Please Help Us Learn About Fasting and Vegan Diet
Mon, 2011-09-05 17:03 | 
Bradley Saul
Bastyr University & TrueNorth Health
“Fasting and Alternatives to Standard Therapeutics (FAST): Determining the Molecular and
Physiological Mechanisms Responsible for Adult Hypertension and Obesity”
Please Help Us Learn About
Fasting and Vegan Diet
Is medically supervised water-only fasting an effective treatment for High Blood Pressure?
Vegan, Low Salt and Low Fat Diets, are shown to be an effective lifestyle therapy to reduce blood pressure and promote weight loss. Another potentially effective therapy to reduce blood pressure and promote weight loss is Short-Term, Medically Supervised, Water Only Fasting. Safe and effective alternatives for the treatment of high blood pressure and obesity are increasingly needed. This study aims to find out whether short-term fasting, combined with dietary modification, is more effective at reducing blood pressure and increasing weight loss than dietary modification alone.
If you have High Blood Pressure and are Obese and between the ages of 21 and 65, you may be eligible to participate in a research study about fasting and diet.
Study participants will be asked to get a baseline screening and get periodic blood work in addition to your normal health care. Participants with a normal physical exam and blood work who also have greater than 140/90 mmHg and are Obese at the initial screening will be eligible to participate in the study.
If a screening visit and blood work results show you are eligible, you will be able to undergo the vegan diet and the fasting treatment as a part of this research study. At the end of the 6-week study, you will also be asked to attend one more study visit after 6 months to obtain additional blood work and physical measures.
Before participating, we will need to have your Personal Information and Medical History forms completed. Click here to apply for the study.
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TrueNorth Health Center’s 1st annual Holiday Healthy Food Extravaganza
Escape the stress and health compromising influences of the holiday season
Come to the TrueNorth Health Center for 10 days
of spectacular health education and epicurean delights.
December 23rd to January 2nd
This holiday season, we are offering a special program focused on health food preparation, relaxation, fitness, and fun. There will be two brain-titillating and taste-bud-delighting classes each day during our first ever HEALTH FOOD INTENSIVE! Each of our dozen cooking and food preparation classes will expound techniques and tricks for preparing health promoting food that tastes GREAT!
Food Classes will include:
- Breakfasts for Champions: How to prepare oatmeal French toast, vegan waffles, oil free granola
- All About Fruit: How to select, store, prepare, and eat fruit
- Desserts and Treats: Mango-banana pie, vegan pumpkin pie, banana ice-dream
- Beans: How to purchase, store, cook, and make soups and stews out of
- Grains: Try over 20 varieties of rice and find your favorites
- Lunches To-Go: Fast and easy tricks for healthy mid-day meals
- Vegetables: Select, store, prepare and eat vegetables. Learn about the variety of plants you have never eaten
- Eating Out and Eating Over at Friends: How to go along and get along without compromising your health
- The Secrets to Sauces
- Salads and Dressings
- Juices and Green Smoothies
- Vitamins, Minerals, Protein, Essential Fatty Acids, Water, Digestion, Allergies and more
Fitness activities will include:
- Walking and hiking
- Access to our local fitness center
- Optional services include massage, acupuncture, chiropractic, laboratory testing, medical evaluation and more
Presenters include Chef Ramses Bravo, Chef AJ, Laurie Wood, and Cathy Fisher. There will be nutrition lectures by Michael Klaper, M.D., Alan Goldhamer, D.C and others.
Start the new year off by losing weight while enjoying great-tasting, health-promoting foods!
Costs
Rates start at $139 per night and include a private room, all meals, classes, taxes and fees, a private phone with free domestic calling, hi-speed internet access via WI-FI, and personal laundry service. Special rates for couples, families, or groups sharing our new 2 and 3 bedroom suites are available.
Obtain advanced training in vegan, salt-oil-sugar-free food preparation.
Call now to reserve your spot! 707-586-5555
Those interesting in combining fasting with their trip may wish to use the health intensive as preparation and schedule to stay longer to incorporate a fasting experience. Our regular program will begin again on January 2nd.
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