Plant-Based Diets Reduce Mortality from Heart Disease and Cancer

Plant-based diets reduce mortality from heart disease, cancer and all causes, according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers compared diet records with mortality rates for 22,421 participants from the Malmo Diet and Cancer cohort. Those with particularly high intakes of fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains and reduced intakes of animal products and saturated fats lowered their mortality rates for cancer, heart disease and all causes by 25% when compared with those who did not closely follow a healthy diet.

And even more progress.....

A couple of weeks ago, we got to spend the day with Dr. Campbell and Karen (Mrs.) discussing the state of plant-based medicine and medicine in general. In addition to a great lunch, we talked about where this lifestyle has come from and where it’s going.

Last week, we talked about what’s happening in the medical schools. Next week we’ll talk about some hospital changes. But this week, we want to bring your attention to changes that weren’t even here 5 years ago!

  • Plant based meats are in proliferation. The impossible burger and beyond burger are everywhere - restaurants, grills, grocery stores… and even at Burger King.

  • Dunkin (formerly Donuts) now has two breakfast entrees - a sun dried red tomato hummus offering, and an avocado spread offering.

  • The back freezer section at Walmart has a number of freezer units dedicated to plant-based foods - from “chicken” nuggets to “fish” sandwiches to “sausage” links.

  • Taco Bell is offering vegetarian options that, without the cheese or jalapeno sauce are plant based.

  • Don and Kate Reed are working with restaurants all over our area to add vegan options and that’s happening through the area.

There is an avalanche of progress!! Now - don’t take this enthusiasm to mean that just because something is plant based doesn’t mean it’s incredibly healthy. Some of these options come with WAY too much salt and WAY too much oil…. as always, read the labels and know what you’re getting.

But if you’re out on the road and need a meal, a Dunkin sun dried red tomato hummus (with too much salt) is a LOT better than 2 chocolate donuts. Likewise, the Impossible Burger at Burker King (on an overly processed bun and too much sugar ketchup) is SO much better that the quarter pounder (not optimum but much better!!)

Make no mistake - we are being heard and the Whole Foods Plant Based options are growing on a daily basis. And for Dr. Campbell and Karen? They’ve seen their life’s work validated and widely accepted. There are still “miles to go before we sleep” but the progress is unmistakable!

We're making progress!! Don't stop now - the word is getting out!

A mandatory plant-based nutrition curriculum at Wayne State University School of Medicine educated medical students and clinicians on treating diet-related disease, as described in the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention. The curriculum, titled Rooting for Wellness, consisted of nutritional education panels, cooking demonstrations, guest lectures, journal clubs, and a vegan kickstart program.

These programs were designed to expose students to clinical applications of plant-based nutrition. The commentary provides advice and recommendations for programming as well as resources and lunch and learn opportunities to implement similar programming in other medical school curricula.

Plant Based Diets Reduce Medication Use Among Seniors

Plant-based diets reduce medication use among seniors, according to a study published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. Researchers interviewed 328 seniors from the Loma Linda University Drayson Center. Those who followed a plant-based diet took the fewest pills and reduced their medications by 58% when compared with non-plant-based participants. The increased fiber intake and lower intake of saturated fat associated with plant-based diets improved blood sugar, blood pressure, weight, cholesterol, and other health outcomes linked to better health.

Fast Food Facts

Circulation is a scientific journal published for the Americab Heart Association. In a recent peer-reviewed study, Circulation found that people who eat fast food once a week increase their risk of dying from heart disease by 20%. Two or three fast-food meals a week increase the risk of premature death by 50%. Four to five fast-food meals a week increase the risk of dying from heart disease by nearly 80%. The problem is the emphasis on chicken, burger, fish and cheese, which are all loaded with fats and cholesterol.

Back to What's Important

It’d been WAY too long since we’ve updated anything here. Two years of schooling for Janeen took us away. But now - we’re back!!

We have several exciting announcements.

First, we are back so you can expect a weekly blog update and a recipe. Always a new fund fact to share.

Secondly, we will soon be opening a family medical clinic using education and patient choice. If a patient wants pharmaceuticals, Janeen can prescribe them - but she would rather work with nutrition and Lifestyle changes to make the difference. And she’s been making a difference in so many lives! Wait until you read some of the stories (they’ll show up soon on the Lander Hope Clinic website).

The clinic will be in Lander - in the old McNutter’s restaurant that turned into Bent Run Brewing and that now has had a MAJOR expansion to a 22-room family clinic with X-ray, ultrasound, spirometer and a host of other innovations. Opening will be soon - sometime this spring. We’ll make sure we send out a note.

So get ready - it’s back to the important things - like your health and well-being!

It's Football Season - Time for commercials about beer....and ED Drugs!

What’s going on these days? Every other commercial is about some new Erectile Disfunction drug! There are blue pills, yellow pills and natural pills. What does it all mean?

A study, published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, showed that one in four men at an outpatient clinic who sought help for erectile dysfunction (a condition where a man has a problem having or maintaining an erection) was actually under the age of 40. Plus, nearly half of those men under age 40 -- 48.8 percent of them -- had a severe case of the sexual condition, compared with 40 percent of men older than age 40.

That’s a LOT of men at a relatively young age. Is this a new epidemic? Not at all - rather, it is like the canaries in the coal mines of old - it’s a warning call that something is about to go very wrong.

Erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease are actually two indicators of the same disease - inflamed, clogged and crippled arteries that are in the process of shutting down. For two-thirds of men showing up at emergency rooms with crushing chest pain, their penises had been trying to warn them for years that their circulation was shutting down.

And seeing this occur in younger men? It’s another harbinger of the negative effects of the standard American diet. So here’s the progression… higher cholesterol levels predict ED later in life which in turn predicts heart attacks, strokes and a shortened life span. The blue pill treats a symptom but doesn’t do away with the underlying problem. Pay attention to this canary in the mine - change your eating habits before it’s too late!

A Nutty Thought from Dr. Michael Gregor

Dr. Gregor calls it “one of the craziest findings” he’d ever seen.

Researchers from Brazil gave 10 men and women a single meal containing between one and eight Brazil nuts. Amazingly, compared to the control group who ate no nuts at all, just a single serving of four Brazil nuts almost immediately improved cholesterol levels. LDL - the “bad” cholesterol - levels were a staggering twenty points lower just nine hours after eating the Brazil nuts.* Even drugs don’t work that fast!

Even more amazingly, the researchers went back and measured the participant’s cholesterol levels thirty days later - and even then, their cholesterol levels stayed down!

Normally when a study like this comes out, doctors wait to see the results replicated and studied further - especially when the study is done on such a small group. But when the intervention is cheap, easy, harmless and healthy - we’re talking about 4 Brazil nuts a month - then the reasonable thing to do would be to munch on until proven otherwise.

But just a warning - Brazil nuts are REALLY high in Selenium. 4 Brazil nuts a day might get you right up to the maximum daily limit for Selenium. So 4 Brazil nuts a month - or a few now and then - and let us know what you find out!

*Colpo E, Vilanova CD, Brenner Reetz LG, et al. A single consumption of high amounts of the Brazil nuts improves lipid profile of healthy volunteers. J Nutr Metab. 2013; 2013:1-7

The safe meat??

Here at Crooked Cabin Farm, we frequently have people telling us that they don’t eat red meat - they stick to the “safe” stuff - like chicken. We chuckle, shake our heads, and tell folks about a study called “The Effectiveness of Hygiene Procedures for Prevention of Cross-Contamination from Chicken Carcasses in the Domestic Kitchen”. Never heard of it? Well let me tell you about it…

Researchers visited 60 homes, gave each family a raw chicken and asked them to cook it. After the bird was cooked, researchers returned to find bacteria from chicken feces - Salmonella and Campylobacter,. both serious human pathogens - all over the families’ kitchens: on the cutting board, utensils, cupboard, the refrigerator handle, the oven handle, the doorknob and so on.

Obviously, people didn’t know what they were doing , so the researchers then repeated the experiment, but this time gave the family specific instructions. After they cooked the chicken, the subjects were told to wash these surfaces with hot water and detergent, specifically the cutting board, utensils, cupboard, handles and knobs. Yet, the researchers still found pathogenic fecal bacteria all over.

Reading the study, you could tell the researchers were getting a bit exasperated. Finally, they insisted that the subjects use bleach. The dishcloth used to clean was to first be immersed in bleach disinfectant, and then the subjects were to spray a bleach solution on all surfaces and let it sit for 5 minutes. However, the researchers returned to still find Salmonella and Campylobacter on some utensils, a dishcloth, the counter around the sink, and the cupboards. The contamination was less… but it was there nevertheless.

It seems that the only was to avoid ingesting fecal bacteria from chicken - is to not bring chickens into the kitchen in the first place. And because fecal bacteria is only a small part of the problems, we suggest that you leave chickens in the field eating bugs, ticks, fleas and other nuisances. Chickens - they make great pets but lousy meals!

Fish Oil? Or snake oil?

In 2012, a major study looking at omega-3 fats in fish and fish oil found that there was no protective benefit for overall mortality, heart disease mortality, sudden cardiac death, heart attack or stroke. (1)

So why do we all think that fish oil and fish oil capsules are a health benefit? Back in 1980, a landmark study called “Diet and Reinfarction Trail” (DART)(2) involving 2,000 men showed a 29 % lower mortality for men who ate fatty fish. That’s impressive. It grabbed a lot of attention and the fish oil supplement industry was born.

But in 2007, the same group of researchers repeating the same study - DART-2(3) - but with even MORE (3,000) men and found the exact opposite. Those who ate fatty fish - and especially those who ate fish oil capsules - had a HIGHER risk of cardiac death. (3)

Repeated studies have been equally conclusive - doctors need to get out of the snake oil business and back to telling their patients about a whole foods plant based diet!

(1) Rizos EC, Ntzard EE, Bika E, Kostapanos MS, Elisaf MS. Association between omega-3 fatty acid supplementation and risk of major cardiovascular disease events; a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA. 2012;308(10);1024-33.

(2) Burr ML, Fehily AM, Gilbert JF, et al. Effects of changes in fat, fish, and fibre intakes on death and myocardial infarction; diet and reinfarction trial (DART). Lancer. 1989; 2(8666); 757-61

(3) Burr, ML. Secondary prevention of CHD in UK men: the Diet and Reinfarction Trial and its sequel. Proc Nutr Soc. 2007; 66(1), 9-15.

Acne is caused by....what??? Are you kidding me??

Here’s a startling “fun fact” that I wish I had known. I drank a gallon of milk a day as a teen – and had terrible skin! I just wish SOMEONE would have told me what you’re about to learn.

Milk causes acne. It just does. Why? Well here are some documented reasons…

·         There is abundance of a hormone called IGF-1 in milk, which is really good for baby cows, but not for you. IGF-1 is a growth hormone. It makes baby cows grow up big and strong, but in humans, it tends to make your acne grow big instead. IGF-1 is one of several factors that cause inflammation in humans, and which eventually lead to acne (and the ugly redness and swelling that makes acne so annoying).

·         Milk and dairy products cause an insulin spike in humans that cause the liver to produce even more IGF-1, leading to even more acne.

·         Dairy causes your skin to produce excess sebum (oil), leading to – you guessed it! – more clogged pores, more acne, and a breeding ground for P. acnes bacteria, which feed on your sebum and spew out inflammatory by-products.

·         Dairy glues together dead skin cells inside your pores, so they can’t exit naturally, leading to clogged pores (and thus more acne).

The milk and acne effect is well documented in the literature. In the last decade or so, a number of studies have found a strong link between the consumption of milk and increased occurrence of acne. For example, one such study found that teenage boys who drank milk broke out more often, and more severely, than those who didn’t drink milk.[1]  At least five other studies have confirmed that, in general, the more milk you drink, the worse acne you’ll get.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Want better skin? Cut out the dairy!!

1.     Milk consumption and acne in teenaged boys. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2008 May;58(5):787-93. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18194824 ^

2.     Family history, body mass index, selected dietary factors, menstrual history, and risk of moderate to severe acne in adolescents and young adults. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2012 Dec;67(6):1129-35. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=22386050 ^

3.     High glycemic load diet, milk and ice cream consumption are related to acne vulgaris in Malaysian young adults: a case control study. BMC Dermatology. 2012 Aug 16;12:13. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22898209 ^

4.     Role of insulin, insulin-like growth factor-1, hyperglycaemic food and milk consumption in the pathogenesis of acne vulgaris. Experimental Dermatology, 18: 833–841. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19709092 ^

5.     Milk consumption: aggravating factor of acne and promoter of chronic diseases of Western societies. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2009 Apr;7(4):364-70. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19243483 ^

6.     High school dietary dairy intake and teenage acne. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2005 Feb;52(2):207-14. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15692464 ^

7.     Opioid peptides encrypted in intact milk protein sequences. British Journal of Nutrition / Volume 84 / Supplement S1 / November 2000, pp 27-31. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=886780 ^

And now, a reading from the Bible....

8.But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. 9.Now God had caused the official to show favor and compassion to Daniel, 10.but the official told Daniel, "I am afraid of my LORD the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you." 11.Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, 12."Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13.Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see." 14.So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days. 15.At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food. 16.So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead. Daniel 1: 8 - 16

Note: While the king’s table might have consisted of daily rations of meat, fish, lamb, honey, barley, dates, ferro wheat , lentils, peas, beans ,olives, pomegranates, grapes and pistachios, poorer people consisted mostly on bread and onions. It seems that Daniel and his friends ate the vegetables, but refused the meat and wine.

Smile.... and say.... cheese?

We all know that the government subsidizes dairy farmers through the USDA. But what does the government do with all that milk and cheese? A lot of it is donated to school lunch programs and to food banks – but some of those funds that the USDA spends have to be recouped.

 

It may interest you to learn that your friendly government is helping raise obesity by helping consumers eat more cheese. A LOT more cheese. Here are three programs that the USDA* pushed with several familiar fast food franchises:

 

The USDA supported Wendy’s to create a Wendy’s “Cheddar Lover’s Bacon Cheeseburger” promotion. It worked pretty well. During that promotion, Wendy’s used:

-          2.25 million pounds of cheese

-          Which was 380 tons of fat

-          Or 1.2 tons of pure cholesterol

More importantly, people started learning that they could eat more fat. Because that fat is addicting, when the promotion ended, thousands of people had formed new habits that wreak havoc on their health.

 

Not to be outdone, Pizza Hut also teamed up with Uncle Sam to create the “Ultimate Cheese Pizza”. Check out these numbers:

-          A full pound of cheese per pizza

-          5 million pounds in 6 weeks (that’s more than twice what Wendy’s sold!)

 

And for the health conscious who go to Subway for their meals?

-          In 1996, cheese was not a required ingredient in Subway subs.

-          USDA “helped” Subway create two subs where cheese was required.

-          Resulted in another 70,000 lbs. of cheese.

 

Those are only three examples of your tax dollars at work. And three reasons why you need to take control of your own health and food choices.

 

*USDA Report to Congress on the Dairy Promotion Program 2000 - 09

 

Flour - now and then...

I was a kid in the 1960’s. Television was still a new novelty and even though our shows were broadcast in black and white, we still could identify the packages of “Wonder Bread” the bread that “Builds Strong Bodies 12 ways”. I never knew that in the 1950’s, the commercials claimed that “Wonder Bread Builds Strong Bodies 8 ways” What happened? Where did the 4 new ways come from?

Turns out that someone built a better mousetrap… or so it appeared at the time.

In the 1950’s, there were wheat fields and grains. The grains were tall and the wheat grew well - but while it had more vitamins and minerals, it had less protein. Ours was a country suffering from poor nutrition and when the winds blew, it often knocked down the tall grain stalks making a rough situation worse.

But then came the 1060s and the genetic scientists. In a well meaning effort to feed more people a grain with greater nutrition, botanists were able to create a whole new wheat. It was a shorter plant so it was less resistant to wind damage. It had a larger head with a greater yield of grain and much higher protein. It could “Build Strong Bodies 12 Ways”.

Understand, this wasn’t just a new strain. This was whole new “thing”. While the wheat of the 50’s had 28 chromosomes, this modern wheat now had 42 chromosomes.

So what could possibly go wrong with that? Let me give you these 2 paragraphs from an Oct 18, 2012 article by Mark Sisson titled “ The Problems with Modern Wheat”

So what’s the deal with modern wheat? Well, celiac disease is on the rise, and some researchers have suggested that this is caused by the prevalence of certain gluten proteins that predominate in the new varieties of wheat. Namely, a gluten peptide known as glia-?9, which is nearly absent in older wheats but prevalent in modern wheats, is the most reactive “CD (celiac disease) epitope.” In other words, a majority of people with celiac disease react negatively to glia-?9. It’s a common trigger, and older wheat doesn’t have as much of it.

Meanwhile, einkorn, an ancient variety of wheat, has been shown to cause less intestinal toxicity in patients with celiac. Einkorn and other related ancient strains of wheat still contain gluten, of course, but they do not appear to be as damaging to people sensitive to or completely intolerant of gluten and its related protein subfractions..

So what’s the message here? We’re still gathering data here at the farm - but it appears that people who are having trouble with the modern wheat (bloating, gas, abdominal pain, celiac symptoms, etc.) are able to handle the ancient grains (Einkorn, amaranth, teff, emmer ferro, spelt and others) with no negative symptoms. We will keep working with our clients to see if this bears out but the evidence is rapidly growing.

If you try the ancient grains and have a similar reaction (or, in so many cases, a similar NON-reaction), please let us know. We think you may be part of a growing trend…

Restaurant and Fast Food options

One questions we’re asked repeatedly is “How are we supposed to eat when we’re out?”

Dr. Neil Barnard had the following advice:

  1. Eat before you go!

  2. You are there to be with your friends - you have no obligation to eat unhealthy food.

  3. It’s no one’s business what you order for your meal.

  4. Look for vegetable soups, salads, side veggies, etc.

  5. Do the best you can, order the healthiest entrée, enjoy the meal and your friends…and then leave.

That’s great advice - but there are places you can go that make it easier. Let’s talk about 10 places where we eat when we’re traveling: (Please note - we prefer organic food that we prepare - but these ideas are at least plant based)

  1. We like Mexican restaurants. We can order veggie fajitas, bean and rice burritos with tomatoes, burrito bowl salads and more.

  2. We eat at Oriental restaurants. We order veggie stir fries, wok veggies and rice dishes. Be careful and ask - avoid the “animal fried rice” or “egg fried rice”.

  3. We might be found at an Italian restaurant. Pasta with marinara can be good - but be sure to ask them to use as little oil as possible. Watch the veggie lasagna - it’s usually loaded with cheese. And if you go to Chido’s here in Warren, Frank always has a WFPB option or will create something for you. Just ask.

  4. We enjoy a good salad bar. We side step the eggs and meat (and those things made with mayo) and hit the fresh veggies hard. Watch out for the salad dressings - stick to balsamic vinaigrette or be like us - bring your own!

  5. We are HUGE fans of Chipotle. They serve mostly organic beans, rice, etc. and the food is really good. Stay with the veggie menu and your food is fit for a king (or queen)!

  6. Quadoba’s is like Chipotle only they aren’t organic. If we have a choice between the two, we always opt for Chipotle.

  7. Wegmans or Whole Foods market most always has a WFPB prepackaged or ready to eat off the food bar meal that offers lots of variety.

  8. Pizza chains - This one is easy. Order your favorite veggie pizza and ask them to leave the cheese off. If they have fruit, it adds a lot of great taste. Be sure to ask them to not add any additional oils as some pizza chains add oil or butter to the crust after baking.

  9. Fast Food Options? We have been known to drive through Taco Bell. We order a “Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito” off the $1 menu - but then ask them to hold the cheese, hold the jalapeno sauce and add tomatoes ($0.25) and red sauce ($ 0.10). Everything in the burrito is then WFPB.

  10. Another fast food? Sheetz and Wawa have a Mexican menu. Get the “do it yourself” burrito, start with rice and beans, add tomatoes, salsa, pico, fajita veggies, banana peppers and anything else that sounds fun. You get a fairly robust burrito!

Just as a reminder, we’re not advocating eating out every meal and not telling you that everything you get will be as good for you as food can be - but if you’re traveling and need a meal, consider being as healthy as you can.

How much cholesterol is too much?

For many years, we’ve heard that cholesterol should be kept below 200. We’ve had it preached to us by well meaning physicians who are still locked in the throes of trying to understand health in the Standard American Diet (SAD).

But, according to the Framingham Heart Study*, a generations long project to identify risks for heart disease, the target should be 150 mg/dL. This study found that NO DEATHS from coronary heart disease were found at levels of 150 and below. If you’re doing the math on that, it is roughly 0%!

Generations of study. Thousands of people. 0% coronary heart disease at 150 mg and below. Sounds like a plan to me!!

  • Esselstyn, CB. In cholesterol lowering, moderation kills. Cleve Clin J Med. 200; 67(8): 560-4

What about supplements?

At a recent lecture, Dr. Campbell shocked us with an eye opening study. 25,000 males were studied in a joint research project between Finland and the US.* In that study, beta carotene - taken as a food (think carrots, sweet potatoes, etc.) - decreased lung cancer 19%. Beta carotene - taken as a supplement - INCREASED lung cancer by 18% !!! We were floored!! Then he told us about some other studies reported in the JAMA 2008. Vitamin E as a supplement increased hemorrhagic stroke by 7%. The same Vitamin E increased the risk of prostate cancer by 17%. Calcium and Vitamin D increase cardiovascular events. The list goes on. It seems the only supplement that we need is B-12 - and that one doesn’t seem to be harmful.

The supplement industry is a $ 52 billion dollar industry. Think about that -= we’re paying $ 52 billion each year for supplements that don’t work. So save money - stay healthy!

  • Omenn, G.S., et al (1996). “Effects of a combination of beta carotene and vitamin A on lung cancer and cardiovascular disease.” New England J. Med. 334: 1150-1155

Colorectal Cancer is killing more 20 - 30 year olds.

Can you believe that headline? It came out in a study on Friday, May 17. If you want to read the entire article, google the title above and the author’s name - Julia Belluz

The latest national cancer statistics from the American Cancer Society shows adults under the age of 55 have seen their colorectal cancer rate increase 2 percent PER YEAR since the mid-1990s. Overall, those born in 1990 have double the risk of developing colon cancer and four times the risk of getting rectal cancer compared to those born around 1950.

“It’s not like the problem is bad and has stabilized,” said Thomas Weber, director of surgical oncology at New York’s Northwell health. “The problem has continued to worsen”.

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the US, with a lifetime risk of 4-5 percent in men and women. While it used to be a disease that mainly surfaced AFTER middle age (i.e. in older folks), people in their 20s and 30s increasingly are being diagnosed with the disease - they are also dying from it!

Scientists are looking for an answer. They have found strong associations between Western-style, pro-inflammatory diets - heavy in processed meat, red meat, organ meat, sugary beverages and refined grains - and a higher risk of colon cancer.

So what’s the answer? The article continues that science is looking at obesity, outside exposures (chemical and nutritional) and other things but we are convinced that they have identified the obvious things that have been identified in every other study. If we eat the Standard American Diet, we will be sick, stay sick and one day, die sick. Want to avoid colorectal cancer? The answer is an easy one. Eat whole food plant based foods. There’s too much evidence to arrive at any other conclusion!

Health Benefits of a WFPB Lifestyle

Here’s a slide from Dr. T. Colin Campbell’s slide deck. He shared this with us at a recent session we were able to attend:

Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet Prevents, Interrupts and/or Cures the following:

(Note: The truth of these statements has been borne out repeatedly in peer reviewed research published in a variety of medical and scientific journals.)

Cancers Macular Degeneration

Cardiovascular Disease Hypertension

Multiple Sclerosis Acne

Kidney Stones Migraine

Osteoporosis Lupus

Diabetes I and II Alzheimer’s Disease

Rheumatoid Arthritis Depression

Obesity Cognitive Dysfunction

Erectile Dysfunction* Pain*

*Mostly anecdotal