You likely know that the liver is the filter in the human body. As our blood passes through the liver, toxins, waste, and anything else that doesn’t belong there (like medications) are removed. But now that your liver has collected the trash, how does it get rid of it?
It seems everyone is a resident expert when it comes the best sources for potassium (Everyone says bananas), calcium (everyone says cow’s milk) and protein (everyone says meat).
There is A LOT of common “healthy” eating advice. But who says? Why is it accepted as fact? And what is the truth?
During Q&A after speaking engagements someone always incredulously asks, “You eat carbs?!?!” To which we respond, “Yes, whole-food carbs make up 80-85% of our calorie intake.” (the rest is protein and fat split about evenly). And the follow-up question is often, “Did you gain weight before you starting losing?” “No. We both started dropping weight right away.”
Juicing or taking juice supplements is seen as an easy way to get the recommended daily allowance of fruits and veggies. But is that really a shortcut way to not have to eat whole food plants? The short answer is no. But we don’t expect you to believe it just because we said so (we aren’t your parents after all). Let’s look at the reasons that juicing is not going help you as much as you think it will.
“I eat fish to make sure I get my Omega-3s” someone proudly announced the other day. My brain clicked open the “folders” on Omega-3s, Omega-6s, and fish. “It’s great that you know your body needs Omega-3s” I started. “Would you like a little more information about why Omega-3s are important and why fish isn’t a great source?”
Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn from the Cleveland Clinic is one of the whole-food plant-based (WFPB) advocates we follow. We were not surprised but were quite disappointed to learn that other cardiac physicians at the clinic won’t refer their patients to him; using the excuse, “They (the patients) will never go on that strict diet.
There are lots of ways to lose weight; heroin, cocaine, chemo, getting really sick, diet pills from the 70s. No one (at least we hope no one) is going to choose any of those options on purpose because we know the damage to our health isn’t worth it.