humorous approach to…
This Post Could Save Your Life
”Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” ― Hippocrates Too dramatic? I don’t think so. In fact, what stands between many people and their next heart attack or chronic disease is information. The problem is that we think we know everything we need to know, or we just don’t want to know…