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Kids’ Mental Health Begins With Diet
May 8th
May 6-12 is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week — yet many still are not “aware” that a child’s diet has a lot to do with mental health.
Even fewer understand that mental health really begins in the colon.
That’s right, the colon.
High Nutrients, Low Calories Wins Again
Feb 14th
People sometimes get the wrong idea about a plant-based diet.
They think “plant-based” means “starvation” and all you can eat is truckloads of iceberg lettuce.
Granted, if all you ate was iceberg lettuce, you would indeed starve to death — but that’s because iceberg lettuce has very few nutrients.
A proper, plant-based diet (ie. The Hallelujah Diet) includes loads of high nutrient, low calorie foods.
Translation?
It’s not about eating less. It’s about eating foods that give your body all the nutrients it needs without filling up on empty calories.
In fact, you can eat kale, collards, spinach, sprouts, berries, tomatoes, veggie juices, etc. all day long and not have to worry about consuming too many calories.
And new studies are showing that this kind of diet has more benefits than keeping you trim.
In a paper that will be presented to the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting in April, new research suggests that… “cutting calories and eating foods that make up a healthy diet may be a simpler way to prevent memory loss as we age,” and that “the higher the amount of calories consumed each day, the higher the risk of mild cognitive impairment (memory loss).”
In the study, the odds of suffering memory loss more than doubled for people consuming 2,143 to 6,000 calories per day compared to those eating 600 to 1,526 calories per day.
Apparently, remembering to eat your fruits and veggies can help you remember… period.
Your turn…
What’s your favorite high nutrient, low calorie food?
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The Need For Speed
Mar 10th
If anyone needs faster muscle recovery from a workout, it’s an Ironman triathlete like Brendan Brazier. Brendan is a professional triathlete who strictly adheres to a whole foods, plant-based diet.
As Brendan explains in an interview conducted at Hallelujah Acres, his reasons for eating this way are mainly because it gives him a competitive advantage — much to his opponents’ surprise!
Is it any wonder that a whole foods, plant-based diet like The Hallelujah Diet is the best fuel for the body (an elite athlete’s body, no less)? Just like a specially formulated racing fuel, plant-based whole foods contains the highest grade of fuel your bodily engine needs to operate at peak efficiency. It burns efficiently, cleanly, and leaves no harmful residue behind.
So, the next time your body starts “knocking and pinging” like an old clunker, consider the grade of “fuel” you’re putting into it!
New Survey Busts Plant-based Myths
Mar 8th
The newly released results of an innovative survey called Vegan From The Inside debunks six myths about a plant-based diet and revealed that:
- 97% of vegans enjoy their food
- 94% of vegans want to stay on a plant-based diet for the rest of their lives
The survey, authored by Janice Stanger, PhD, posed six questions to 2,068 people from around the world who had been on an animal-free diet for at least 100 days. The results and accompanying testimonials demystify and encourage a plant-based diet.
Myth #1: Vegans are pale, weak, and unhealthy because their diet lacks protein and other vital nutrients.
Survey said: 68.6% of respondents noted they got healthier after starting a 100% plant-based diet, yet only 1.6% said their health declined.
Testimonial sample: “When I gave up dairy products, I was finally able to “cure” my chronic sinusitis. After 6 sinus surgeries, I was amazed that the solution was so easy.”
Myth #2: A vegan diet has too many “carbs” to be effective for weight loss.
Survey said: 42.1% of respondents lost weight they wanted to lose after going plant-based, and 73.4% enjoy cooking more since going animal-free.
Testimonial sample: “My life has changed 1000% for the better. I’d been struggling with being overweight for years and lost 33 pounds & have maintained for 3 months.”
Myth #3: A vegan diet is boring.
Survey said: 96.7% of respondents enjoy the food they eat on a vegan diet.
Testimonial sample: “Every myth I’ve heard about a vegan diet has been debunked over time, especially the myth that it is not an interesting, sustaining, or varied diet.”
Myth #4: A vegan diet is all about deprivation and lower quality of life.
Survey said: Plant-based eaters indicated other rewards of their diet, including enjoying cooking more (73.4%), making a difference for animals (90.8%) and the environment (86.3%), feeling closer to animals and nature (70.5%), helping others by being a good role model (69.6%), and feeling more spiritual (41.6%).
Testimonial sample: “I absolutely love being vegan. Always said I couldn’t do it because of a love for cheese, and now I can’t imagine eating cheese.”
Myth #5: A vegan diet requires a high level of discipline and is difficult to stick to in the long-run.
Survey said: 64.5% of respondents said transitioning to a plant-based diet required some effort, but 61.2% observe staying on a vegan diet on an ongoing basis is effortless, and 94.4% intend to stay on it for the rest of their life.
Testimonial sample: “Becoming (and staying) vegan is SO much easier than people assume.”
Myth #6: Vegans can’t enjoy eating out or other social get-togethers.
Survey said: While 60.2% indicate eating out is less convenient, many respondents wrote in the strategies they have developed to overcome this.
Testimonial sample: “Eating out is difficult sometimes… however, these inconveniences are small and are totally worth it.”
Dr. Pam Popper praised the findings, saying, “Finally, some documentation showing what those of us who have been teaching people to adopt a plant-based diet for years have known all along. The diet is easy, people love it, they get great results, and they generally stick with it.”
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