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Super (Veggie) Bowl: Bok Choy

Somewhere in China there are two grandmothers I wish I could thank for  a super supper. Our new friend Ruby, who is visiting from Beijing, not only is a globe trotting student, but also a no-shortcuts wiz in the kitchen thanks to everyday lessons from family matriarchs. She spent her first Super Bowl in the U.S. making bowls of steaming vegetable dishes alongside our own Veggie Kid. And their choreography was so seamless we almost forgot to watch Beyoncé. Among the highlights:... Read More

Health Crisis? It’s Showtime!

Okay, couch potatoes; let’s go to the movies. It may be the first stop toward improving health, because the much-anticipated Forks Over Knives finally opens today. (Well, in Atlanta, May 20, so plan ahead). The movie demonstrates why heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other chronic illnesses can be managed, drug free, just by adopting a plant-based diet. That’s the short version. See my review of the screening here. Or see today’s The Antidote To Our Health... Read More

Dieting in the Fast Lane: TurboCharged

Will the average Joe wake up every morning, start his body’s engine with a mini-workout and fill its “tank” with 32 ounces of water before his first cup of joe, all in pursuit of a sleek physique? According to authors Dian Griesel, Ph.D., and Tom Griesel, he will if he wants to be TurboCharged (a.k.a. lean and fabulous). In their new book TurboCharged: Accelerate Your Fat Burning Metabolism, Get Lean Fast and Leave Diet and Exercise Rules in the Dust, the... Read More

Show Me the Money!

In the final course toward eCornell’s certificate in plant-based nutrition, I’m asked to defend my diet — again. Of course, I’ve done this before and posted my “ESAD” philosophy, but if you don’t want to be offended, don’t click the link. Meanwhile, here’s a refresher on the question, “Why don’t you eat a normal diet?” Eating the normal American diet is a form of slow poisoning. I don’t do it because... Read More

Protein Ratios Implicated in Chronic Diseases

Life-threatening Diseases Now Thought to be Caused, Possibly Cured, by Diet Once considered healthy, high protein diets (of meats, fish, dairy, eggs) have emerged as a common denominator in a series of multi-national studies concerning heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis (MS), kidney stones, macular degeneration, cataracts and many autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, according to Dr. T. Colin Campbell. Dr. Campbell... Read More