On Dec 3, 2012, at 9:09 AM, venaurafarm wrote:
http://www.drfuhrman.com and his book "Eat to Live"
http://www.drmcdougall.com True North Health Center in Santa Rosa,
CA http://www.healthpromoting.com
I am a believer in nutrient dense food
We live near Santa Rosa where Fuhrman and McDougall have a large
influence. I shifted to their diet about 3 months ago: foods with
high nutrient to calorie ratios (tons of veggies, legumes, not too
many grains, avoid all processed foods, very modest amounts of
pastured-only meat (8 oz/week or so), and no dairy). They
scrupulously avoid all oils, calling it "the ultimate junk food"
meaning they are processed, have no nutrition, and have all their
calories from fat. So you get your oils from nuts and seeds--tied to
nutrients (like organic fertilizer).
On a per calorie basis--not per weight, which is not what matters
with food--meat has 10% of the protein and 5% of the nutrients as
green veggies. I was always a meat-eater, but those data are pretty
compelling.
My blood pressure and cholesterol had been creeping up over the
years. In 2 months, blood pressure had dropped 30 points on both
sides, and cholesterol had fallen in half. That's typical for this
diet: everyone reports that. I had thought I had been eating a
healthy diet: nearly all organic for 25 years, but I now see that I
had a lot of fat, a fair amount of processed food (breads, pasta,
cereals) and far too much dairy,
On what I thought was a healthy diet, I was diagnosed with serious
cancer 6 years ago, so something clearly was amiss, and I went
macrobiotic for 2 years. (I'm cancer-free now) Organic alone won't
save you. Judging from blood pressure, cholesterol, and my increased
energy level, I think this diet is onto something. Kinda paleo but
much lower in meat and avoiding dairy and oils (cavemen didn't milk
cattle or process olives.)
Toby http://patternliteracy.com
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