Adventures in Whole-Food, Plant-Based Eating
Filling: ¼ cup agave nectar plus up to ¼ cup erythritol for tart fruit 2 Tbsp cornstarch 5 cups sliced fresh peaches, pears, nectarines, apples or fruit of choice, or frozen berries in any combination 1 cup water ground cinnamon and nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice to taste Combine sweetener...
Dear Dr. G, I appreciate the efficiency with which you prescribed Lipitor and baby aspirin in reaction to my cholesterol numbers, and the streamlined system by which Kaiser encourages me to comply with your prescriptions. Believe me, I am quite disturbed by the numbers, total cholesterol 216 mg/dL and LDL...
I am very averse to taking medicine, and since reading The China Study I have put away all my supplements except for B-12. I have seen and experienced good Western medicine for things like bacterial infections and broken bones. But I have also seen questionable medicine for many other things....
The old management maxim holds that we can improve only what we measure. While there is a useful truth in there, the downside is that it can lead to obsession with measurement. Worse, we become tempted to affect the measurement itself in ways that are not consistent with the value...
We have raised two generations of people who don’t know how to cook. Many are quite proud of it, as if being able to cook implied a lower caste upbringing. Most people I ask tell me that they eat pretty healthfully. They often say they don’t eat much red meat,...
Most people understand “vegan” to mean a person who does not eat any animal-based foods. Just avoiding animal-based food does not guarantee one a healthy diet, and indeed there are many fat and sick vegans. Usually this is because they eat large amounts of nuts, vegan cheeses which are just...
Breaking addictions is a big topic, and I refer you to Johann Hari’s book Chasing the Scream for a rewarding treatment of it. For food addictions like sugar, salt, oil and cheese, try these ideas: Some people do better gradually tapering off, some do better all-at-once. Do what works for...
It is easy to form the belief that foods that appeal to us must be healthy, or at least okay to eat. Listen to what your body asks for and you will know what to give it. This may have been close to correct in the environment in which we...
