About Site - The Numen blog is an educational resource featuring interviews on healing and
whole plant medicine and guides on using herbs for health and wellness.
Not exact matches
Soviet scientists took a different approach, researching «medicinal botanicals,» or
whole plant - based
medicines, and bacteriophage therapies, which took advantage of viruses that attack bacteria.
Some of the major speakers included the very fit Mark Sisson, author of The Primal Blueprint (photo with me and Mark) and an advocate for the Paleo / Primal diet; the calming Paul Pitchford, author of Healing With
Whole Foods and an expert in traditional Chinese
Medicine; the dynamic and energetic David Wolfe (photo below right), an authority on raw foods nutrition and superfoods; and the inspirational John Robbins, advocate of a
plant - based diet and the son of the Baskin - Robbins founder who cured his father's diabetes through a change in diet.
A healthy detox cuisine based on
whole foods,
plant based, anti-inflammatory and low glycemic is all about using food as
medicine to achieve health goals immediately, as well as provide a foundation for vibrant, long - term health.»
«I think there are compelling benefits to
whole food,
plant - based diets, which is why I do recommend this type of diet for many patients,» says Shilpa Ravella, MD, gastroenterologist and assistant professor of
medicine at Columbia University Medical Center.
It means
whole,
plant - based, vegan, organic, non-GMO, process - and toxin - free foods and products that promote sustainability and lifestyle
medicine as the basis for optimum health and weight.
All of our formulations are rooted in traditional
plant medicine and incorporate the
whole plant, not just parts of it.
I suggest an integrative approach, utilizing the best of western
medicine, along with a
whole food
plant - based diet with the addition of hibiscus, white or green tea, cooked mushrooms and herbs and spices (India has one of the lowest rates of breast cancer in the world), along wtih exercise and plenty of love and support, rest and relaxation and some kind of spriritual practice and / or meditation, I recommend the books, Radical Remission by Kelly Turner, PhD and Love and Survival by Dean Ornish, MD..
The reversal of her end - stage heart disease with a
plant - based diet is what inspired me to go to medical school, but when I got there I was shocked to find out that this
whole body of evidence on reversing chronic disease with lifestyle changes — opening up arteries without drugs, without surgery — was being largely ignored by mainstream
medicine.
No other human beings on the planet get to really see the amazing changes on such a large scale unless they are working in an environment that practices a
whole food
plant based diet as there first line of
medicine.
For me as a Family
Medicine physician my recommendations given current science as they relate to type 2 diabetes... low fat...
whole plant based diet emphasizing starches for adequate calorie intake excluding all oils and limiting avocados and nuts see... http://nutritionfacts.org/video/
plant-based-diets-and-diabetes/.
Having practiced adult
medicine for over 30 years with the last 5 focusing on adding nutrition and exercise prescriptions to my practice and spending the last 4 years giving educational talks to physicians and lay persons I have come to the belief that a properly done
whole foods
plant based diet with supplemental B12 is the best diet to avoid many of the chronic diseases afflicting us.»
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whole foods
Throughout my talk I hope to provide insight into the healthy influence of a
whole foods, mostly
plant based diet in relation to diabetes and discuss some of the research we have compiled since initiating the Food as
Medicine Everyday (FAME) series.
Dr. Joel Kahn's website The
Whole Heart Solution (Joel's book) GreenSpace Cafe John Robbins — Diet For A New America (book) Dr. Dean Ornish Forks Over Knives (documentary) Dr. Scott Stoll The Plantrician Project Dr. Kim A. Williams (The New York Times) Dr. Michael Greger — The Saturated Fat Studies: Buttering Up the Public (YouTube) Kris Carr Ann Wigmore Dr. Brian Clement Mark Bittman The Forks Over Knives Plan (book) United States * / Canada * Physicians Committee For Responsible
Medicine (PCRM)
Plant - Based Diet For Dummies (Marni's book) One Green Planet Ancel Keys Dr. John McDougall The DASH Diet Eating Plan Sugar, Gluten, Paleo, Vegan: 3 Doctors Debate The Best Way To Eat Alessio Fasano Dr. William Davis — Wheat Belly (book) Dr. David Perlmutter — Grain Brain (book) PlantPositive (website) f.lux (free software) SleepShield Definity Digital — lightbulbs that block blue light Rich Roll
Herbal
medicine utilizes naturally occurring active ingredients found in either
whole plants or their parts to offer therapeutic influence in the body.