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Do you really want FedEx medicine?

bkeller49 — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:03:20 +0000

My staff is amazed by patients who call the office requesting a script refill at 11 am, and then call the office at 11:20am from the pharmacy complaining that they have not received refill authorization yet. We want immediate response to request for services. The idea of immediate gratification has permeated the service industry, but do you really want to apply a FedEx mentality to your medical services?

Think about what has to be done to safely refill your medications. The receptionist answers the phone and transfers you to the nurse. After the information is gathered, the chart is [...]

3 3 3 Plan to Modify Your Diet

bkeller49 — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:54:56 +0000

Plant- based eating is easy, until 5pm. I sat down to many dinners with potato and veggie and the famous empty spot where the meat should be, and I felt deprived and defeated. I wonder if that is why the solution for Mark Bittman, food writer for the NYTimes and author of Food Matters adopted “vegan after six”, shedding 15 pounds in one month and approaching his ideal body weight within four months. But it may be easier than you think to get dinner lean and healthy.

The 3-3-3 plan for three weeks was devised by Neal Barnard, MD, to help you still [...]

INDONESIAN-STYLE GADO-GADO SALAD

bkeller49 — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:29:53 +0000

By Nava Atlas; VegKitchen.com

I’ll always have a pleasant association with this classic Indonesian salad platter, as it was the first meal I had on my first trip to Paris. Served with plenty of rice, the salad (which always combines raw and lightly cooked vegetables) made for a filling and memorable meal. Though easy to enough to make as an everyday meal, it’s also festive enough to serve to company or to make as a vegan potluck dish. Here’s my Americanized, but still very tasty, interpretation. Photo by Jillian of Bitchin’ Vegan Kitchen.

Look for peanut satay sauce in the [...]

Does a Little Meat Hurt Anything?

bkeller49 — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:50:31 +0000

More and more data keeps pouring in, supporting the fact that vegetarianism is the optimum diet. 1,011 participants in the Adventist Health Study-2 were compared in measurements of triglycerides, blood sugar, BMI, waist circumference, and blood pressure in a recent study published in Diabetes Care.

The risk factors above were found in the lowest percentage among vegetarians (25.2%), followed by semi-vegetarians (37.6%), and highest among non-vegetarians (39.7%).

These percentage differences may seem small, but remember that having just three of the five risk factors above clinches the diagnosis for metabolic syndrome. Patients diagnosed with metabolic syndrome have 16 times increased [...]

The Grill

bkeller49 — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:41:36 +0000

Anyone thinking about converting to a plant based diet, but thinks their guy would never allow it? Is your guy standing in front of the grill right now? Are you a guy, talking about how real men eat meat, and vegetables are what your food eats? I’m going to hit you where it counts. Right between the legs.

Eating a meat based diet results in high exposures to animal protein, which is linked to prostate cancer. Then the gland gets scooped out. Whammo. Not very manly.

There’s a ton of estrogens in animal muscle, and lots of fat marbled into the muscle that creates even more estrogen when it [...]

SWEET AND WHITE POTATO SALAD WITH MIXED GREENS

bkeller49 — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:15:01 +0000

by Nava Atlas Vegkitchen.com

This is a salad I often make for company. It’s so pretty, yet incredibly easy to prepare. It was inspired by a salad I had while traveling in Tel Aviv a few years ago. Adapted from Vegan Express.

Serves: 6 or more

1 large sweet potato 4 medium white potatoes, preferably Yukon Gold or red-skinned 1/2 cup vinaigrette (homemade or store-bought) Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 4 ounces (or as desired) mixed baby greens 1 cup (1/2 pint) cherry or grape tomatoes, halved 1 medium avocado, peeled and diced Toasted pumpkin seeds for topping

Microwave [...]

What is IGF

bkeller49 — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:50 +0000

Insulin-like Growth Factor is getting a lot of press lately. While insulin is secreted from the pancreas, IGF is secreted directly from the walls of the first part of the small intestine. The secretion of insulin is closely tied to the release of IGF during eating. When we eat foods, insulin is secreted to facilitate the transport of the sugar in the food into the cells. In addition to insulin, the hormone insulin-like growth factor is secreted. IGF stimulates the growth of cells. This makes sense, because when the human is eating, there is sugar and protein available to grow [...]

Diseases of Affluence

bkeller49 — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:28:39 +0000

Repost, originally posted Nov. 2010. My patients are frequently surprised when they develop diabetes a few years after their diagnosis of high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol. That’s a lot of bad luck concentrated on one person. They want to know why all this is happening to them, and increasingly they want to know what they can do to stop the bad news. I’d like to tell them the story ends with the diagnosis of diabetes, but as I’ve said, I’m trying hard to tell the truth. That’s not all they have to look forward to.

Nine doctors published a consensus report on June 16 in CA: A Cancer [...]

Sweet Potato & Black Bean Chili

bkeller49 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:57:32 +0000

Today’s Meatless Monday recipe is an interesting new twist on chili. Thanks to Paul Osborn for sending it our way. Adapted from Taste of Home.

Ingredients:

2 Large Sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes 1 Large onion, chopped 1 Tbsp. olive oil 1 Tbsp. chili powder 3 Medium cloves of garlic, minced 1 tsp ground cumin 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 2 cans black beans, rinsed and drained 1 Can diced tomatoes, undrained 1/4 Cup brewed coffee 2 Tbsp. honey 1/2 tsp kosher salt 1/4 tsp ground black pepper 1/2 Cup Monterey Jack Cheese

Instructions :

1. In [...]

I live in the Healthiest Place in the Country! Well, Almost.

bkeller49 — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:34:43 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rPr9yAQmzw

My office is located right across the hall from Rock Bottom Gym, Doug Petersen’s place. Doug and I laugh about how all the fit people come through the door, either taking a left or a right at the fork in the road, heading to my office for nutrition advice or to his gym for their fitness training. We’ve running a healthy little corner of the world, right at the base of Leelenau County in beautiful Northern Michigan.

The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore just received national attention as a top destination for natural beauty in the US, and now [...]