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What to Eat!
By Alan Goldhamer, D.C. and Jennifer Marano, D.C.
Reprinted from Health Science magazine, Fall 2012
When readers of Health Science are asked, “What should I eat,” the first thing that probably springs to mind is to recommend a vegan, meaning plant-based, diet. But just recommending a vegan diet is not enough. The average… read more
President Bill Clinton's Dietary Transformation
This past Sunday, Sanjay Gupta of CNN interviewed former President Bill Clinton about his switch to a vegan diet.
Success on a Plant-Based SOS-free Diet
Dr. Alan Goldhamer talks about the basics of health in this interview with the cool vegetarian.
Treating Patients by Doing Nothing
Water-only Fasting: Treating Patients by Doing Nothing - Interview with Dr. Alan Goldhamer from Aron Choi on Vimeo.
Fasting is the Answer, What is the Question?
This article originally appeared in Health Science Magazine.
In the world of our ancient ancestors, fasting occurred primarily by force, not by choice. Humans would fast when resources became scarce, such as when Spring came late. The ability of humans to fast was a biological necessity born from the disproportionate use of glucose by… read more
Meat Linked to Diabetes Risk
Type 2 Diabetes Associated with Increased Intake of Animal Foods
The effects of diet and lifestyle on health are notoriously difficult to ascertain. In order to begin to tease out patterns, researchers measure many variables in order to account for confounding variables (ie, factors that also correlate to the thing being studied).
To further make… read more
Vegan Diets Linked to Reduced Cataract Risk
This week, I was planning to write about recent research that found a strong, positive correlation between a diet including animal proteins and type 2 diabetes. The study "Low-carbohydrate diet scores and risk of type 2 diabetes in men" was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. As I was reading through the articles, though… read more
Vegetarian Diet May Reduce Risk of Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors associated with stroke, diabetes, coronary heart disease. One of the primary indicators of metabolic syndrome is extra weight around the waist. The indications of metabolic syndrome are any three of the following: blood presssure greater than 130/85 mmHG, fasting glucose greater than 100 mg/dL, large… read more
Study Suggests Routine Fasting May Affect Heart Health
Research by doctors and scientists at the Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, UT revealed metabolic changes during fasting that could be linked to better health. The most recent study confirmed their finding from an earlier study that was published in the October 2008 Journal of Cardiology. The original study found a correlation… read more
Want Health? Here's A Movie You Must See
Forks Over Knives is a new feature length film that will change your mind about what you eat. The film follows Dr. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn as they expose how what we eat affects our health. The work of these two researchers has been truly groundbreaking in the field of diet and health.
