WFPB PRIMER Whole Foods Plant Based

If you're wondering how or why to make a lifestyle change, I would suggest first watching the Documentary Forks Over Knives which is available on Netflix instant streaming or for purchase on the website.  This gives an overview of how eating certain foods are killing us and causing chronic, often reversible diseases.  It's not a diet it's a lifestyle.  One of the benefits of eating this way is your body will go to it's ideal weight without any effort other than a change in your habits.

I would follow this up with Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease  by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn as it explains how to reverse chronic heart disease, lower cholesterol and get your blood pressure in order just from eating the right foods and eliminating others from your diet.

Next I would check out T. Colin Campbell's new book Whole available on Amazon.


Then I would read The Starch Solution by Dr. John McDougall.  This website has lots of amazing information.

If all of this doesn't give you "food" for thought and a little light, summer reading I don't know what will.  You can always refer to this website/blog for great recipes and helpful information.  Enjoy!

A Quick Recap of Why Whole Foods, Plant Based N(o)il

I know a lot of people don't have a long attention span when it comes to things educational, especially health related informtion.  Iin the past, I've recommended that everyone watch the film Forks Over Knives, read the books The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, or  Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease by Caldwell Esselstyn.  Here is a 5 minute quick review of why I do the Whole Food, n(o)il way of eating.  They say they are going to break for commercials about halfway through but it's only about a 3 second pause and then they continue the discussion.

It occurs to me that we are all procrastinators when it comes to our health.  We wait for some bad news to happen to us or a loved one before we take care of business.  If more people would get into the preventive health mindset, many, if not all Western Diet related disease would be lowered if not eradicated, including the obesity rate, the numbers of people with Type II Diabetes, those who are suffering from various cancers, and finally vascular diseases (which is the most prevalent cause of many illnesses in this country). 

Take the time and give this a quick watch....maybe it will inspire you to watch the film, read the books, and get your health under control.  You'll feel better, look better and wonder why you didn't do this a long time ago.