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In Brief Tea is the world’s second-most popular beverage after water, and for good reason. More than just a cozy ritual, it’s packed with surprising health benefits, from boosting focus and protecting your heart to helping filter impurities from your water. Read on to learn more about how having a daily cup of tea is […]

I never considered myself an unhealthy eater before going plant-based. When I was a kid, my family lived in France for many years, and my mother would cook spectacular fresh meals. We rarely had junk food or sweets. As an adult, I kept that habit up, eating few highly processed foods but a decent amount […]

Growing up, I ate a lot of standard American fare. My mother, who was Japanese, was a fantastic cook, gardener, and artist, and sometimes she would make dishes that she grew up with or food from other types of cuisines, but most nights it was fried chicken, beef stew, or spaghetti. When I was 10, […]

I grew up eating the standard American diet. Once I left home, I ate mostly vegetarian but with a lot of dairy and processed foods. My cholesterol was consistently over 200, and my A1C was in the prediabetic range. Through my 40s, I gained 40 pounds. I chalked it up to being postmenopausal and aging. […]

WITH INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST COLUMBUS BATISTE, MD WATCH THE REPLAY BELOW High cholesterol, a notorious risk factor for heart disease that affects 38% of Americans, can be effectively managed and even reversed through the incredible healing combination of a healthy diet and exercise. But that’s not the whole story. In this free webinar, one of the […]

What Is Cholesterol? Cholesterol is a waxy type of lipid found in almost every cell of the body. A building block of animal life, cholesterol helps form cell membranes and plays a key role in the production of hormones, vitamin D, skin oils, and digestive acids. The liver makes all the cholesterol that the body […]

Before finding the whole-food, plant-based way of eating, I had high cholesterol (280 total), and my husband, Jim, had to have quadruple bypass surgery due to coronary artery blockages. After the bypass surgery, he had to have stents placed twice. In an attempt to get healthier, we adopted a low-carb, high-fat diet. Then, in November […]

Before going whole-food, plant-based (WFPB), I ate a standard American diet—lots of processed breads, pasta, pizza, and salads with fat-laden dressings. I was excessively drawn to cheese in particular. I nibbled on snacks all day long, and never felt nutritionally satisfied. In an attempt to lose weight, I’d tried lots of different diets over the […]

I’ve always loved exercise, but after I began having meniscus tears in my knees that required surgery, I didn’t exercise much, if at all. My orthopedic surgeon told me that both knees were full of arthritis and that there was nothing I could do about it. Then, in December 2017, at a long-overdue physical exam, […]

Like many people, I struggled with my weight from a very early age. I tried nearly every diet you can think of. They all worked for a short time, but as soon as I got bored and went back to the way I normally ate, I always gained the weight back, with interest. My road […]