550,000 Deaths by Diet
In the U.S., conservative estimates indicate that more than 550,000 people will die this year as a result of ignoring nutrition, according to Dr. T. Colin Campbell‘s first lecture in eCornell’s Plant Based Nutrition Certification program. (Which I felt privileged to enjoy after surviving my first hour and a half of “pre-testing” in 20 years.) But, if so many of us are digging our graves with our forks, why do so few of us seem to notice? Dr. Campbell... Read More
Eat S*** and Die
Like any polite Southern girl, I was taught to refrain from talking about sex, politics and religion, but what about meat? Over dinners of ham, pimento cheese or BBQ, Mama didn’t mention that food choices could be emotionally charged and very personal. So these days, when people ask, “Why don’t you eat meat,” I’m torn between summing up (a lengthy list of powerful reasons), or shutting up (because really, no one wants to know). Unfortunately, I was never one to mind... Read More
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