Perhaps the main reason for this website is to help get the word out that the most common chronic diseases, including obesity, can be effectively prevented and reversed by means of a predominantly whole-foods, plant-based diet. Those employed by the medical establishment, for the most part, mean well--I have no doubt of it! But the system as a whole is geared toward making money from the sale of drugs, surgical procedures, and various tests, scans, and screenings. Unfortunately, our health-care providers are generally unaware that the real underlying cause of chronic disease is typically the Standard American Diet and that when you remove the cause of the disease, the human body will typically heal itself. Make no mistake, I am thankful for the medical expertise of doctors, hospitals, nurses, and medical technicians of all kinds! And I will not hesitate to take advantages of their services when needed. But much-- perhaps most!? --of the medical care dispensed in this country seems not only unnecessary, but downright counterproductive! So much can be achieved through changes in diet and lifestyle, alone! Listen to what Dr. Joel Fuhrman has to say about the benefits of superior nutrition:
"My clinical experience over the past ten years has shown me that almost all the major illnesses that plague Americans are reversible with aggressive nutritional changes designed to undo the damage caused by years of eating a disease-causing diet. The so-called balanced diet that most Americans eat causes the diseases Americans get. These conditions, and many others, can be effectively prevented or treated through superior nutrition. As their medical problems gradually melt away, patients can be slowly weaned off the medications they have been prescribed" (Eat To Live, page143).
In Eat For Health, Dr. Fuhrman says, "When you learn and follow this program of eating it is possible to:
•Never have a heart attack or a stroke
•Avoid dementia in later life
•Dramatically reduce your chance of getting cancer
•Prevent and heal digestive problems such as reflux, dyspepsia, constipation , and hemorrhoids
•Prevent and often resolve erectile impotence, high blood pressure, and other circulatory impairments
•Prevent and reverse diabetes (type two) and high cholesterol, at first lessening the need for drugs and eventually resolving these conditions
•Age slower, live longer, and maintain youthful vigor, intelligence, and productivity into the later years.
Some people may be skeptical that I can make such radical claims, but these statements are supported by medical science and thousands of clinical patient case histories. The reversal of dietary-caused diseases occurs in a relatively short time and is easily observed by anyone following my program" (Eat For Health, Vol 1, page 7).
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In Eat For Health, Dr. Fuhrman says, "When you learn and follow this program of eating it is possible to:
•Never have a heart attack or a stroke
•Avoid dementia in later life
•Dramatically reduce your chance of getting cancer
•Prevent and heal digestive problems such as reflux, dyspepsia, constipation , and hemorrhoids
•Prevent and often resolve erectile impotence, high blood pressure, and other circulatory impairments
•Prevent and reverse diabetes (type two) and high cholesterol, at first lessening the need for drugs and eventually resolving these conditions
•Age slower, live longer, and maintain youthful vigor, intelligence, and productivity into the later years.
Some people may be skeptical that I can make such radical claims, but these statements are supported by medical science and thousands of clinical patient case histories. The reversal of dietary-caused diseases occurs in a relatively short time and is easily observed by anyone following my program" (Eat For Health, Vol 1, page 7).
Editor's Note: This article was originally written for the Nutritional Health & Life Style Medicine groups on Yahoo Groups and Facebook. It has been slightly revised and reformated for this website.

