September 2nd, 2010 by Savvy Veg
From Dr. Gabe Mirkin’s Health & Fitness Ezine, 9.2.10
Dear Dr. Mirkin: How does drinking fruit juice increase risk for heart attacks?
The CARDIA study shows that all sugared drinks, including fruit juices, raise total cholesterol, the bad LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pressure (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, August 13, 2010).
People who drink fruit juice also have [...]
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August 30th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
All Berries Are Equal!
By Pamela A. Popper, Ph.D., N.D. Dr. Pam Popper is a naturopath, nutritionist and the Executive Director of The Wellness Forum.
One of the more inaccurate claims made by companies and individuals selling healthy products these days is that certain fruits, berries or juices are more nutritious and that eating or drinking these [...]
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August 25th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Article excerpt from A Month Without Monsanto, published 8.26.10 by YES! Magazine, via CommonDreams.org
Author April Dávila wondered what it would take to cut the GMO giant out of her family’s life. She found that Monsanto was far more entrenched in our food supply than she’d ever realized.
“Unfortunately, with the exception of a few national brands (check out Annie’s, [...]
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June 30th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Why this rant about processed foods?
Humans have been processing their food in various ways for thousands of years, right? Freezing, drying, preserving and canning come to mind.
So what’s the problem? I recently sampled a brand of veggie burger which shall remain anonymous as there isn’t much to choose between the various brands.
I found the veggie burger [...]
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May 14th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Dear Savvy Vegetarian:
About 7 days ago, I begin a plant based diet, eating organic vegetables when they are available. I have always had constipation problems and I was hoping this diet would resolve that.
Are there some vegetables that I should eat more of? So far my diet consists of oatmeal, lettuce, tomatoes, beans, onions, asparagus, [...]
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April 29th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Dr. Gabe Mirkin’s Fitness and Health E-Zine April 18, 2010
This month, separate studies from Denmark and Italy show that heart attack risk is lowered by replacing saturated fats with good carbohydrates that do not cause a high rise in blood sugar, while heart attacks can be caused by replacing saturated fats with carbohydrates that cause [...]
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April 14th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Part 1 – Cut the cheese
A while back we received a letter from a reader who was asking about vegetarian weight loss. She had experienced weight gain on her new veggie diet instead of the usual weight loss. Why do some vegetarians experience weight gain instead of healthy weight loss on a vegetarian diet?
Eating less [...]
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April 7th, 2010 by Savvy Veg
A few days ago, I read the Mercola agave article that’s generated lots of buzz recently – Beware of the Agave Nectar Health Food Fraud. It sounded not unreasonable, for Mercola, so I posted a link on my FB fan page. I immediately lost 2 fans who hate Mercola. It seems that people either love or hate [...]
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April 1st, 2010 by Savvy Veg
Convert any dessert recipe into a sugar free recipe, with stevia: natural sweetener and sugar substitute!
Diabetics and hypoglycemics are always looking for sugar free desserts. And sometimes it’s hard to find diabetic dessert recipes, especially vegetarian, vegan or gluten free.
But more and more people, especially vegetarians, are becoming conscious of the unhealthy effects of processed [...]
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November 28th, 2009 by Savvy Veg
Dr. Gabe Mirkin talks about a study showing that a junk food diet high in fat and sugar alters gut bacteria, causing obesity in mice. That same intestinal bacteria tends to create overweight humans. Dr. Mirkin recommends a healthy plant-based diet (AKA vegetarian diet) to create healthy intestinal flora which makes it easier to kick the junk food habit, lose [...]
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