Beating Heart Disease - Eat To Live

Ronnie has lost 120 pounds in 7 months and credits Dr. Fuhrman and his 'Ask the Doctor' forum for his success! - Check out the whole story here.

The Standard American "suicide" diet is dangerous. Ronnie learned the hard way when he ended up getting heart surgery at the age of 46. Three years later after more surgeries doctors told him it was time to die.

Imagine being told it is your time to die at 49. The most expensive medical system in human history couldn't even help Ronnie live past the age of 50.

That is when he discovered www.drfuhrman.com and reversed his heart disease on his own. Today he is "alive" and off all medications.

He is no longer on the Standard American "suicide" diet. He is following the Eat To Live diet and he looks about 25 years younger. His total cholesterol is also now at 101 mg/dL.

“Since starting Eat to Live, my progress is as follows: I've lost 120 lbs., down to 180 lbs. (remember I pegged the scales @ 300 pounds), just 10 lbs away from my goal weight of 170, have stopped taking Lipitor and Avapro for blood pressure, have gotten my exercise tolerance up to where I can exercise without having PVC's, the angina has ceased, quit drinking, and quit smoking by following the <>6 week weight loss program. My most recent lipid panel had my cholestrol at 101, ldl-51 hdl-34, trig 91.”
-Ronnie

Rich Roll - Vegan Athlete - Voted One of 25 Fittest Men in the World

There aren't many vegan athletes in the world yet, but it is really incredible when you find out that an athlete exists like Rich Roll.

He didn't exercise for 20 years. At the age of 40 he felt out of shape so he changed his diet to a vegan diet and started exercising.

The plant-based diets that are best for the planet are also best for human health and athletic performance.

• At 42 he completed a double ironman triathlon which consists of a 6.2 mile swim, 260 miles of cycling, and a 54 mile marathon.
• He finished in the top 10 after not being involved in competition for 20 years.
• Men’s Fitness Magazine voted Rich Roll one of the 25 fittest men of the world in 2009.

Diet For a Hot Planet

How hard would it be to convince someone in the early days of sailing that vitamin C deficiency was the cause of scuvy?

Well, if you read the history of scurvy you will see that it was almost impossible to prove this simple truth to society and the scientific establishment.

Humans weren't ready to accept the simple fact that we will die if we eat zero plant foods.

Today, we are faced with another simple truth. Humans die prematurely when fed animal products and when humans consume animal products it destroys our planet.

The livestock on this planet are creating more emissions than all the trucks and cars on the planet and the methane emissions are 200 times more powerful as global warming agents than carbon dioxide emissions.

Now go find a skeptic and try to convince them that if humans don't stop eating a diet based around animal products it will destroy the planet. You will find the same thing that was found out during the time of scurvy.

The truth shall set us free, but the truth is not something people are willing to accept.

Healthy Honey Mustard Dressing

Ever since I was a kid I have loved salads. I remember eating massive amounts of salads as a kid. I loved them.

I am probably the only person that remembers eating every vegetable in our house all the time. No vegetable was safe with me around.

When I found out I could prevent heart disease by avoiding animal products I didn't even need a second to think about it.

I stopped right there. While everyone was eating turkey and mashed potatoes with gravy I was eating a salad.

The problem with salads is the dressings today are so fattening and loaded with salt and sugar.

One container of ranch has over 8,000 miligrams of salt and 288 grams of fat. That is the same amount of fat as would be found in 738 baked potatoes.

Try this dressing on a salad and make sure you have a good calorie source with that salad. I like to use beans or brown rice.

Honey Mustard Dressing
1 tablespoon Apple cider vinegar, lime, or lemon
1 tablespoon liquid amino
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon dairy free honey mustard
Seasoning (any herbs you want in it)

Whip this up till it is nice and creamy. Then pour it on a HUGE salad and mix it up really good. Healthy nuts like pecans and walnuts really bring out the flavor of this dressing in a salad.

Pecan have 18 vitamins and minerals in them so they are a great addition to a salad. Brown rice has over 70 different antioxidants in it so that is a great source of calories.

This dressing will make you fall in love with vegetables for the first time, or if you are like me for the thousdanth time. It will also make it so you can eat a guilt free meal that is incredible tasting.

Avoided Cholesterol from 116,070 Slices of Bacon

In the book, Milk The Deadly Poison, the author makes it very clear that the average American consumes the equivalent amount of cholesterol from dairy products every day that they would have from 53 slices of bacon.

His book explains that by the time the average American reaches the age of 52 they have consumed the equivalent amount of cholesterol from dairy products as they would have from 1 million slices of bacon.

When I read this everything became so clear. My uncle didn't die of a heart attack at 37 because he had bad genes or a party lifestyle. He was consuming products that every single one of us did and these foods kill. That is why heart disease is the number one killer in America!

We want to blame it on genes, because it makes life easier for us. It gives us a chance to point a blame finger and not take responsibility for our own actions.

That ended my love affair with dairy products. Now my total cholesterol is 116 and I feel better than I ever have in my life.

In the last six years I have not been sick one time with the exception of one food poisoning incident. I can also exercise longer and more often than ever before.

So far after six years of avoiding dairy products I have avoided consuming the cholesterol that would have been found in 116,070 slices of bacon. No wonder my total cholesterol is 116.

Bacon

What clever name would I have to come up with to justify eating something this adorable?

Is the word "bacon" enough to make us completely forget that every single creature on this planet wants to live?

My total cholesterol is 116 because I prefer to eat plants. Even though the screams of that head of cabbage and the murdering of each tomato keeps me up late at night.

It's hard to believe that heart disease is the number one killer in this country and no body wants to acknowledge what is causing it.

Jon Hinds - Super Strong Vegan Fitness Trainer

A Plant-Based Diet Will Improve Athletic Performance

What kind of fuel are you using? Are you filling up on donuts, macaroni&cheese, and peanut butter sandwiches or whole foods?

Jon Hinds is an incredible athlete. He is 45 years old and he is the owner of Monkey Bar Gym. On the link above you can listen to a recording of his story.

I was inspired by his story about how he defeated arthritis with a plant-based diet and how he taught Tony Gonzalez how to consume a whole foods plant-based diet.

Why would we want to put garbage in these incredible bodies? When I have my green smoothie in the morning I feel incredible! I can't wait to taste that incredible smoothie that has been blended to perfection by my blender that has the same type of motor as some boat motors.

Why would we want to just look strong and poison ourselves at the same time? Jon Hinds is looking strong, and feeling strong and doing it the "healthy way".