Proper Nutrition Is Necessary for Vibrant Health and Mental Function

The American Standard Diet (SAD) (and the diet of many industrialized nations) is sugar-rich and nutrient-poor. Our government suggests our diet should be dominated by grains. We should replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat from seed oils. The processed food industry if very fond of refined grains and partially hydrogenated seed oils because of their long shelf life.

But grains and seed oils are two items that were unknown to our species 15,000 years ago. We’re seeing the results of these suggestions in increased obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic, degenerative diseases.

In this section we look at various diets and macronutrient ratios, which diets are good or not good for the human species as well as individual nutritional components of food.

Book Review: Could It Be B12? — Sally Pacholok and Jeffrey Stuart

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Could It Be B12? successfully make the case that an epidemic of B12 deficiency exists and that guidelines for testing B12 deficiency are inadequate.

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Why You Should Be Eating a High-Fat Diet — Interview with Paul Jaminet

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Paul Jaminet

Health researcher Paul Jaminet, author of Perfect Health Diet shares what he feels is the preferred macronutrient composition of the human diet with a heavy emphasis on healthy fats.

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What Is Leptin? The Master Hormone That Controls Energy and Weight

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Leptin is the master hormone that controls energy and other hormones within the body. It is produced by our fat cells and taken up in the hypothalamus telling our brain the energy status of our body in real time. According to Dr. Jack Kruse, obesity and anorexia is caused by leptin resistance.

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Book Review: Perfect Health Diet — Paul and Shou-Ching Jaminet

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Perfect Health Diet is an excellent book that provides macronutrient recommendations based on how our bodies digest and metabolize them and foods low in toxicity for ultimate nutrition and health.

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Book Review: The Sugar Fix — Richard J. Johnson, MD

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The Sugar Fix by Richard J. Johnson, MD

Johnson convincingly writes that high fructose consumption is responsible for the rise in metabolic syndrome, hypertension, diabetes, heart, liver and kidney disease, and even possibly cancer.

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Book Review: The Ultimate pH Solution — Michelle Schoffro Cook

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The Ultimate pH Diet by Michelle Schoffro Cook

The Ultimate pH Solution is a simple and well-written explanation for those unfamiliar with the importance of eating a predominantly alkaline diet to maintain a healthy acid/alkaline balance in tissues. If people ate just to promote alkalinity, they’d maintain healthy weight, feel great and wouldn’t have to worry about most degenerative diseases.

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Feeding Your Cat a Species-Appropriate, Raw Meat Diet

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Felines are obligate carnivores, meaning they must have meat to survive. In this interview with Margaret Gates, founder of FNES, you’ll learn why kibble is the worst food to feed your cat.

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Book Review: The New Atkins for a New You — Westman, Phinney, Volek

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Whether you’re an omnivore, vegetarian or vegan, the New Atkins for a New You offers a diet that is tasty, satiating, nutritious, and full of variety.

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Book Review: The Queen of Fats — Susan Allport

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The Queen of Fats by Susan Allport chronicles the science behind the discovery of fatty acids (Allport has interviewed several of the scientists involved), the role they play in human health, why food processing companies don’t like them, and how to include them in our diet.

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Book Review: Metabolic Man — Charles Heizer Wharton

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Metabolic Man attempts to show how our biology is the key determinant in what foods are health-promoting, and that everybody’s biology is different depending on their ancestry, genetics, and how they metabolize fuel.

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