This Plant-Based Ultra Race Runner is Striving For Healthy Change

After receiving heart attack risk news Nate the Vegan Cable Guy went plant-based.

Is Fish Part of a Healthy Diet?

Many healthy diets around the world contain fish, but are they the reason why the diets are healthy? Are there any adverse health effects of eating fish that you should worry about?

Why Did I Switch to a Plant-Based Diet After Losing 150 Pounds?

I was morbidly obese, over 350 pounds. I changed my diet and lost the weight. Then I stumbled upon vegan bodybuilders and began my plant-based journey.

Whole Food, Plant-Based Lifestyle Contradicted My Statin Drugs

I would like to share my personal experience of moving away from conventional medicine and adopting a whole foods, plant-based lifestyle.

How Avoiding Statins Led to a Show Called The Big Fat Truth

High cholesterol led me to a plant-based diet. My husband, producer of The Biggest Loser, joined me and inspires others to go plant-based with The Big Fat Truth.

Goodbye Kidney Disease, So Long Cholesterol Medication

My husband was prescribed some pills, told to lose some weight and advised there was no cure. That was it. We felt powerless until we found The China Study.

After Husband’s Heart Surgery, Vegetarian Couple Goes Plant-Based

Lose weight, lower your cholesterol, and reduce your risk of heart disease within a few short months, just by improving how you eat. Sounds like an ad, right?

Vegan Sisters Encourage Those Over 40 to Go Plant-Based

‘40 Year Old Vegan’ authors Susan and Sandra are healthier than ever. They’ve lowered their cholesterol, stayed trim and stopped taking prescription medications.

Plant Oils Are Not a Healthy Alternative to Saturated Fat

The conversation surrounding saturated fat continues, when we should be discussing animal protein. By the way, isolated plant oils are not healthy either.

How a Heart Attack Saved My Life

This article is not about dieting, it is about second chances. How optimal nutrition healed my body after 55 years of burgers, pizza, steaks, soda and chips.

Should I Be Tested? Ask These 4 Questions First

Tom Campbell, MD presents some very important points, not often discussed by medical professionals, which could save you time, money and unnecessary grief.

How I Lost 55 lbs, Lowered Cholesterol & Reversed Heart Disease

After shocking cardiac test results I became empowered to make major dietary and lifestyle changes using the plant-based diet.

Normal Numbers Don’t Equal Good Health

A few years ago, I had a conversation with my aunt that went something like this: Me: “I didn’t know you had high blood pressure.” Aunt: “I don’t” Me: “But I see these medications for high blood pressure on your counter.” Aunt: “Yes, I take them and now I don’t have high blood pressure.” Turns … Continued

Oversaturation of Fat in the Media

We have known for decades that fatty foods are anything but good for you, but recent media reports glorifying saturated have caused confusion. Do not be fooled. There is nothing healthful about butter, bacon, cheese, or steak. Saturated fat poses numerous severe health risks of which everyone should be aware. This recent confusion over saturated fat may be a result of people trying to blame carbs for the nation’s weight problems—even though the country’s grain intake is actually far lower than what it once was.

Exercise and Cardiovascular Health

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in the U.S. Heart disease and cancer combined, account for almost 50% of all deaths each year and affects nearly 14 million Americans.

Breast Cancer, Cholesterol, and Reductionism

According to a journalist for the prestigious journal Science (November 29, 2013), “Cholesterol....when metabolized by the body...turns into a potent estrogen-like molecule that spurs the growth of breast cancer in mice, and perhaps in people.

How Can I Lower My Triglycerides?

Q: I am a healthy weight and recently changed my diet to a vegan diet. Since then, my doctor has told me that my triglycerides are high: they are 215. Why are they high? What can I do, and is it important for me to improve these numbers?

Diabesity-Treating Symptoms Rather than Causes

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the rates of type 2 diabetes have tripled in the last 30 years.1 This is due largely to the global epidemic of obesity, a major risk factor for developing the disease. The association between obesity and diabetes is so strong that former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop coined the term “Diabesity.”2

Soy…The Rest of the Story

How interesting it is to see the recent flurry of soy stories hit the press. Products such as tempeh, tofu, and soy burgers vie daily for headlines with reports of seemingly miraculous benefits all credited to the simple and versatile soybean.

China Report: A Disease Profile

In China, we came to discover the differences between diseases of nutritional extravagance and poverty when we decided to find out why various diseases were clustered in the ways that they were in various parts of the country.

Is Coconut Oil Healthy or Hazardous?

I’m not quite sure why people think there is something magically healthy about coconut oil. I think it is because it tastes good, and therefore the misinformation is easier to swallow. For several years now, coconut oil has been marketed as the new wonder oil, a cure-all with health benefits ranging from antimicrobial properties (such … Continued

China Report: Cholesterol and Cancer

Most of us have heard a great deal about the link between high cholesterol and heart disease. But how many have heard that high blood cholesterol levels are also associated with cancer?

Reversing Heart Disease with Diet

Fue en este preciso momento, extremadamente crítico en la ciencia y la medicina, cuando los Doctores Esselstyn y Ornish, en los extremos opuestos del país, intervinieron y mostraron una valentía considerable. No solo preguntaron si los ataques cardíacos podrían prevenirse con dietas basadas en plantas, bajas en grasa, sino también si esta enfermedad podría, de hecho, ser revertida.

Why China Holds the Key to Your Health

I have been a researcher, lecturer, and policy advisor in the field of diet and cancer for nearly 45 years. Since 1963, primarily from an academic position, I have seen the many faces of establishment science and have been both rewarded and distressed …