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Assessing the Top Nutrition Trends of 2023 (Part Two)

Nelson Huber-Disla — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 07:51:48 +0000

By analyzing 2023 nutrition trends, we can gain insights into a population’s collective mindset and preferences. What might they say about the future?

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Written by Nelson Huber-Disla.

How to Get All Your Vitamins and Minerals From Plant-based Meals

Evelisse Capó, PharmD, DipACLM — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:47:45 +0000

The human body requires a variety of macronutrients and micronutrients to function properly. A healthy whole food, plant-based diet provides all the vitamins and minerals needed for optimal health.

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Written by Evelisse Capó, PharmD, DipACLM.

Overcoming My Junk Food Addiction

Evon Dennis — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:00:29 +0000

Knowing what to eat is only the first step. The psychological barriers of lifestyle change are very real, and often intensely personal.

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Written by Evon Dennis.

How To Get Your Vitamin D from Mushrooms

Josh Wayne, MSW, MPH — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 13:00:58 +0000

Most people derive their vitamin D from exposure to the sun, but what do you do when you can’t get enough sunshine? Many rely on vitamin D supplements, but can eating mushrooms be an option? There are a few things to know...

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Written by Josh Wayne, MSW, MPH.

Growing Food Helps Children Overcome Trauma in Mexico

Sherist Rodriguez — Thu, 13 May 2021 13:00:27 +0000

We Empower ACEs provides survivors of trauma with community-centered programs, resources, and spaces to improve health and food sovereignty.

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Written by Sherist Rodriguez.

On Track Program Brings Plant-Based Nutrition Education to California

Terry Thompson — Fri, 07 May 2021 13:19:56 +0000

America On Track has been successfully creating and implementing a diverse range of programs, with an emphasis on plant-based nutrition, since 1995.

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Written by Terry Thompson.

The Power of Support Groups in Lifestyle Change

Isabel Lu — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 19:52:18 +0000

Research has shown that education, skills development, and social support are critical for long-term lifestyle changes. Community-led plant-based programs can offer much more than traditional diet programs and clinical trials because they engage participants actively to learn how to incorporate healthy habits into established routines.

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Written by Isabel Lu.

Farm to Fork Program Creates Lifelong Healthy Eating

Janet Rumble — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:00:09 +0000

Crossroads Community Food Network’s “Healthy Eating” Program encourages participants to see themselves as change agents in their local food system.

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Written by Janet Rumble.

What If Doctors Were Paid to Keep People Well?

Mike McGowan, MS — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 20:41:50 +0000

Promoting and managing disease is big business. What if our healthcare system instead placed people over profits?

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Written by Mike McGowan, MS.

4 Reasons Why Superfoods Can Be Dangerous

Nelson Huber-Disla — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:35:33 +0000

The concept of “superfoods” is an old one, but it has become even more popular as sections of society have become more health conscious and desperate to combat chronic lifestyle-related diseases. Unfortunately, this focus on individual foods has downsides, even in the case of legitimately healthful foods.

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Written by Nelson Huber-Disla.

Food for Thought Series: Redefining Science as a Whole

Sia Hurst — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:19:47 +0000

Reductionism is the dominant paradigm of science today. It is time to break the chains of reductionism and free science from its profit-driven prison.

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Written by Sia Hurst.

Food for Thought Series: Assessing the Truth Behind Nutrition & Health Claims

Sia Hurst — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 17:00:44 +0000

The confusion surrounding health claims, and especially claims about the role of nutrition in specific diseases, like type 2 diabetes, can be overwhelming and sometimes discouraging. It often takes great personal responsibility and effort to assess the truth of competing claims. But even then—where do you begin?

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Written by Sia Hurst.

Healthcare vs Disease Response System – Part 1

Nelson Huber-Disla & T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:15:45 +0000

The health care system today is not equipped to establish health, or even prevent disease. Instead, it responds to disease, and it relies on technology to do so. The widespread, and still spreading, use of drugs illustrates this reliance on technology.

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Written by Nelson Huber-Disla & T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

Is Saturated Fat Really That Bad?

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:02:41 +0000

Dr. Campbell responds to twelve researchers who recently published a major review on the health effects of saturated fat which is mostly found in meat, milk, and eggs.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

Reductionist Social Policy – What We Do To Ourselves, We Do To the Earth

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Fri, 15 May 2020 15:36:23 +0000

When you connect the dots of some of our biggest social, economic, and environmental problems, you can clearly see nutrition looming large as a causal factor and potential solution.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

From Junk Food to Plant-Based Eating: How I Made the Switch in 5 Steps

Elizabeth Zarrella Maglio, MSW — Fri, 10 May 2019 19:21:00 +0000

Adopting a whole food, plant-based diet is a lifestyle change and one that you will benefit from for years to come. Making the transition to plant-based eating can be simple with these 5 helpful steps.

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Written by Elizabeth Zarrella Maglio, MSW.

Bridging the Gap Between the Wellness Industry & Medical Field Using Plant-Based Nutrition

Maria Chatman — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 20:48:54 +0000

Lifestyle factors are starting to be incorporated into more treatment plans through lifestyle medicine. A plant-based diet can help bring wellness professionals together with medical professionals to work as a team.

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Written by Maria Chatman.

6 Papers Redefining the Sciences of Nutrition, Cancer and Healthcare

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 21:11:15 +0000

Dr. Campbell announces his recently published papers on why the healthcare industry is not advancing like it should and how trillions of dollars and million of lives could be saved.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

Scientific Reductionism Detracts from Whole Food, Plant-Based Message

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 15:10:24 +0000

Reductionism is not the way that nutrition works—by definition. It is time to recognize the science that demonstrates the health benefits of whole foods instead of their nutrient parts.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

History of the Term ‘Whole Food, Plant-Based’

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:52:36 +0000

Dr. Campbell created the term ‘whole food, plant-based’ to distinguish it from vegetarian diets that include processed, high fat foods & often supplements.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

Dr. Campbell’s Recommendations for Dietary Guidelines

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Mon, 04 May 2015 20:24:34 +0000

Submitted to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on April 30, 2015. In 1980, the first report by the Dietary Guidelines (DG) Advisory Committee was authored … Continued

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

The Daniel Fast: Applying Wholistic Nutrition

Katherine Schuen and Caitlin Hobbs — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:03:49 +0000

During the spring semester of 2013, Southern Adventist University’s (SAU) Campus Ministries Student Wellness Director, Katie Schuen, and Health Science major, Caitlin Hobbs, came together and began a project.

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Written by Katherine Schuen and Caitlin Hobbs.

A Fallacious, Faulty and Foolish Discussion About Saturated Fat

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 21:26:19 +0000

The New York Times has done it again, reporting on a summary of studies on the associations of various dietary and clinical risk factors with heart disease in a way that creates, in my opinion, more confusion than clarity.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

Writing The China Study and Relaxing With the Big Picture

Thomas Campbell, MD — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:33:06 +0000

For the past several years, I have been giving more and more thought to the nature of nutrition information and discussion in America.

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Written by Thomas Campbell, MD.

Get Balanced, Get Blissed: A ‘W’holistic Approach to Health & Healing

Lynne Goldberg — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:44:34 +0000

Having lost my mom to cancer at the early age of 54, as well as losing twin girls, my job and my marriage, I suddenly woke up to the fact that I needed to find a different approach to life.

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Written by Lynne Goldberg.

8 Tips to Prepare Wholistically for Fall

Jovanka Ciares — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:33:28 +0000

All living creatures on earth are tied to and affected by the cycles of the days, the months and the seasons.

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Written by Jovanka Ciares.

Eating Plants to Address the Inflammatory State

Kathryn Pollard, MS — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 04:10:00 +0000

C-reactive protein is a molecule produced in the body that is used as a non-specific marker of inflammation. This molecule can be measured in the blood and, although it doesn’t identify the source of inflammation, be it from an infection, injury or virus, its levels rise in response to inflammation in the body.

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Written by Kathryn Pollard, MS.

Research Methodology in Cancer Research

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 15:51:49 +0000

Question: What is your response to: “A role for milk proteins and their peptides in cancer prevention”, by PW Parodi (Current Pharmaceutical Design 13: 813-828, 2007).

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

Keeping Your Dietary Balance

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:54:35 +0000

Because there are different nutrients in different parts of the plant, try to make sure you are getting some food from each part.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.