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You may read our selection of articles written by TrueNorth Health staff below.
Articles
Please Help Us Learn About Fasting and Vegan Diet
Bastyr University & TrueNorth Health
“Fasting and Alternatives to Standard Therapeutics (FAST): Determining the Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms Responsible for Adult Hypertension and Obesity”
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Fasting and Vegan Diet
Is medically supervised water-only fasting an effective treatment for High… read more
President Bill Clinton's Dietary Transformation
This past Sunday, Sanjay Gupta of CNN interviewed former President Bill Clinton about his switch to a vegan diet.
Read more about Mr. Clinton's transformation here.
Success on a Plant-Based SOS-free Diet
Dr. Alan Goldhamer talks about the basics of health in this interview with the cool vegetarian.
Fasting is the Answer, What is the Question?
This article originally appeared in Health Science Magazine.
In the world of our ancient ancestors, fasting occurred primarily by force, not by choice. Humans would fast when resources became scarce, such as when Spring came late. The ability of humans to fast was a biological necessity born from the disproportionate use of glucose by… read more
Meat Linked to Diabetes Risk
Type 2 Diabetes Associated with Increased Intake of Animal Foods.
The effects of diet and lifestyle on health are notoriously difficult to ascertain. In order to begin to tease out patterns, researchers measure many variables in order to account for confounding variables (ie, factors that also correlate to the thing being studied).
To further make… read more
Vegan Diets Linked to Reduced Cataract Risk
This week, I was planning to write about recent research that found a strong, positive correlation between a diet including animal proteins and type 2 diabetes. The study "Low-carbohydrate diet scores and risk of type 2 diabetes in men" was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. As I was reading through the articles, though, I… read more
Vegetarian Diet May Reduce Risk of Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is a group of risk factors associated with stroke, diabetes, coronary heart disease. One of the primary indicators of metabolic syndrome is extra weight around the waist. The indications of metabolic syndrome are any three of the following: blood presssure greater than 130/85 mmHG, fasting glucose greater than 100 mg/dL, large… read more
Want Health? Here's A Movie You Must See
Forks Over Knives is a new feature length film that will change your mind about what you eat. The film follows Dr. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn as they expose how what we eat affects our health. The work of these two researchers has been truly groundbreaking in the field of diet and health.
Your Transition to Healthful Eating
What should you put on your plate when you eat?
Well-planned vegetarian diets can provide us with all of the protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and calories we need!
For more than 100 years, Hygienists have advocated the avoidance of meat, fish, fowl, eggs, and dairy products, as well as added oil, salt and sugar, and most processed foods.… read more
Looking for Health in All the Wrong Places
In the late 1800s, a young Scottish physician was experiencing difficulty in establishing his medical practice. With extra time on his hands, the young man turned his remarkable mind to the telling of mysteries and their solutions. In contrast to his struggling practice, his writing would be an immediate and astounding success. The young doctor's… read more