Last night I had the pleasure of hosting the Wellness Forum’s member conference call. My guest was Dr. Joe Keon, author of Whitewash: The Disturbing Truth About Cow’s Milk and Your Health. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is still ingesting cow juice or products made from cow juice (yogurt, butter, cheese). If you… Continue Reading
High Protein Diet Not Key to Muscle Development
By Pamela A. Popper, Ph.D., N.D. The most common question asked of those of us who eat a plant-based diet remains “Where do you get your protein?” The myth of high protein needs persists, and is even more prevalent among the physically active and those who aspire to develop a lean muscular body. Researchers have… Continue Reading
Conference call about dairy!
On April 5, 2012, I will be hosting the Wellness Forum Conference call with special guest Dr. Joe Keon. Dr. Keon is an amazing expert on diet, fitness and health, and he has written a great book on dairy called “Whitewash”. If you are a Wellness Forum Member, please call the office to join us… Continue Reading
How a High-Carbohydrate Diet Boosts Metabolism
by Pamela A. Popper, Ph.D., N.D. One of the most surprising findings of The China Project as reported in Dr. T. Colin Campbell’s book The China Study is that the Chinese were eating a diet with a few hundred more calories daily than Americans, but maintaining significantly lower body weight. Their activity levels were not… Continue Reading
Plant Foods Make Your Beautiful
by Pamela A. Popper, Ph.D., N.D. According to a recent study, eating fruits and vegetables high in carotenoids causes improvements in the appearance of the skin in only six weeks. Researchers conducted two studies to look at the effect of carotenoid-rich plant food consumption on skin. The first involved following 35 subjects for 6 weeks… Continue Reading
Wellness Forum Membership
I’ve probably mentioned this before, but this year, I’m hosting conference calls for Wellness Forum members. These calls are free to current members, and they are accessible live (via telephone) on the night of the call, and thru the website a few weeks after the call. These recorded calls stay on the members-only section of… Continue Reading
Veggie Burgers, kale chips and mashed sweet potatoes
When I saw this post at the engine2diet website, I thought my little guy would love to help me make veggie burgers. I was mistaken. He was quite happy to eat them tho, but was too busy to help mommy in the kitchen yesterday. The guide from Engine2 is really a blueprint for how to… Continue Reading
Multivitamins Increase Death Rate in Older Women
By Pamela A. Popper, Ph.D., N.D. One of the most common justifications for taking supplements, particularly multivitamins, is that they may provide a bit of extra insurance against disease and death, and gosh, they can’t be harmful. Or can they? An article in the Archives of Internal Medicine reported the results of a study that… Continue Reading
Inactivity Increases Risk of Heart Attack
By Pamela A. Popper, Ph.D., N.D. Human beings were designed to move, and while my major focus during the last 15 years has been promoting dietary excellence, exercise is just as important. You can eat a perfect diet, but in the absence of movement, you will still develop health issues associated with being sedentary. While… Continue Reading
Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition
I am very proud to announce that I have earned a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition through the T. Colin Campbell Foundation and eCornell University. This course consisted of 3 classes, Nutrition Fundamentals, Diseases of Affluence, and Principles in Practice. Please feel free to send me your plant-based questions. I would love to share what I’ve… Continue Reading