Stop Cancer Before It Starts

This is a lecture from Dr Michael Greger MD who does a great job of making the results of complex research easy to understand. This lecture is an hour long but is very worth the time.

Nutrition Videos of the latest research.

Dr Michael Gregor MD reads every nutrition journal published in English every year. He now has videos of what he has found at http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/

This is the description of he and the sponsoring foundation from their website.

NUTRITIONFACTS.ORG is brought to you by the Jesse & Julie Rasch Foundation in partnership with Michael Greger, M.D. Dr. Greger scours the world of nutrition-related research, as published in scientific journals, and brings that information to you in short, easy to understand video segments.  We also provide links to the original journal articles whenever possible so that you can source the information directly, if you so desire.

Michael Greger, M.D., is a physician, author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues.  A founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Dr. Greger is licensed as a general practitioner specializing in clinical nutrition. Currently he serves as the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States. Dr. Greger is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine.

The Jesse & Julie Rasch Foundation was established in Toronto, Canada in the year 2000 by Jesse Rasch. Among the objectives of the Foundation is the funding of research into the role of health and nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease and to ensure that the research results are appropriately disseminated to the medical profession.  The Foundation is also striving to educate the public on the enormous role that health and nutrition play in disease prevention.

Potato Nachos

On Sunday we bought a basket of small new potatoes and boiled them all, drained them and p

ut them in the refrigerator. They were now ready for addition to soups, or to be used in a recipe. Potato Nachos are much healthier than buying commercial nacho chips.

Ingredients:

10 small boiled potatoes cut in quarters length wise

1 tsp canola oil to grease the baking pan

1 bell pepper, chopped

1/4 cup salsa (we used

pre-made but you can make your own if desired)

1/4 cup Daiya cheddar style shreads

To Make:

Place the potatoes on the baking pan in 350 F oven until heated through.

Top with chopped peppers, salsa and Daiya

Heat an additional 10 minutes until Daiya is melted.

Serve hot.

We have been watching videos and reading books by Dr John McDougall. Since he really believes potatoes are a great healthy food and we can get them locally we have been eating LOTS of potatoes.

Here is his video called The Starch Solution if you want to watch.

A Plant Based Diet

18% of carbon emissions are from animal agriculture. Every time we have a meal that is made up of plant foods instead of animal foods we help a little bit. The challenge is to come up with recipes that are attainable to regular busy people. Like all skills, the more we practice the easier it gets.


People who eat only plant based foods are called "Vegan". They usually avoid all animal products in their diet including  meat, fish, dairy (including rennet and whey), poultry, and eggs. They also may avoid products that include silk, leather, fur, wool, honey, beeswax, and any other products made with animal products.


In our experience there are four things that cause people to become vegans.
Concern about the environment.
Concern about third world poverty.
Concern about animal welfare and suffering.
Concern about personal health and wellness.


Perfection is not an attainable goal. Do what you can do today and tomorrow is a new day. Even if we decide to have one additional plant based meal each week it is a contribution to the world.


Namasté!


Erin