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Processed Food is Making Americans Fat, Sick, and is Killing Us

Health column from August 19th 2022 by Dr. Greg Feinsinger. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. More than two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, resulting in health problems such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Processed food is a major cause. Humans evolved over

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31 Aug 22 3 min read

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It's the food, stupid

The other night in the Dots chat Stephen P. and LTS talked about health. I flexed with this picture from 2 weeks ago. Mine and Renee's health are due to what we eat -- and don't eat. I just saw this come through my feed, from my old friend Rich

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31 Aug 22 1 min read

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Exercise Versus Diet for Weight Loss

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. This is another column in a series about obesity and how to lose weight, taken from Dr. Greger’s 2020 book “How Not to Diet.” People often say the reason they

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14 Nov 21 2 min read

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Celiac Disease and Related Conditions

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. CELIAC DISEASE: Around 1 percent of Americans have celiac disease, many of whom go undiagnosed. Celiac is a genetic, autoimmune disorder caused by gluten, a protein in wheat, rye, and barley,

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18 Oct 21 2 min read

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Optimizing Your Gut Biome: Prebiotics, Probiotics, Postbiotics, and Exercise

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. “The single greatest predictor of a healthy gut microbiome is the diversity of plants in one’s diet,” Will Bulsiewicz, M.D., MSCI, in “Fiber Fueled.” This is another column in

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09 Oct 21 2 min read

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Bad Gut Bacteria Cause Cardiovascular Disease, Severe COVID and More

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. The previous column in this series about the gut microbiome was about how good gut bacteria improve health. Today’s column is about how bad gut bacteria cause disease. The information

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05 Oct 21 3 min read

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Cholesterol: We Need Some - Too Much is Harmful

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. Cholesterol is important in the formation of bile acids and steroid hormones, and is a component of cell membranes. It is synthesized by cells throughout the body, but particularly the liver.

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30 Sep 21 3 min read

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Health Benefits of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa)

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. Over 2,000 years ago Hippocrates said “let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food.” We know that intensely-colored vegetables (e.g. greens, red cabbage, red onions, peppers,

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30 Sep 21 2 min read

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Cardiac Stents Do Not Save Or Improve Lives in Stable Heart Disease

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. Stents are small, semi-rigid, tubular “cages” that are inserted into arteries to open blockages. They are primarily used for blockages in coronary (heart) arteries, but are sometimes used to unclog other

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30 Sep 21 4 min read

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Health Benefits of Ground Flaxseeds

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. Hippocrates used flaxseeds to treat patients over 2,000 years ago. Dr. Michael Greger’s book “How Not to Die” and his website nutritionfacts.org cite recent studies that confirm that

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30 Sep 21 2 min read

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Worried About Alzheimers? Don't Count on Recently Approved Aduhelm

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. Six percent of Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s dementia. Aging Americans fear getting this memory-robbing disease more than any other age-related condition. Alzheimer’s is associated with amyloid plaque in the

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30 Sep 21 3 min read

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Be A Good Citizen, Neighbor, and a Patriot: Get Vaccinated Against COVID

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. It has been said that if human beings don’t start basing their decisions on facts rather than beliefs, our species is doomed. A case in point is what’s happening

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30 Sep 21 3 min read

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Food As Medicine

FOOD AS MEDICINE FOR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL, A PATIENT STORY Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. The two kidneys are the shape of beans but much larger. Around a million microscopic filters in each

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30 Sep 21 3 min read

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Shortness Of Breath: A Common Complaint

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. A frequent complaint that brings patients to primary care doctors is shortness of breath. Often the cause is weight gain or poor aerobic conditioning. This column is about more serious causes.

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30 Sep 21 2 min read

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Chest Pain: A Common Complaint

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. Chest pain is a common concern of patients visiting primary care providers. Sometimes chest pain can be associated with serious—even life-threatening—conditions, other times not. Following are some common causes

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30 Sep 21 3 min read

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Should You Sign Up For Life Screening?

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. Recently there have been pink inserts in local newspapers advertising health screening by a company called Lifeline Screening, which has been coming to our area for years. People are asking doctors

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30 Sep 21 3 min read

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One Doctor's Path To Learning About The Power Of Food

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. There is a wealth of scientific literature about the power of unhealthy food to cause disease and of healthy food to prevent, treat, and reverse disease. Unfortunately, doctors aren’t given

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30 Sep 21 3 min read

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How Good Gut Bacteria Improves Health

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. This is the second column in a series based on information from “Fiber Fueled,” by gastroenterologist Will Bulsiewicz, M.D. “Eat to Beat Disease,” by William Li, M.D., was also

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30 Sep 21 2 min read

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The Gut Microbiome Plays A Huge Role In Health

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. For centuries, physicians looked at bacteria as harmful—causing wound infections and infectious diseases such as pneumonia and meningitis. Following the discovery of penicillin in 1928, multiple antibiotics were developed to

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30 Sep 21 2 min read

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Get Your Flu Shot

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. INFLUENZA CAN CAUSE LOST WORK AND SCHOOL DAYS AND EVEN DEATH: IT’S FLU SHOT TIME Vaccinations, including COVID and flu immunizations, are one of the shining success stories of modern

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30 Sep 21 3 min read

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Cholesterol: We Need Some But Too Much Is Harmful

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17 Jun 21 3 min read

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The Most Antioxidant-Packed Food: Amla (Indian Gooseberry)

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. Oxidation is caused by free radicals. Rusting of metal when left out in the rain is an example of oxidation. In our bodies, oxidation contributes to aging, cardiovascular disease, cancer, dementia,

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17 Jun 21 2 min read

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Broccoli for Autism?

Currently there are no medications that help autism. However, there is a group of plant foods that help: cruciferous vegetables, which include cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel’s sprouts, bok choy, arugula, collard greens, mustard greens, radish, turnip greens, and watercress.

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07 Jun 21 2 min read

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Ketogenic (Keto) Diet, Good or Bad?

There are many other diets out there—such as the Paleo diet, Adkins diet, Mediterranean diet, and keto diet. All these diets result in short term weight loss. However, if you’re overweight want to lose weight, what’s best is a diet that ensures weight loss over the long term and improves health.

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06 Jun 21 3 min read

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The Importance of Immunizations

n 2017, long before COVID, Dr. Robert Pearl said in his book “Mistreated” that the American medical system is based on treating rather than preventing disease, resulting in needless suffering, death, and high costs.

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06 Jun 21 2 min read

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How Obesity Can be Passed to the Next Generation

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. Since the 1970s, each generation of Americans has become more overweight than the previous generation. In his book “How Not to Diet, “ Dr. Greger summarized part of the cause for this

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25 May 21 2 min read

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The fastest-growing vegan demographic is African Americans. Wu-Tang Clan and other hip-hop acts paved the way

I read this today on Neil Young Archives [https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1]. Brothers and sisters are getting clean. They’re getting healthy. They’re fighting slavery, taking back their bodies from the man. Brightens my day. The fastest-growing vegan demographic is African Americans. Wu-Tang Clan and other hip-hop acts

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26 Apr 21 3 min read

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Atrial Fibrillation Can be Serious

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. Atrial fibrillation is caused by an abnormality in the heart’s electrical conduction system. It’s common-- around 9 percent of people 65 and over have it. To understand A fib,

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25 Mar 21 3 min read

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Sleep Apnea Can Cause Serious Health Problems

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. Apnea means absence of breathing, and sleep apnea refers to when this happens during sleep. There are two types of sleep apnea: obstructive and central. OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA) is common

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01 Feb 21 3 min read

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Cheat Sheet for Losing Weight from Dr. Greger’s Book, “How Not to Diet"

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. Dr. Michael Greger is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading expert on evidence-based nutrition. He is famous for his book “How Not to Die,” and his website nutritionfacts.org. This

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19 Jan 21 3 min read

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Ketogenic (“Keto”) Diet: Good or Bad?

Health column by Dr. Greg Feinsinger [https://gregfeinsingermd.com/]. Champion of Whole Food Plant Based Living and righteous person. The NIH (National Institutes of Health) recommends that doctors talk to their patients about plant-based nutrition. There are many other diets out there—such as the Paleo diet, Adkins diet, Mediterranean

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25 Nov 20 3 min read

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The Real Fight Over Health Care Should Be Against Diabetes and Obesity

I'm starting to move some posts over from heyheyrenee. This one was from 3-28- 2012. It's timeless. Howdy, This is a great piece from TheDailyBeast.com on how the problem with health care is not, President Obama -- it's us. Folks, if we'd all just lose weight, eat healthy, exercise

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Processed Food is Making Americans Fat, Sick, and is Killing Us

It's the food, stupid

Exercise Versus Diet for Weight Loss

Celiac Disease and Related Conditions

Optimizing Your Gut Biome: Prebiotics, Probiotics, Postbiotics, and Exercise

Bad Gut Bacteria Cause Cardiovascular Disease, Severe COVID and More

Cholesterol: We Need Some - Too Much is Harmful

Health Benefits of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella Sativa)

Cardiac Stents Do Not Save Or Improve Lives in Stable Heart Disease

Health Benefits of Ground Flaxseeds

Worried About Alzheimers? Don't Count on Recently Approved Aduhelm

Be A Good Citizen, Neighbor, and a Patriot: Get Vaccinated Against COVID

Food As Medicine

Shortness Of Breath: A Common Complaint

Chest Pain: A Common Complaint

Should You Sign Up For Life Screening?

One Doctor's Path To Learning About The Power Of Food

How Good Gut Bacteria Improves Health

The Gut Microbiome Plays A Huge Role In Health

Get Your Flu Shot

Cholesterol: We Need Some But Too Much Is Harmful

The Most Antioxidant-Packed Food: Amla (Indian Gooseberry)

Broccoli for Autism?

Ketogenic (Keto) Diet, Good or Bad?

The Importance of Immunizations

How Obesity Can be Passed to the Next Generation

The fastest-growing vegan demographic is African Americans. Wu-Tang Clan and other hip-hop acts paved the way

Atrial Fibrillation Can be Serious

Sleep Apnea Can Cause Serious Health Problems

Cheat Sheet for Losing Weight from Dr. Greger’s Book, “How Not to Diet"

Ketogenic (“Keto”) Diet: Good or Bad?

The Real Fight Over Health Care Should Be Against Diabetes and Obesity

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