Maple Leaf

Health Food Retailer, Raw Food Enthusiast
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame

[Organic Live Food @OrganicLiveFood]

Sugar is the cocaine of foods and kills more people than all the drugs combined. But it is regulated and considered safe by the food industry: https://t.co/eGT33iZPgs

[Michael Greger, M.D. @nutrition_facts]

People who ate more than three servings of walnuts per week appeared to cut their risk of dying from cancer in half. Learn more. See “Which Nut Fights Cancer Better?” at https://t.co/MlhZQ77eGd and “Which Parts of the Mediterranean Diet Extended Life?” at https://t.co/egeb330ELo.

[Michael Greger, M.D. @nutrition_facts]

Regardless of whether or not we eat meat, our ability to absorb vitamin B12 may decline as we age. For those 65 and older, a daily dose of 1,000 mcg of cyanocobalamin is recommended. https://t.co/K77mwMKms0

[Joel Fuhrman, MD @DrFuhrman]

Flavonoids have strong antioxidant activity, but instead of acting as antioxidants themselves, they activate the body’s natural detoxification system. They make changes in gene expression, inhibit cancer cell growth and proliferation, and reduce inflammation.

[Michael Greger, M.D. @nutrition_facts]

Stone Fruit Bowls from the How Not to Diet Cookbook, a delicious summer dessert recipe.

[David Winston @davidwinston]

The skin is the largest organ in our body. It is the largest eliminatory organ, although it is not our first-line eliminatory organ. When the large intestine, kidneys and liver cannot function adequately, metabolic wastes are eliminated... https://t.co/pRPpstWHUN #davidwinstonrh

[Michael Greger, M.D. @nutrition_facts]

There is a food that offers the best of both worlds—significantly improving our ability to detox carcinogens like diesel fumes and decreasing inflammation in our airways—all while improving our respiratory defenses against infections. https://t.co/t37xkMci7K

[Maple Leaf @MapleLeaf1296]

Yummy!! https://t.co/rqNUzRflaM

[Joel Fuhrman, MD @DrFuhrman]

I’m excited to share with you the recorded lecture about Winning the War on Cancer. You can stream it today on my YouTube channel!

View the scientific references at: https://t.co/H6XP6mAo9z

[Michael Greger, M.D. @nutrition_facts]

A low-fiber diet is a key driver of microbiome depletion, the disappearance of diversity in our good gut flora: https://t.co/6XjxSnErJ1

[Michael Greger, M.D. @nutrition_facts]

The next coronavirus pandemic may come from pigs, not pangolins. About half the pigs on the planet today are overcrowded and intensively confined. Factory farms represent the most profound alteration of the human-animal relationship in 10,000 years. https://t.co/9JgtyT7wJ4

[Michael Greger, M.D. @nutrition_facts]

Eating Beyond Meat and Impossible burgers instead of animal-based burgers may slash the environmental impact of your meal by about 90%. Unprocessed peas and soybeans from which the plant-based meats are made can give you more like a 99% lower impact. https://t.co/zPy8K9Uj4W

[Maple Leaf @MapleLeaf1296]

Do you like sweet, do you like spicy? Try one of these hit honeys!! https://t.co/Ju6aY2aKdh

[Michael Greger, M.D. @nutrition_facts]

Chronic red pepper powder ingestion may be an effective treatment for IBS and chronic dyspepsia (indigestion), both of which can arise from food poisoning. https://t.co/MquLYsWloQ

[Michael Greger, M.D. @nutrition_facts]

Eating more plants and less meat seems to be a relatively cheap and easy way to mitigate climate change, in contrast to many other factors outside our control. https://t.co/VDtSy83r1i

[Michael Greger, M.D. @nutrition_facts]

If we don’t eat phytonutrient-rich plant foods with every meal—like fruit—then, for hours after we eat, our bodies are tipped out of balance into a pro-oxidative state, which can set us up for oxidant-stress diseases. https://t.co/xupGguXuJv

[Michael Greger, M.D. @nutrition_facts]

One way a diet rich in animal-sourced foods like meat, eggs, and cheese may contribute to heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and death is through the production of toxin called TMAO. https://t.co/OuIeFzXQBt