Category Archives: vegetarian

What To Do For A Fever

  By ironman45 | February 25, 2013 - 2:53 am | cold/flu/immunity, vegetarian
Leave a comment

Of all the concerns that parents have contacted my office about over the years, one of the most common ones has been what to do with a child’s fever.

In addressing this concern, it’s vital to understand that a fever serves to protect your body against infection and trauma in three major ways:

  1. A fever stimulates your immune system into producing more white blood cells, antibodies, and a protein called interferon, all of which work to protect your body against harmful microorganisms.
  2. By raising your body’s temperature a few degrees, a fever makes it harder for invading bacteria and viruses to survive and flourish. The higher your core body temperature is, the harder it is for harmful microorganisms to survive in your body.
  3. A fever helps to shuttle iron to your liver so that it is not readily available to fuel the growth of invading bacteria. (more…)

5 Foods for a High Protein Vegetarian Diet

  By ironman45 | September 5, 2012 - 4:22 pm | vegetarian
Leave a comment

Lisa Garber
Waking Times

In today’s McWorld, we often equate protein with a greasy, drippy burger. Protein is, in fact, a matter of amino acids, and it abounds in the plant kingdom. The trick is in knowing where to find it, knowledge that is especially needed be vegans and vegetarians. RDA recommendations for protein are from 0.36 to 0.45 grams per pound of body weight a day. That’s only 15 to 20% of calories—an amount easily attainable when including these foods for a high protein vegetarian diet.

High Protein Vegetarian Diet – 1. Dairy Products and Eggs (more…)

WHAT ARE THE TOP TEN PALEO SUPPLEMENTS?

  By ironman45 | November 17, 2011 - 7:42 pm | Anti aging, osteoporosis, thyroid, vegetarian, vitamin D, weight loss
Leave a comment

READERS SUMMARY:

WHAT ARE THE TOP TEN SUPPLEMENTS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHANGING?
WHY DO I CONSIDER THEM THE BEST CORE SUPPLEMENTS FOR A PALEO LIFESTYLE?
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO LEAST SUPPLEMENT IN A PALEO LIFESTYLE? (more…)

Vegetarianism – Part 1: A Philosophical and Historical Perspective

  By ironman45 | October 23, 2011 - 11:46 pm | vegetarian
Leave a comment

Earlier this year, the United Nations released a report which stated that a “substantial worldwide diet change” will be needed to reduce the effects of agriculture on the environment. Not surprisingly, the substantial change recommended by the UN is a move away from the consumption of animal products. As noted on the Guardian website, the UN report urges a global shift toward a meat- and dairy-free diet to help “save the world from hunger, fuel poverty, and the worst impacts of climate change.”1,2 (more…)

What Food Choices Are a Matter of Life and Death?

  By ironman45 | May 16, 2011 - 6:23 am | vegetarian
Leave a comment

Few dare to dream methods for resolving the health-care issues facing America. One best-selling author, T. Colin Campbell, after he completed the most comprehensive scientific study of nutrition ever conducted, argues that most health issues can be resolved by simply changing from animal-derived foods to plant foods.1,2 Is then our food choice either culprit or solution? Several esteemed clinicians, rather than dispute Campbell’s findings, assigned patients suffering with heart disease, cancers, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases a strict plant food menu. Nearly all subjects progressed so well that they were taken off their previously prescribed medications. Each clinician observed that patient compliance in applying the plant-food protocol is required for attaining results. Of those patients whose health returned from consuming plant foods, once they “cheated” by adding a small portion from animal-derived food, their original complaints returned. If a plant-food intervention improves health, longevity, and resolves the health issues afflicting our modern industrialized society, examination to determine efficacy is rational.
(more…)

Three Big Reasons Why You Don’t Want to be a Vegetarian

  By ironman45 | April 22, 2011 - 6:12 am | vegetarian
Leave a comment

When I ask my university students if they’re vegetarians or meat eaters at least two-thirds of the class claims to be vegetarians. But most of them admit to eating fish, poultry and dairy products.

This wishful thinking is common to vegetarians. Even nutrition students are misinformed. Avoiding red meat doesn’t make you a vegetarian… and it doesn’t make you any healthier.

Here’s the bottom line: If you follow a true “vegetarian” no-meat diet, you may be robbing yourself of three critical nutrients you need to stay healthy.

Today I’ll show you how this happens and how you can avoid it. I’ll also give you easy-to-follow guidelines for safely enjoying the kind of red meat your ancestors thrived on.

On a Vegetarian Diet There’s a 93% Chance
You’re Not Getting Enough Zinc (more…)

The Argument for a Vegetarian Diet Part One

  By ironman45 | March 26, 2011 - 12:55 am | vegetarian
Leave a comment

In recent decades, vegetarianism has shed its image as an offbeat lifestyle choice and attracted many Americans who want to take advantage of the benefits offered by plant-based eating. These people are adopting a vegetarian diet to improve their health, avoid the chemicals used in animal foods, reduce food costs, conserve natural resources, adhere to religious disciplines, and respect animal life. More than 7 million Americans now eat a vegetarian diet for these reasons and others.

Despite these gains, the US remains a leading consumer of meat; and the rationale for vegetarian eating must continue to be made to the American public. A typical US diet – including, for example, eggs and bacon for breakfast, a hamburger and glass of milk for lunch, and a meat dish for dinner – can supply more than 200 grams of protein a day, or about four times the highest recommended intake. These eating habits carry serious consequences for the health of individuals and the ability of countries to feed the greatest number of people from the available food-production resources.

This article will present some of the key arguments in favor of a vegetarian diet, giving health-care providers the information to help their patients (and themselves) make healthful dietary choices. (more…)