Can a heart healthy plant-based diet lower the odds of getting seriously sick with COVID-19? Yes - by a landslide - according according to a new study published in MBJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health. The study included 2884 healthcare workers, mostly physicians and all with high exposure to patients with COVID-19, from six countries - [...]
Researchers have learned that individuals with type A blood have a 14% increased risk of coronary artery disease, whereas those with type O blood have a 15% reduced risk compared to other blood type groups. There is also some evidence to suggest that those with type A blood have higher total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol, [...]
Looking to boost your metabolism so you can lose weight more easily and lower your cholesterol naturally? You absolutely can. New research shows that you may be able to significantly boost your metabolism, by as much as 18.7%, and lower total and LDL cholesterol by 19.3 mg/dL and 15.5 mg/dL, respectively, in just 16 weeks. [...]
Eating a whole food, plant-based diet rich in certain foods can help lower your LDL cholesterol by nearly 30% in 30 days. That’s what researchers at the University of Toronto found when studying the cholesterol-lowering benefits of certain foods. Results like that are as good as a statin drug – without the possible negative side [...]
How much meat can you eat and still be considered eating a whole food, plant-based diet? Most people would answer zero. And indeed, a 100% whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet has many benefits, including the longest, healthiest lifespans. It is also the most therapeutic for reversing serious health conditions like cardiovascular disease and type 2 [...]
If you are among the 40% of the world’s population (nearly 2 billion) that are overweight, you probably wish you were in the other 60%. And you’ve probably tried repeatedly to lose weight and keep it off. While fad diets may fail in the long run, there is one diet that is proven to lead [...]
Every year, millions of Americans go on a diet. About 97 million of them. Ninety-seven million men, women and teens make the herculean effort to lose weight using a wide range of diets. Some throw in the towel after just a few days. Others stick it out longer, and experience some weight loss. But over [...]
You may be wondering what exactly is a whole food, plant-based diet? What do you eat? What don’t you eat? Is it the same as a vegan diet? These are all great questions, and they’re the same ones I first had when I learned about this way of eating. (Watch the video below, or continue [...]
If you’re interested in following a Mediterranean Diet to improve your health, you’ll want to read the book, “The Vegiterranean Diet” by Julieanna Hever, MS RD. The book cuts through the often-repeated myths and gets to the core of the health-promoting foods of the Mediterranean Diet - the whole plant foods. Julieanna is a Registered [...]
I find most diet and food tracking apps to be a chore to use. All that measuring, weighing, counting, searching, and logging. I just can’t keep up with it! Fortunately, eating a varied and healthy whole food plant-based diet is naturally low-fat (10% or less of total calories) and it provides plenty of protein, (around [...]
