Wellness
-
WellnessSee articleA Top Chef’s Healthy Cooking Tips That Every Home Cook Needs to Know
We know that cutting out processed foods and animal products is necessary for better health. However, longtime cooks often find themselves at a loss when it comes to adjusting their home-cooking techniques. For help with modifying recipes, we turned to renowned vegan chef Chad Sarno. As the lead instructor of the FOK Online Cooking Course, […] -
WellnessSee articleWould You Like a Burger With Your Bypass?
“Congratulations… You survived bypass surgery! Here, have a burger.” I often hear some version of the above from friends and acquaintances: during a hospital stay, they or their loved ones are served the types of foods that may have caused their problem in the first place. The disconnect between cause and effect just kills me. […] -
WellnessSee articleIs Fish Oil Just Snake Oil?
The following is an excerpt from How Not to Die, which was released by Flatiron Books. Thanks in part to the American Heart Association’s recommendation that individuals at high risk for heart disease should ask their physicians about omega-3 fish oil supplementation, fish oil pills have grown into a multibillion dollar industry. We now consume more than one […] -
WellnessSee articleWhy Olive Oil Isn’t a Health Food
Most people have heard and read that olive oil is healthy, and that they should be consuming it often. This common misconception comes from the presence of olive oil in the Mediterranean diet, which is heart-healthy compared to the standard American diet. In the NutritionFacts.org video below, Dr. Greger looks at the research on how […] -
WellnessSee articleGreenSpace Café: My Journey from the Cardiology Lab to the Kitchen
Over 25 years ago, I embarked on a career as an invasive cardiologist skilled in placing first balloons and then stents in every nook, cranny, and granny that needed them. That single focus lasted only three weeks, because then Dr. Dean Ornish published the Lifestyle Heart Trial, which showed that the diet I had been […] -
WellnessSee articleFOOD NEWS: Restaurant Vegetarian Menus Grow by 66 Percent in Three Years
According to a new report: In the past three years, vegetarian menus saw a “66 percent growth at restaurants while 51 percent of consumers agree they enjoy items that heavily feature vegetables.” The “Innovation on the Menu” report was published by Mintel Menu Insights (part of Mintel, a global market research company), which tracks food […] -
WellnessSee articleWhy College Is the Best Time to Go Vegan
This article is adapted from a column originally published in The Crimson White. Going vegan once sounded like a nearly impossible feat to me, especially in college. Even more so at a college in the south, where barbecue and butter are the sixth and seventh food groups. Yet all it took for me was some […] -
WellnessSee articleWhy Does a Fatty Meal Sometimes Cause Chest Pain?
Chest pain that occurs a few hours after a meal is called postprandial angina, and there have been records of it in medical literature for hundreds of years. Until recently, we didn’t know what caused it. Now we know that the problem lies mainly in the food being consumed. Researchers found that they could induce angina in […] -
WellnessSee articleIs Fish a Health Food, or Have We Just Let It Off the Hook?
Many people equate eating fish with doing something good for their health. This may be due to the illusion that fish swim in clean waters, or to the fact that they have a very different shape and form than the land animals we use for food. There even seems to be a deeply ingrained notion […] -
WellnessSee articleWorld Health Organization Says Processed and Red Meats Can Cause Cancer
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a report today that places processed meat in the highest of five possible classifications of cancer-causing substances, along with alcohol, asbestos, arsenic, and cigarettes. The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer carried out the review, which also concluded that red meat was “probably carcinogenic to humans.” The WHO […] -
WellnessSee articleObesity: It’s Not About the Carbs
The following is an excerpt from Proteinaholic, which was released by HarperOne. Can you believe people actually avoid fruit in an attempt to lose weight? There has never been a single credible study showing that fruit consumption leads to weight gain, and yet this concept is as prevalent as any nutrition dogma. I have treated people for […] -
WellnessSee articleWhy This Top Cardiologist Wants Heart Patients to Eat Vegan
Dr. Kim Williams, president of the American College of Cardiology and chief of cardiology at Rush University, advocates a plant-based diet for heart disease prevention. As one of the most high-profile cardiologists in the country, Dr. Williams made news and some controversy when he wrote an article supporting a vegan diet in a Medscape column […]
HEALTHY EATING SHOULDN'T BE A HASSLE
Discover over 500 whole-food, plant-based recipes from 50 leading chefs, updated weekly.