For several decades, genetics have been blamed for the likelihood that we will contract a particular disease, but it's actually our diet and lifestyle that determines whether those genes are switched on.
Just because we have a family history of illness doesn't mean that we have to experience that disease also. A change in our family eating patterns may just do the trick. There are foods that promote health and there are foods that diminish health. Every bite you take is either going to add to your quality of life or diminish it. Keep this in mind when shopping, eating out, and planning meals.
Plant foods contain disease fighting fiber, antioxidants, and phytonutrients, which you just won't find in animal derived products. Fiber is famous for getting our systems moving. Foods that contain fiber provide other health benefits as well, like lowering your risk of diabetes and heart disease and preventing certain cancers.
Plant foods also contain incredible amounts of disease fighting phytonutrients. Also known as phytochemicals, these battle ready compounds are part of a plant's immune system. They help the plant world stand their ground against environmental challenges like disease, injury, insects drought, climate variation, UV rays and environmental poisons and pollutants.
Popular doctors who advocate a Whole Foods, Plant Based Diet.
Dr. Neal Barnard, founder of the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine. Dr. Barnard has been reversing type 2 diabetes in his patients for years using a whole foods, plans based diet. You can learn more a Nealbarnard.org.
T. Colin Campbell, PhD is a Cornell professor and author of the famous China Study. He advocates a whole foods, plant based diet is the most effective way to prevent and even reverse, many cancers, as well as heart disease and other chronic illnesses. His decades of research identify animal protein as a powerful cancer-causing agent. Learn more at TheChinaStudy.com.
Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. reversed atherosclerosis in end stage heart disease patients using a low fat, whole foods, plant based diet. All of his compliant patients are thriving 20 years later. Learn more at DrEsselstyn.com.
Dr. Joel Fuhrman specializes in preventing and reversing disease through plant powered nutritional methods. His "nutritarian"diet recommends eating more nutrient dense calories, therapeutically, for longevity and to maximize nutrients per calorie. Rather than calorie counting, he strives for nutritional excellence in the overweight to remove cravings and food addiction and to maintain favorable weight. Learn more at DrFuhrman.com.
Dr. Dean Ornish is the founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, and has conducted scientific research studies demonstrating that even progression of severe coronary disease can be reversed by a plant based diet and lifestyle changes. Learn more at OrnishSpectrum.com.
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