This Week's News Roundup

Wow, so much wisdom being broadcast this week. I told you this week’s News Roundup would be a doozy. Ready?

“Stop eating dessert for breakfast - it’s a gluten/dairy/soy hell.”  - JJ Virgin

“Man … sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present … he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.” Dalai Lama

“What you put at the end of your fork is more powerful medicine than anything you will find at the bottom of a pill bottle. Food is the most powerful medicine available to heal chronic disease … all you need to do is eat your medicine and think of your grocery store as your pharmacy.” – Dr. Mark Hyman

“Sometimes late night food cravings simply mean you need to go to sleep earlier.” – Marc David

“The facts are that fast food and junk foods cause a thousand times as many premature deaths compared to cocaine; and it’s condoned.” – Dr. Joel Fuhrman

“Women are more than twice as likely as males to take an antidepressant, according to the CDC. Biggest users are women aged 40-59: 23% of women in that age group take one. My beef is that the root cause is often hormonal + I want hormone balancing to be offered first, before the antidepressant …” – Dr. Sara Gottfried

“Think ‘breakslow,’ not breakfast. Plan it, enjoy it, take extra time with it. It should be bigger than your lunch, which should be bigger than your dinner. I bet you do that backwards now. Time to right your ship.” – Gunnar Peterson

“Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.” - Voltaire

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Sleep is Awesome

Easy Secrets to Healthy Eating for Kids

The Other Drug Problem

Fruits and Vegetables Could Modify Gene Linked to Heart Disease

8 Foods That Can Reduce Breast Cancer Risk

Infographic: All The Genetically Modified Food You’re Eating

Can You Have it All?

Here are some great videos to answer many of your questions about food - nutrition, our food system, cooking, and farmers’ markets, to name a few.

Last but not least … (thanks Dr. Mark Hyman)

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