Disadvantages of a Meat-Based Diet; from A to Z
Building on my prior post, Six Reasons to Give Up Meat & Adopt a Plant-Based Diet, I figured we all could brush up on our ABC’s. Let’s sing it together… A is for acidity, B is for blood pressure…...
View ArticleMother Jones: 7 Dodgy Food Practices Banned in Europe But Just Fine Here, by...
Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/05/7-dodgy-foodag-practices-banned-europe-just-fine-here by Tom Philpott Last week, the European Commission voted to place a two-year...
View ArticleAre you a Health Nut or an Illness Nut?
On more than one occasion I have been called a Health Nut. In fact I have often overheard anyone trying to improve their personal situation as “nuts”. This morning on the elevator as I made my way up...
View ArticleOne Simple Way to Improve Your Health… Go Broke
Caribbean Island Food “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand…. Simplify, simplify!” -Henry David Thoreau A very consistent theme...
View ArticleThe Problem with “Born Again” Vegans Like Me
MindBodyGreen published this article 5.29.13. click to see article on MBG The problem with a “born again” vegan like me, is I expect to much. Selfishly, I became a vegan to save my own life and now...
View ArticleA Priest, A Surgeon & A Plant-Based Guy Walk Into a Hospital
Have you heard this one? After my bypass surgery in 2011, at the age of 40, I can spot the “walking dead” a mile away. I can see all the signs that took me so long to recognize myself. Red faces,...
View Article17,000 Reasons to Eat a Plant-Based Diet
Kaiser Permanente Tells 17,000 Doctors to Recommend Plant-Based Diets! Kaiser Permanente is a leader. I have never commented on a hospital system before but I constantly find KP behind initiatives I...
View ArticleA Moose No Longer: How I Faced Down My Fears of Heart Disease / Stanford Medical
I am honored to be featured in the Stanford Scope, the medical blog for Stanford Medicine. It was through a relationship with Inspire, a company that builds and manages online support communities for...
View ArticleHoney, I Ate the Dog for Dinner
I watched a video this morning on YouTube: The Birth of a Vegetarian. It was insanely cute and the conversation focuses on young Luis questioning why he needs to eat his octopus legs. At the end of the...
View ArticleDesperately Seeking Doctor with Plant-Based Experience
I am a business man. I manage money. I am in a position of fiduciary trust. In a fiduciary relationship, one person, in a position of vulnerability, justifiably vests confidence, good faith, reliance...
View Article8 Plants That Starve Fat & Tumor Cells
Did you know you can starve fat by controlling its blood supply? Did you know the food you eat can feed or starve a cancerous tumor? Study the chart below. It is extremely important. William Li –...
View ArticleAnother Reason Not to Eat Meat…Untreatable Infections
-The Animals are plotting their revenge. If you are eating meat and fish, you are taking antibiotics. The majority of meat-eating Americans are on a 365 day a year prescription of antibiotics. That...
View ArticleChristopher’s Kitchen = Plant-Based Creativity
A few years ago I had quadruple bypass surgery. I was forty at the time and I was scared. A couple of weeks prior to my surgery, during the diagnosis phase, I found myself at the University of Miami,...
View ArticleWhat a Fire Ant Taught Me About Inflammation
Inflammation is the body’s first defense against infection, but when it goes awry, it can lead to; heart attacks, cancer, Alzheimer’s and a host of other diseases. We all hear the word inflammation...
View ArticleJuicing w/ Christopher’s Kitchen
Visual Excitement via CK Juices A few times a year I like to drop solid food for a bit and reset my system. I generally run a strict plant-based diet but I found myself taking liberties through the...
View ArticleThe Problem with “Born Again” Vegans Like Me
MindBodyGreen published this article 5.29.13. click to see article on MBG The problem with a “born again” vegan like me, is I expect to much. Selfishly, I became a vegan to save my own life and now...
View ArticleWhy Did the FDA Tell Me to Stop Taking Aspirin?
According to a large-scale study of elderly Italians in Chianti, red wine shows no benefit to health. Oh, chocolate does zero as well. Not to mention the benefits of olive oil, nada benefito… Wait,...
View ArticleI Spent $7,699 @ Whole Foods
In 2011, I had quadruple bypass surgery at the age of 40. My wife and I decided to change our ways. Six days after having my chest sawed open, we were Plant-Based. A no-brainer decision in our eyes....
View ArticleJuicing w/ Christopher’s Kitchen
Visual Excitement via CK Juices A few times a year I like to drop solid food for a bit and reset my system. I generally run a strict plant-based diet but I found myself taking liberties through the...
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