This is the new home of Living Healthy Matters!
The purpose of this blog is to provide a healthy alternative to the
traditional American diet and to assist you with achieving your best
health possible.
Food Facts and Information
As of July 2010, my family and I have been living as semi-vegetarians. Prior to
July, I ate healthy, or so I thought, but I read some intriguing articles in a
magazine named OnFitness that were talking about the use of antibiotics and
growth hormones in animals. Of particular concern was rBGH used in
cows to increase milk production. This hormone has been linked to breast and
prostate cancers. I also started reading a book written by Gary Null titled Gary
Null's Super Foods and a book written by Montel Williams called Living Well.
We stopped eating all processed meats, beef, chicken, and pork. We started
drinking soy milk and eating a lot of fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables. We still
eat some cheeses and some rBGH free milk. We eat some fish or shrimp once or
twice a week, but the majority of our nutrition comes from fruits, vegetables,
whole grains, nuts, and beans. For more info, check out The Cornucopia Institute.
The result? My wife and I have lost weight and have more energy. Even my
kids are participating in this new diet!
I wrote an academic research paper titled Vegetarian Diet and Health. In the paper
I researched the positive and negative health implications with eating a
vegetarian diet. With a strict vegetarian diet, there are some chances of being
deficient in a few vitamins and minerals, however, in a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet
or a semi vegetarian diet, there are no negative effects. There are many health
benefits of consuming a vegetarian diet: lower BMI, lower blood pressure,
decreased risk of heart attack, decreased risk of stroke, and decreased
risk of cancer.
The purpose of this blog is to provide a healthy alternative to the
traditional American diet and to assist you with achieving your best
health possible.
Food Facts and Information
As of July 2010, my family and I have been living as semi-vegetarians. Prior to
July, I ate healthy, or so I thought, but I read some intriguing articles in a
magazine named OnFitness that were talking about the use of antibiotics and
growth hormones in animals. Of particular concern was rBGH used in
cows to increase milk production. This hormone has been linked to breast and
prostate cancers. I also started reading a book written by Gary Null titled Gary
Null's Super Foods and a book written by Montel Williams called Living Well.
We stopped eating all processed meats, beef, chicken, and pork. We started
drinking soy milk and eating a lot of fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables. We still
eat some cheeses and some rBGH free milk. We eat some fish or shrimp once or
twice a week, but the majority of our nutrition comes from fruits, vegetables,
whole grains, nuts, and beans. For more info, check out The Cornucopia Institute.
The result? My wife and I have lost weight and have more energy. Even my
kids are participating in this new diet!
I wrote an academic research paper titled Vegetarian Diet and Health. In the paper
I researched the positive and negative health implications with eating a
vegetarian diet. With a strict vegetarian diet, there are some chances of being
deficient in a few vitamins and minerals, however, in a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet
or a semi vegetarian diet, there are no negative effects. There are many health
benefits of consuming a vegetarian diet: lower BMI, lower blood pressure,
decreased risk of heart attack, decreased risk of stroke, and decreased
risk of cancer.
You wouldn't pour a mystery substance into your car's fuel tank
and expect it to run properly, yet millions of Americans fill their "fuel
tanks" with unhealthy mystery foods every day! This site will help you
make healthy food and lifestyle choices.
Health care spending in America has reached an all time high and is
steadily growing. America spends more money on health care than any
other country in the world, and yet our health status is lower than many third
world countries. The best way to lower health care spending is to
prevent having to use the health care system in the first place! Getting
healthy and staying healthy will lower national health care spending.
We will offer healthy recipes, diet and exercise tips, and advice on Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) options. We would like to add complimentary health practitioners to this website, please contact us if you would like your business to be added.
and expect it to run properly, yet millions of Americans fill their "fuel
tanks" with unhealthy mystery foods every day! This site will help you
make healthy food and lifestyle choices.
Health care spending in America has reached an all time high and is
steadily growing. America spends more money on health care than any
other country in the world, and yet our health status is lower than many third
world countries. The best way to lower health care spending is to
prevent having to use the health care system in the first place! Getting
healthy and staying healthy will lower national health care spending.
We will offer healthy recipes, diet and exercise tips, and advice on Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) options. We would like to add complimentary health practitioners to this website, please contact us if you would like your business to be added.
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