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How To Smoothly Transition To A Plant-Based Diet

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dietIf you’ve ever thought about changing your diet, you’re not alone. Diet modifications are a nice way to add some positive changes to your lifestyle, however, such transitions might be difficult, especially if they’re a bit more drastic.

Switching to a plant-based diet has its benefits, especially if you’re concerned about the environment and treatment of animals. However, if you used to consume a lot of meat and dairy, then such a transition might be a bit stressful. So for that reason, here are some tips that will assure a smooth and carefree transition to a plant-based way of eating. Continue reading →

Food “Safety” Reform And The Covert Continuation Of The Enclosure Movement

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Farm Wars Healing ourselves is the essence of democratic development.” – Michael Parenti, final remarks, California State University, Channel Islands, March 11, 2004.

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Nicole Johnson – Our nation is awakening to the fact that convenience-oriented, industrial food products, which have substantially displaced our traditional diet, have altered our collective health for the worse. Citizens are actively seeking out food that is unadulterated by a long list of unhealthy – though government-approved — ingredients in industrially processed products, recognizing them to be a primary cause of our steady decline into preventable chronic disease and premature death. People increasingly demand food in its natural form to nourish their bodies down to the cellular level. Continue reading →

Hospital’s Rooftop Farm Creates a More Sustainable and Healthy Way To Care for Patients

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“Our food should be our medicine.” – Hippocrates

foodSara Tipton – Food is medicine and having access to foods that provide sustenance and health during illness and recovery is vital. One hospital wanted to ensure each patient was given nutrient-rich food during their stay and did the unthinkable: they made a rooftop farm.

According to an article on Reuters, one Boston hospital has taken health and nutrition into their own hands and they are literally using food as medicine. “Most urban environments, including hospitals, are food deserts and it’s difficult to have access to locally grown food. Having a thriving organic farm at your disposal is a more sustainable way to have local foods and ensure that patients receive healthy foods.” Continue reading →

82-Year-Old Woman With Dementia Gets Her Memory Back

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Mark Hatzer & Sylvia

Alanna Ketler – Recently, an 82-year-old woman who suffered from dementia, who couldn’t recognize her own son has miraculously got her memory back after changing her diet.

When his mother’s condition became so severe that for her own safety she had to be kept in the hospital, Mark Hatzer almost came to terms with losing another parent.

Sylvia had lost her memory and parts of her mind, she had even phoned the police once accusing the nurse who were caring for her of kidnap.

A change in diet, which was comprised of high amounts of blueberries and walnuts, has proven to have had a strong impact on Sylvia’s condition that her recipes are now being shared by the Alzheimer’s Society.

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Return to the Garden – Part One

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dietDreama Vance – Do you know it takes 11 carrots today to provide the nutrients your grandmother got from one carrot?

Do you know that diet affects your consciousness? It affects your mind. It affects your thoughts. It affects your actions. That’s pretty scary when you think of coffee and a donut. Wonder what those things are doing?

Ancient teachings like Ayurveda, Yoga, and the Essene teachings lead us to foods that I like to call “return to the garden” foods, fresh, live fruits and veggies. These are foods that help you turn within and create calm, peaceful thoughts. These are the foods we want to be eating to enhance our consciousness. Continue reading →