Prevention Not Prescriptions: Tuesday, March 23

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


And your post is next...


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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