Eat to Live (edit title/settings)

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• D'adamo
• Dr. Fuhrman
• Debra
• Mcdonald
• Ginny
• William Harris
• T. Colin Campbell
• Walter C. Willett
• Gerardo Petito
• John Pawlikowski
• Rosalee
• Ascherio
• Huang H
• Lizarraga MA
• Stampfer MJ

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• “Financed by the meat and dairy industry and backed by nutritional scientists on the payroll of the meat and dairy industry, this promotion ignored science”

• “Over fifty years ago, the USDA began promoting the so-called four basic food groups, with meat and dairy products in the number one and two spots on the list”

• “a vegetarian diet is no guarantee of good health”

• “Following a strict vegetarian diet is not as important as eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables”

• “Your health is predicted by your nutrient intake divided by your intake of calories”

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• Eat at least four fresh fruits per day, but no fruit juice.

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• I recommend one ounce of raw, unsalted seeds or nuts per day, such as sesame seeds, sunflower seed, flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, pistachio nuts, or almonds.

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• Eat some beans with every lunch. Among your choices are chickpeas, black-eyed peas, black beans, cowpeas, split peas, lima beans, pinto beans, lentils, red kidney beans, soybeans, cannellini beans, pigeon peas, and white beans.

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• Breakfast: fresh fruit Lunch: salad, beans on top, and more fruit Dinner: salad and two cooked vegetables (1 lb.), fruit dessert

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• If you want to lose weight, the most important foods to avoid are processed foods: condiments, candy, snacks, and baked goods; fat-free has nothing to do with it.

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• I encourage my patients to eat two huge salads a day, with the goal of consuming an entire head of romaine or other green lettuce daily.

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• Whether you eat a vegetarian diet or include a small amount of animal foods, for optimal health you must receive the majority of your calories from unrefined plant foods. It is the large quantity of unrefined plant foods that grants the greatest protection against developing serious disease.

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• As a general rule of thumb: the closer we eat foods to their natural state, the healthier the food.

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• Among the raw nuts and seeds you can add to your diet are almonds, cashews, walnuts, black walnuts, pecans, filberts, hickory nuts, macadamias, pignolis, pistachios, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, hemp seeds, chia seeds, and flaxseeds.

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• So I usually recommend to my patients that instead of consuming the oils, they consume a tablespoon of ground flaxseeds daily, or some walnuts, to ensure adequate omega-3 fat intake.

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• Brussels
• United States

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1. Joel Fuhrman (Author)

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• Dewey: 641.5635

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• Books › Health, Mind & Body › Diets & Weight Loss › Diets › Weight Loss