“No Oil! Not Even Olive Oil!”
On my journey to wellness, the single most important information I have learned is about the harmful effects of oil on our diets. This is not just a problem in the United States, though it is an astronomical one. I have witnessed how fast food and oil have infiltrated once wonderful cuisines around the world.…
Health is My Top 2023 Value
“The greatest wealth is health.” – Virgil The year 2023 will be the year that I dedicate myself to living my values. At the top of my values list is health because it is nearly impossible to live any other value fully without it. Focusing on my health first and foremost will allow me to…
The Urge to Fix Myself
“I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.”― E.B. White It happens all of the time. I go around in circles, it seems, between working on myself and trying to fix everything I think is broken…
#GotPlants? Get Healthy with Plants, Join the WFPB Movement!
In the 90s the California Milk Processor Board launched a fantastic campaign to sell cow’s milk, a product they asserted was good for growing strong bones. They called it “Got Milk?” Apparently, the message that “Milk Does a Body Good,” was losing traction. Enter sexy celebrities sporting milk mustaches and sometimes not much else (David…
Heart Surgery, Now What?
I was at Aldi, struggling to get the coin out of the key chain I bought to keep a quarter for their shopping carts, when I saw a woman I know from the small town where I lived just a few months earlier. I said, “Hello!” calling her name, but she didn’t seem to realize…
Addressing a Health Crisis with Plants
This afternoon, I stopped by a local grocery store, a chain that originates from my home state of North Carolina, and while it is not my favorite, I have often been impressed by the offering of fresh fruits and vegetables, and many organic options as well. Today was a different experience. I just moved to…
10 Radical Steps to Prevent and Reverse Cancer
Almost 2 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer this year, and over six hundred thousand will die of the disease. Currently, four in ten Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime and cancer rates are rising. However, not all of the news is bad news. There are people who have taken “radical” control of their health and have beaten the odds.
Forks Over Knives Turns 10!
The documentary Forks Over Knives is having a birthday. Ten years ago the film was released, and it caused a ripple effect of change in many people’s lives. A Whole Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet was known to only a few, but the power of story that the film delivered touched many, and today we celebrate…
The First Step to Loving Yourself
A while back, I wrote an article that has gotten some traffic on Medium titled, I Healed My Depression When I Stopped Hating Myself. While I feel that everything I wrote in that article is true, especially that I no longer suffer from depression, I am not sure that I communicated that learning to “not…