Plants for Fiber and Disease Prevention
The connection between eating a plant-based diet and better health has been well documented, as well as the connection between fiber consumption and health. Connect the dots by remembering …
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Back to School? Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids
Some children will be attending school online while others are returning to in-person classes. At the same time there is clear evidence that children not only can contract and …
Mostly Plants = Lower Blood Pressure
It turns out that even if you don’t cut out meat and dairy completely, but go mostly plant-based, your blood pressure will improve. A study from Warwick Medical School, …
Eat Less Meat and Live Longer
A new study has been published by JAMA finding an association between eating plant protein instead of animal protein and living longer. After studying a total of 237,036 men …
Eating Less Meat is a Win Win Win!
As Covid-19 infections continue to soar, one of the areas hardest hit is the meatpacking industry. We are learning that workers in meat processing plants are particularly susceptible to …
Plant-based Diet for Pre-existing Conditions
Those who are at the greatest risk of suffering complications from Covid-19 are people over 65 and those with pre-existing conditions. Those conditions include chronic diseases such as asthma, …
Lifestyle is a Risk Factor for Covid-19
It has been clearly communicated to us that in addition to being elderly, all people with underlying health conditions are at greater risk of contracting and having complications from …
The Importance of Probiotics for Gut Health and Boosting Immunity
There are around 100 trillion microbes in your gut, making up what is known as your gut microbiota. They work to help digest food, protect the body from infection, …
Don’t Be Anemic! Iron-Rich Plant Foods You Should Eat.
According to the CDC, iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the US. Iron is required for your body to manufacture hemoglobin which enables your red blood …
Sugar – How Bad is It?
There is no way to sweeten the message that eating too much sugar is extremely harmful to your health. It is a primary factor leading to obesity as well …
Live Long and Well
What you eat plays a tremendous role in how long you live and how well you live and whether you remain fit mentally and physically. Your diet has to …
Antioxidants: Cell Defenders!
When your body turns food into energy, it produces chemical byproducts called free radicals. These are also formed when you exercise, are exposed to air pollution, chemicals or even …