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Burning FAT
– the perennial problem for men and women

MONDAY MORNING MOTIVATION: How to burn stored fat and burn it faster!   [ How to Burn Stored Fat ]   [ How to Burn Fat Faster ]

Thrive – Brendan Brazier

Featuring a long-term eating plan that may help you achieve optimal health through stress-busting plant-based whole foods, this title includes: the best whole foods; over 100 easy-to-make recipes with raw food options that are wheat, gluten, soy, corn, refined sugar, and dairy free; and, an easy-to-follow exercise plan. [From: Goodreads.com] The thrive diet is a long-term […]

Avocados – some fun facts

    Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable. In Brazil avocados mixed in with ice cream is a very popular dessert. The avocado is also called an Alligator Pear because of its pear-like shape and it’s bumpy green skin. California produces about 90% of the national avocado crop in the Usa. To tell if […]

What’s wrong with what we eat
– Mark Bittman

From TED.com In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what’s wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it’s putting the entire planet at risk. Mark Bittman is a bestselling cookbook author, […]

Healing through diet
– Dean Ornish

From TED.com Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body’s natural desire to heal itself. Dean Ornish is a clinical professor at UCSF and founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute. He’s a leading expert on fighting illness — particularly heart disease with dietary and lifestyle changes. Why you […]

A new strategy in the war on cancer
– David Agus

From TED.com Too often, says David Agus cancer treatments have a short-sighted focus on individual cells. He suggests a new, cross-disciplinary approach, using atypical drugs, computer modeling and protein analysis to diagnose and treat the whole body. Although a highly-accomplished conventional doctor, David Agus has embraced the future of medicine and is constantly exploring ways that […]

What if our healthcare system kept us healthy?
– Rebecca Onie

From TED.com Rebecca Onie asks audacious questions: What if waiting rooms were a place to improve daily health care? What if doctors could prescribe food, housing and heat in the winter? At TEDMED she describes Health Leads, an organization that does just that — and does it by building a volunteer base as elite and dedicated […]

Teach every child about food
– Jamie Oliver

From TED.com Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food. Jamie Oliver is transforming the way we feed ourselves, and our children. Why you should listen Jamie Oliver has been drawn to the kitchen since he […]

Can we eat to starve cancer?
– William Li

William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that cut off the supply lines and beat cancer at its own game. William Li heads the Angiogenesis Foundation, a nonprofit […]

The Woman in the Mirror
– Cynthia M. Bulik

Wouldn’t it feel great to be free of fixation on your body image and simply feel comfortable in your own skin? Well, it’s time to discover the release of disentangling your body esteem from your self esteem and letting your personality, values and accomplishments come to the fore. In The Woman in the Mirror Cynthia Bulik shows […]

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