Category: Motivational

This video speaks for itself (Read the signs)…

Environmental benefits of a plant-based diet:

I had to throw this one in… just to share the love:

(No… those keys are not made of ivory!)

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE WEBSITE

Patience… there’s a lot of info here. Do not overwhelm yourself. Take it in small doses. The research is top notch, but if you want to jump to concise dietary advice skip to 50:50 (50 minutes, 50 seconds).

Here are some areas that will be covered in this outstanding talk:

Starting at minute 11:00 we will learn that half the population carry a mutation of the CYP1A2 gene which, with increased caffeine consumption, predisposes us to hypertension and myocardial infarction (heart attack). Without the mutation one or two cups of coffee can actually be beneficial, but with the mutation it is decidedly detrimental to our health, particularly if we are under 50 years old. 

Concerning obesity, we will learn at minute 15:30 that mutations of the APOA5 gene predisposes us to increased BMI (body mass index). Ninety percent of the population has at least one of these mutations. Dr. Oliveira has two such mutations, as does her identical twin sister, but they are expressed differently due to environmental factors. 

We also learn that the only genetic factors related to obesity concern the sensors for satiation and the sensors for appetite control. 

Note in the following tables:

TOTAL FAT (as % of total calories)

SFA = Saturated fatty acids

MUFA = Monunsaturated fatty acids

The graphics (above) make it clear why animal products need not even appear on my calorie density table. They are so amazingly high in saturated, as well as monounsaturated, fatty acids their inclusion in a fatloss conversation is inappropriate. As a matter of fact NUTS are even higher than most meats… so be careful!

Look what I’ve learned from Dr. Oliveira, comparing her calorie density table to mine:

I’ve got to change the green line! All-U-Can-Eat should appear above the starches, not below them. At the bottom of starches (where my current green line lives) I need a yellow line for Much-U-Can-Eat, instead of ALL. I’ll work on that modification on this site… and in my daily diet!

In her calorie density table Oliveira cites this Jeff Novick’s  (dietician, nutritionist, and exercise scientist) talk. So if the first lecture piqued your interest, here’s more!

https://youtu.be/0CdwWliv7Hg

How I love learning new empowering stuff! 😄

Video Synopsis

PREVIOUSLY PREPARED VEGGIES (in airfryer):

* broccoli with roasted garlic
1 lb

* roasted mini bell peppers
1 lb

* roasted mushrooms 1 lb w/ garlic

* roasted cauliflower wings
1 lb

(My air fryer is Avalon brand from Amazon. Sharon)

LIVE DEMOS:
* (Airfryer Brussels)
1 lb raw organic Brussels sprouts (halved) ( also works for broccoli, cauliflower, turnips, butternut squash cubesn, potatoes, etc)
1 or 2 T saltfree mustard
1 or 2 T Smokey bbq sauce from bemaandpas.com (discount code CHEFAJ)
Stir, then airfry at 420 deg for 20 min.

* (Stovetop Onion, mushroom, kale):
10 oz bag onion sauteed slowly in saltfree veggie broth
Then add mushrooms & sauté.
Then lots of garlic & sauté.
Then Trader Joe’s bagged organic kale.
Cover to steam.
Then drizzle garlic-cilantro vinegar.

* (Charles’ Breakfast Veggies):
Cruciferous crunch veggies from Trader Joe’s prepared in iPot (pressure cooker) with 3 C water or veggie broth (to use later like a hot tea – “pot liqueur”)
Cook on manual 5 min, then immediately release pressure.

GENERAL TIPS:

* tip: saltfree mango salsa is a good veggie topping

* tip: add unsweetened pineapple to you steamed kale

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Favorite Flavored Vinegars from bemaandpas.com:  

(discount code CHEFAJ)

Non-Reduced:
Grapefruit
Apple
Black Cherry
Prickly pear
Habanero pepper
Cucumber melon
White garlic
Garlic cilantro

Reduced (sweet):
Raspberry infused
Strawberry Peach infused
Carbanut (Carmel, banana, walnut)

BBQ Sauce:
Smokey raspberry bbq sauce
Smokey mango tango bbq sauce
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High info-dense interview with the director of True North Health Center’s low-density lifestyle program. There’s lots of motivation to live well in this exchange of ideas. Listen, apply, thrive!

I’m all into this STARCH-BASED DIET thing… a true carboholic. I might refer to the starches as unprocessed carbs, but the idea is the same…

• potatoes instead of chips
• veggies instead of veggie OIL
• corn instead of corn sweetener
• fruit instead of fruit juice
• boiled grains instead of flours
• boiled beans instead of refried

Here’s Dr. John McDougall’s opinion:

https://youtu.be/XaDt3AJQ98c

PROMOTERS & INHIBITORS (a summary)…

This is a well researched (and at times quite amusing) analysis of what we can do to strengthen our bodies in its constant exposure to carcinogens. While I would avoid the small portions of animal products and vegetable oil he recommends, he did succeed in extending his life for nearly two decades after a dim prognosis… and he lived it well. How can anyone argue with that? This man was a treasure. In this video I found him delightful, informative, hopeful… and at times hilarious.

Enjoy!

I poured over this story last night. A few points really stood out:

• These people have lowest reported levels of vascular aging of any population recorded to date

• Their main diet is unprocessed carbs

• They do not smoke

• They are now experiencing a gradual increase in cholesterol levels coinciding with increased access to SUGAR & OIL

Here’s the article. (Link is below it.)

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Proof modern life really does kill as remote Amazon tribe have healthiest arteries ever studied

Modern life really does kill after a remote tribe living deep in the Amazon were found to have the healthiest arteries ever studied.

A new study estimates that an 80-year-old from the Tsimane has the same vascular age as an American in their mid-fifties.

Heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood glucose were also much lower, probably as a result of the tribe’s lifestyle, according to the researchers.

The indigenous Tsimane people, who live in the Bolivian Amazon, have the lowest reported levels of vascular ageing for any population.

Hardening of the arteries, known as coronary atherosclerosis, which leads to coronary heart disease and angina is FIVE TIMES less common than in the US, according to the research published in The Lancet.

Unlike people in first world, the Tsimane survive on a diet low in saturated fats and high in non-processed foods.

The researchers suggests that the loss of subsistence diets and lifestyles [ie. opposite of rich & excessive] in modern society could be classed as a new risk factor for heart disease.

The main risk factors are age, smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, physical inactivity, obesity and diabetes.

Senior anthropology author Professor Hillard Kaplan, of the University of New Mexico, said: “Our study shows that the Tsimane indigenous South Americans have the lowest prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis of any population yet studied.

Their lifestyle suggests that a diet low in saturated fats and high in non-processed fibre-rich carbohydrates, along with wild game and fish, not smoking and being active throughout the day could help prevent hardening in the arteries of the heart.

“The loss of subsistence diets and lifestyles could be classed as a new risk factor for vascular ageing and we believe that components of this way of life could benefit contemporary sedentary populations.”

Although the Tsimane lifestyle is very different from that of modern society, Prof Kaplan says some elements of it are “transferable” and could help to reduce the risk of heart disease.

While industrial populations are sedentary for more than half of their waking hours (54 per cent), the Tsimane spend only 10 per cent of their daytime being inactive.

They live a subsistence lifestyle that involves hunting, gathering, fishing and farming, where men spend an average of six to seven hours of their day being physically active and women spend four to six hours.

Their diet is largely carbohydrate-based (72 per cent) and includes non-processed carbs which are high in fibre such as rice, plantain, corn, nuts and fruits.

Protein constitutes 14 per cent of their diet and comes from animal meat. The diet is very low in fat with fat compromising only 14 per cent of the diet – equivalent to an estimated 38 grams of fat each day, including 11g saturated fat and no trans fats.

And the researchers said smoking was almost non-existent among the Tsimane. The researchers visited 85 Tsimane villages between 2014 and 2015.

They measured their risk of heart disease by taking CT scans of the hearts of 705 adults, aged 40 to 94, to measure the extent of hardening of the coronary arteries, as well as measuring weight, age, heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose and inflammation.

They discovered, almost nine in 10 of the Tsimane people (85 per cent) had no risk of heart disease, and only three per cent had moderate or high risk.

That continued into old age, where almost two-thirds (65 per cent) of those aged over 75 had almost no risk. The results are the lowest reported levels of vascular ageing of any population recorded to date.

By comparison, a study of 6,814 American people aged 45 to 84 found that only 14 per cent had a CT scan that suggested no risk of heart disease and half had a moderate or high risk – a five-fold higher prevalence than in the Tsimane.

They also noted that the low risk of coronary atherosclerosis in the Tsimane despite there being elevated levels of inflammation in half (51 per cent).

Professor Randall Thompson, cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, said: “Conventional thinking is that inflammation increases the risk of heart disease.

“However, the inflammation common to the Tsimane was not associated with increased risk of heart disease, and may instead be the result of high rates of infections.”

The researchers suggest the healthier findings in the Tsimane is more likely to be a result of their lifestyle than genetics, because of a gradual increase in cholesterol levels coinciding with a rapidly changing lifestyle.

Dr Ben Trumble, of Arizona State University, said: “Over the last five years, new roads and the introduction of motorised canoes have dramatically increased access to the nearby market town to buy sugar and cooking oil.

“This is ushering in major economic and nutritional changes for the Tsimane people.”

Senior cardiology author Dr Gregory Thomas, of Long Beach Memorial Medical Centre, said: “This study suggests that coronary atherosclerosis could be avoided if people adopted some elements of the Tsimane lifestyle, such as keeping their LDL cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar very low, not smoking and being physically active.

“Most of the Tsimane are able to live their entire life without developing any coronary atherosclerosis. This has never been seen in any prior research.

“While difficult to achieve in the industrialised world, we can adopt some aspects of their lifestyle to potentially forestall a condition we thought would eventually effect almost all of us.”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/proof-modern-life-really-kill-10047382

Also see:

https://apple.news/A90Ey79OPQrGlr3tIo1hMWg

I share my kitchen with many different bellies, so most (but not all) stored items are vegan.

Arrrghhh… who knows what’s back there! Don’t reach, it might bite!

Ahhh… much better. Every item is clearly visible! And with lazy susans storage space has increased. I love it! Here’s a full length view…

https://youtu.be/aNtStsw3rMo

Looks like my puppy! No more beef for me…