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Whole Food Plant Based Diet and supplements

Stalking the Wild Microbiome

I just found out that Ray Kurzweil, the futurist, and I have a common interest – microorganisms. I wrote about a couple of weeks ago when writing about the human ecosystem.

I woke up to a piece on the Kurzweil blog called Stalking the wild microbiome.  The piece and the accompanying video are about an investment opportunity, but the information is so compelling that I have embedded the video for you to watch. (more…)

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Heart Disease, Diabetes and A Plant-Base Diet

Here is the beginning of my husband David’s story about his retreat from heart disease and pre-diabetic condition. He used only natural methods and diet to regain his health. Sit back and enjoy

imageLiving in a simple world is easy.  All you have to do is ignore reality, which is annoyingly complex most of the time. I am, in fact, guilty of using this coping method. I’m telling you this before Genene can take up the subject and tell on me.

I am the one in this household who after having a stent placed in my left anterior descending artery to my heart gained  thirty pounds of unneeded lard. Probably some of which was deposited in my arteries. (more…)

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Plant Based Diets, Probiotics and You

Everyone has heard of the old phrase, “You are what you eat.”

Here is another one for you to think on. “You are who you carry around inside and outside your body.”

That’s right folks, for better or for worse you have some forty trillion bacterial and other single-celled riders on what you think of as your body. Some are dangerous if they are allowed to grow out of control. A lot of them are neutral or even beneficial. Some are even absolutely necessary if you are to strike the balance with your environment that we commonly call good health. (more…)

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