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Welcome back to Prevention Not Prescriptions Tuesday. This is a weekly forum where we’re coming together to inform and inspire each other to healthier living. Tuesdays are our chance to take our health into our own hands and say “hell no” to more pills and the pharmaceutical industry’s endless search for profits.
Get your fit on Time is on your side
One of the questions I get the most is, "How long did it take you to get in shape?" I get this about once a week. They look at me and try to access whether this is a do-able task for them and whether they should start penciling in their workouts. When I tell them "years", I see that mini eye-roll, body-sag and the look of "forget it." But when I tell them, I've been maintaining my fitness for a while and that my real transformation took about 6 months, they begin to perk up. And when I tell them I trained for my first competition before my baby was two and took 2nd, they are intrigued...read more.
Lactose...myths & misconceptions
Want milk? Lactose intolerance shouldn’t stop you
By Dr. Ayala
@DrAyala
From Our Show to You... Hormones strike again: Aging skin
By Cari Reisinger
@creisinger
Food, Diet & NutritionVitamin D deficiency... it’s spring, go enjoy some sunshine!
By Dianne DelReyes
@AntiAgingArtist Fighting inflammation with food
By Lisa Corrado
@LCNutrition
Happiness = Healthiness Community organizing 101: relationships keep us healthy
By Scott Spicer
@scottspice
Self Care & Alternative Treatments Alternative treatments for joint pain
By Sharada Hall
@DrSharada
Fitness How much exercise do you need to maintain your weight?
By Susan Dopart
@smnutritionist Why goals can hinder your progress
By Jenn Givler
@jenngivler
Information is Inspiration Something other than health care reform?
By Dan Overlander
@psychiclunch
And your entry is next...
In the Media:
The Alternative Medicine Cabinet: Cetaphil for Lice
By Anahad O'Connor
@ The New York Times
The Dangers of Triclosan: A Common Anti-Bacterial Ingredient
By Samuel S. Epstein
@ The Huffingtonpost
Women Reported Fractures Caused by Bone Drug Long Before Health Industry
By Martha Rosenberg
@ AlterNet
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Prevention Not Prescriptions: Tuesday, March 23 with Kathy Freston
Getting past the "protein myth"
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One of the questions I get the most is, "How long did it take you to get in shape?" I get this about once a week. They look at me and try to assess whether this is a do-able task for them and whether they should start penciling in their workouts. When I tell them "years", I see that mini eye-roll, body-sag and the look of "forget it." But when I tell them, I've been maintaining my fitness for a while and that my real transformation took about 6 months, they begin to perk up. And when I tell them I trained for my first competition before my baby was two and took 2nd, they are intrigued… so it is possible!
Yes. Quite.
People are so worried about how hard it will be and how long it will take that they forget how much easier it is to feel good… and how much easier it is to live in the same size…and how much easier it is not have to worry about your weight all the time. Let me tell you, I've been on both sides of the fitness fence, and THIS is easier…by far.
So let's talk time.
How long have you been worrying about your weight? How often during the day do you think about something to do with food and your body? How much time have you spent leafing through fitness and health magazines and books? How many times have you gone through the drive-through? How much time have you spent shopping for bigger clothes that "fit" you better? How much extra cardio have you done to make up for your nutritional sins? You want to talk about taking up time…THINK about all you could do without all that wasted time on useless tasks that only push you back, not move you forward…really think about it.
Now think about all the time you will GAIN by feeling stronger and more energetic. Think about the freedom of your thoughts when you are not worrying about what to eat, how much, and whether you'll have something that fits you for your important event. Imagine a seamless life feeling fit and strong without the constant struggle and sadness about your reflection.
Getting fit and healthified isn't nearly as hard or complicated as you might think, or some might want you to believe. It only seems complicated because there is a whole market that preys on your desperation for the ultimate "bikini body" and knows you want it in "only 14 days!" It's a bunch of junk. THIS is what complicates things. The ONLY part that requires some real work is getting the right information and holding onto your motivation. Yes, that my friends, you have to work on. But here's the good part…there is a reward for doing so. The best reward…a renewed, stronger, empowered, enthusergized you!
There are a few key elements you need to put into place to start down your road to success.
Posted by Cari @ The Kathleen Show
Is it just us, or does talk about hormones seem to be creeping up in every aspect of our health these days?
On a recent show Captain Charles Moore talked about how plastics in our ocean are disrupting and distorting hormones in fish leading to big health hazards for humans. Then, Dr. Michael Aziz came on the show to address how our food choices can wreak hormonal havoc on our bodies—causing obesity, diabetes and cancer.
And most recently, Dr. Alan Dattner, a holistic dermatologist, talked to Kathleen about how hormones contribute to wrinkles, brown spots and acne that appear on our aging faces. Fun.
So what can we do to keep our aging skin looking healthy? Dr. Dattner offers safe, holistic remedies to help make your skin look its best.
Listen to Dr. Dattner’s interview:
Listen to Kathleen’s monologue to hear about one of her favorite non-toxic skin care products:
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“Cancer is a Bitch” wake-up call
Toxic cosmetics…the dark side of the beauty industry
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Part of the thrill of doing this job is talking to people who excite the heck out of me. These are the passionate and visionary ones who forge their own path and do what they love. They know their craft forward and backward. They are infectious.
A few weeks back I had the privilege of interviewing Joshua Kaiser, the founder of Rishi Tea, an organic and Fair Trade loose leaf tea company.
Who knew that tea could have you on the edge of your seat? Or as my sound engineer Sarah said as I walked out the studio, “Who knew that tea could be so damn interesting?”
Joshua is clearly a man who loves his work. That ignites the sleeping giant in all of us and equally important gets us fired up about healthier options to put into our body.
Listen to the interview and you'll know exactly what I mean:
We need to support business leaders like Joshua—those who factor people and planet into the bottom line. It’s why I have chosen to partner with Rishi Tea. You too can send a clear message that organic and fair trade and high quality is important to you—by voting with your wallet.
Welcome back to Prevention Not Prescriptions Tuesday. This is a weekly forum where we’re coming together to inform and inspire each other to healthier living. Tuesdays are our chance to take our health into our own hands and say “hell no” to more pills and the pharmaceutical industry’s endless search for profits.
Getting past the "protein myth" Kathy Freston talks conscious eating
When I tell people that I'm a vegan, the most popular question, by far, inevitably follows: "But, how do you get enough protein?"
There it is again, I think, the meat industry's most potent weapon against vegetarianism -- the protein myth. And it is just that -- a myth.
In fact, humans need only 10 percent of the calories we consume to be from protein. Athletes and pregnant women need a little more, but if you're eating enough calories from a varied plant based diet, it's close to impossible to not to get enough.
The way Americans obsess about protein, you'd think protein deficiency was the number one health problem in America. Continue reading...
Mother Nature's benefits in a pill?
Peel over pill for prevention
By Susan Dopart
@smnutritionist
From Our Show to You…Are we killing our pets? (Prevention for our furry friends)
By Cari Reisinger
@creisinger
Food, Diet & Nutrition No more Pepsi at school?
By Peggy Webb
@wwwebbs Get into the "flow"
By Dr Joe
@drjoesdiyhealth If there’s one vegetable you buy this week...
By Michelle Pfennighaus
@Mpfennighaus Size matters...or does it?
By Lisa Corrado
@LCNutrition An apple a day, really does...
By Dianne DelReyes
@AntiAgingArtist
Self Care & Alternative Treatments Ten natural pick-me-ups
by Tess Challis
@tesschallis Keep your joints healthy with ayurveda
By Sharada Hall
@DrSharada
Personal Responsibility You mean taking a pill is not enough?
By Scott Spicer
@scottspice
Information is Inspiration The 5 biggest “health insurance” tips you’ll ever need
By Cathy Margolin
@pacherbs Quercetin may increase aerobic endurance
By Randal Miller
@healthconsult
Fitness Don’t overthink it
By Jenn Givler
@jenngivler
Happiness = Healthiness Travel & service: therapy for the soul?
By Jack Chuang
@DrGotpassport I deserve permanent weight loss and so do you
By Pat Barone
@PatBarone
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In the Media:
Is there arsenic in your apple juice?
By Jenn Savedge
@ Mother Nature Network
Healthy School Lunches and Cafeteria Ladies Who Compost
By Annie Spiegelman
@ The Huffington Post
With Faulty Food Labeling, Who's Minding the Store?
By Amanda Gardner
@ Health Day
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When I tell people that I'm a vegan, the most popular question, by far, inevitably follows: "But, how do you get enough protein?"
There it is again, I think, the meat industry's most potent weapon against vegetarianism -- the protein myth. And it is just that -- a myth.
In fact, humans need only 10 percent of the calories we consume to be from protein. Athletes and pregnant women need a little more, but if you're eating enough calories from a varied plant based diet, it's close to impossible to not to get enough.
The way Americans obsess about protein, you'd think protein deficiency was the number one health problem in America. Of course it's not -- it's not even on the list of the ailments that doctors are worried about in America or any other countries where basic caloric needs are being met.
What is on the list? Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity -- diseases of affluence. Diseases linked to eating animal products. According to the American Dietetic Association, which looked at all of the science on vegetarian diets and found not just that they're healthy, but that they "provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases."
They continue: "Well-planned vegan and other types of vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence ... Vegetarians have been reported to have lower body mass indices than nonvegetarians, as well as lower rates of death from ischemic heart disease; vegetarians also show lower blood cholesterol levels; lower blood pressure; and lower rates of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and prostate and colon cancer."
Dr. Dean Ornish writes of his Eat More, Weigh Less vegetarian diet -- the one diet that has passed peer-review for taking weight off and keeping it off for more than 5 years -- that in addition to being the one scientifically proven weight loss plan that works long-term, it "may help to prevent a wide variety of other illnesses including breast cancer in women, prostate cancer in men, colon cancer, lung cancer, lymphoma, osteoporosis, diabetes, hypertension, and so on ...."
So when people ask me about protein, I explain that protein is not a problem on a vegan diet, that the real problems that are plaguing us in the West can be addressed in part with a vegetarian diet, and that I get my protein the same way everyone else does -- I eat!
Beans, nuts, seeds, lentils, and whole grains are packed with protein. So are all vegetables as a caloric percentage, though they don't have enough calories to sustain most people as a principal source of sustenance. And these protein sources have some excellent benefits that animal protein does not -- they contain plenty of fiber and complex carbohydrates, where meat has none. That's right: Meat has no complex carbs at all, and no fiber. Plant proteins are packed with these essential nutrients.
Plus, since plant-based protein sources don't contain cholesterol or high amounts of saturated fat, they are much better for you than meat, eggs, and dairy products.
It is also worth noting the very strong link between animal protein and a few key diseases, including cancer and osteoporosis.
According to Dr. Ornish (this may be the most interesting link in this article, by the way -- it's worth reading the entire entry), "high-protein foods, particularly excessive animal protein, dramatically increase the risk of breast cancer, prostate cancer, heart disease, and many other illnesses. In the short run, they may also cause kidney problems, loss of calcium in the bones, and an unhealthy metabolic state called ketosis in many people."
The cancer connection is spelled out at length in a fantastic book by Cornell scientist T. Colin Campbell, called The China Study. Basically, there is overwhelming scientific evidence to implicate that animal protein consumption causes cancer.
And just a few quick anecdotal points:
Listen to Kathleen's interview with Kathy Freston:
Kathy Freston is a renowned personal-growth author and spiritual counselor. She is the author of several best-selling books on the topic of life and health, including Quantum Wellness: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Health and Happiness. Kathy’s work has been featured in several prominent magazines and TV talk shows, including Good Morning America, The CBS Early Show and Oprah.
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“The stuff that gets thrown away from the meat plants for human consumption usually ends up in the dog food.” –Nadine M. Rosin
Nadine M. Rosin’s dog, Buttons, was diagnosed with cancer at eight years old and was given six weeks to live. Through detox and diet, she helped Buttons beat cancer and live 19 long, happy years.
In her interview with Kathleen, Nadine, now an author and holistic pet care consultant, talks about how commercial pet food (if you can call it food) and toxins in our homes (household chemical cleaners, harsh detergents and air fresheners) are making our pets sick. But she offers some safe alternatives and shares how a holistic approach to pet health can prolong our animals’ best years.
This information will make any pet owner think twice.
And when that inevitable time comes, Nadine also talks about how to say good-bye.
Listen to Nadine’s interview:
Listen to Kathleen’s monologue and find out why this was such a tough show for her:
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Animal attraction: When dogs and cats come into our lives and steal our hearts (and our wallets!)
Oh crap! Yes that’s exactly what we’re feeding our pets
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Posted by Cari @ The Kathleen Show
With a mind-blowing 44% of men and 25% of women having extra-marital affairs, it takes true dedication to not become another statistic. That’s where marriage counseling can help.
Couples therapist Dr. Michelle Gannon flew all the way across the country to be in the studio with Kathleen and give our listeners a free counseling session.
So get out a pen and paper because whether you’re happily married or have seen better days, Dr. Gannon shares practical information on how to handle the stickier situations in marriage. And we hope that you don’t have to use this advice, but she also addresses how couples can recover (and even grow) from the ultimate heart breaker—infidelity.
Welcome back to Prevention Not Prescriptions Tuesday. This is a weekly forum where we’re coming together to inform and inspire each other to healthier living. Tuesdays are our chance to take our health into our own hands and say “hell no” to more pills and the pharmaceutical industry’s endless search for profits.
We pay to create health problems
In the media:
Health Insurance Industry Moans That It’s Being Unfairly Vilified
By igorvolsky
@ AlterNet
How Safe Is Your Cell Phone?
@ The Huffington Post
Related links:
Prevention Not Prescriptions: Tuesday, March 9 with Gail Konop Baker
"Cancer is a Bitch" wake-up call
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