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[morethansalad]

Raw Vegan Tofu

[arougeme]

I totally forgot it was my boy's birthday. I was so caught up in the wfbp premier and a werewolf by night. I forgot to wish my sweet prince Swordsman a happy bday

[fruitmilkshake]

Another random fact; Sometimes I like to imagine that my Na'vi oc; Tarya, is based on these characters; Shuri (BP/WFBP) Robin (ST)

[bojanbesinger-blog]

Do you think healthy cooking is complicated and will leave you frustrated? Think again! Health and wellness coach, Karina Pearse LaMalfa, will share tasty, easy, no-oil recipes and Whole Food Plant Based recipes that will make our bodies very happy.  

[teddieddie]

Giveaway! - Todays challenge was two exercises, I’ll admit it was not easy. . But I’m selecting a winner who completes and posts themselves completing the challenge! 📍TO WIN: . ✔️ Post up a video or picture completing the challenege ✔️Use #gethealthyfaster and tag me! . 12 days of Healthy Living and guided Fasting Still open for access only a few days left! Message me for details! ————————— #fastingforgreatness #feelwell #weightlifting #squatchallenge #happyholidays #loseweight #stressmanagement #feelwell #bewell #eatresponsibly #wfbp #plantbasedliving #fasting #intermittentfasting #strengthtraining #plantbaseddiet https://www.instagram.com/p/BrWML5agXLu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=135hl4q2w85u1

[beatificvegan]

Annnnnnd, one more for #nutrition #month !! 😁😉 Hope y'all enjoyed! #wfbp #hclf #nutrientdense #foodmatters #eatbetternotless #eatmoreplants #govegan #health #alkalinenotacidic #letfoodbethymedicine #feedthehungry #leastofthese #lovelikefire #withgracebebold #bethechange (at Salt Lake City, Utah)

[anecdotaltruthbomb]

ON AVOIDING OR REVERSING DEMENTIA my notes on a video: Steve Blake, doctor of science specializing in nutritional biochemistry How To Improve Memory: Results From Our Clinical Trials Well, 90% is from this video. I dropped in some other stuff i learned elsewhere, probably from nutritionfacts and my first paragraph may be inspired by Dr Bredesen. Alzheimer is technically a genetically programmed reaction to a severe brain damage - defined by a shrinking mechanism and phenomena such as plaque or tangles, that are essentially like scrab-patching and scarring, etc. the original brain damage can be caused by vascular inflammation and some other causes, such as microbial or viral infections or poisons, heavy metals. clogged arteries are statistically a major cause of brain damage, involved in 80% of dementias which are largely overlapping with the alzheimer's reaction. the clogging of arteries is a response to inflammation of vessels. inflammation is in large parts caused by oxidizing lipids & cholesterol from nutritional sources that are devoid of anti-oxidants = processed foods or animal products. to address this vascular aspect of dementia avoid saturated fat, ensure low cholesterol by natural means (not drugs), avoid inflammation. to avoid inflammation avoid toxins and seek out protective anti-oxidants and other phytonutrients. generally speaking seek out green vegetables & berries, followed by colored fruits and vegetables, followed by some roots. legumes and grains are also a good source of folate and another reason for why legumes are associated with improved cognition may be their antimicrobial powers in the gut. some supplementation may still be necessary or beneficial. you just can't seem to get enough protection from vitamins and anti-oxidants in foods, especially once you have a chronic disease. minerals also play keyrole in protection, by aiding in chelation or in formation of enzymes. minerals include sulfur from greens. Example study that supplementation also works: 200mg synthetic vitamin E, 300mg vitamin c, beta-carotene supplementation improved memory 15%, after 7 months, on a test. Seek out these nutrients: Vitamin c Vitamin e and carotenoids such as beta carotene & lutein, astaxanthin, zeaxanthin = fat soluble, specifically work for the brain & also for eyes. Polyphenols  (flavanoids/flavones/resveratrol/etc), Vitamin E: since the brain is mainly fat, fat soluble antioxidants like vitamin e play key role, but water soluble anti-oxidants as well, since they can recycle fat soluble anti-oxidant. nuts, seeds, avocado and olives are generally good source of vitamin e. walnuts have gama tocopherol Vitamin E sunflowers have alpha tocopherol Vitamin E the chinese eat peanuts and also get protecive effects.   blend nuts to prevent unchewed, sharp bits from cutting up your guts. Folate & B12  (optionally SAMe): We need folate (methylfolate), not folic acid. (Folic acid may have cancer risk over 1000mcg) We need to supplement b12. Dr greger still insists that most science proving benefits of b12 were done on cyanocobalamine version of b12. B12 and Folate are involved in detox of homocysteine, which is a major metabolic toxin, implied in vascular inflammation and thus in dementia. homocysteine must be converted back to methionine, which happens as a part of a complex "methylation cycle". you may research MFHTR to see what can go wrong with folic acid, getting in the way of propper folate, if i recall correctly. Folate and b12 work together to create SAMe. SAMe is directly involved in detox of homocyteine. SAMe can also also be supplemented directly. (200mg) SAMe increases Serotonin and should be taken in the morning and not combined with SSRI drugs. SAMe "quenches" the genes that lead to the formation of Amyloid Plaque Patches. Apparently SAMe activity makes them redundant. It also reduces Tau Tangles. Cofactors of internal antioxdidants are zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, coenzyme q10 internal anti-oxidants are -superoxid dismutase (SOD), -Glutathione Peroxidase (turns hydrogen peroxide into water) superoxide dismutase requires zinc, copper, manganese. a perfect manganaese source is hibiscus tee, in fact you could even get too much of it, 2 bags of hibicus are good (nutritionfacts). Glutathione Peroxidase turns hydrogen peroxide into water. it requires selenium. people with dementia need lots of selenium to deal with their oxidative stress. they use it all up, as indicated in low serum levels. he recommends sesame/tahini as well. brazil nuts are a good source but he is concerned about radioactive barium in brazil nuts. but according to my earlyer research, if i remember correctly, 2 brazil nuts are not a problem and have plenty of selenium. by the way, sulfur (broccoli) detoxes toxins like barium, lead, arsenic, alimunium, strontium, mercury. sulfur can also be obtained from MSM, as supplement. problems with glucose metabolism observed in alzheimer have to do with manganese, copper and selenium deficit. ensuring their intake improves glycogen use of the brain. raw vegan diet is statistically best source of vitamin E, achieving 45mg, probably because it tends to be rich in oil-seed sprouts and avocado. WFPB achieves only 20mg, still more than any other popular diet, however the low fat version of WFBP achieves only ~5mg. raw food is also best source of vitamin C, followed by WFPB with 450-350mg. according to a study on dementia, a vitamin c supplementation of 800mg was beneficial, when dealing with dementia. gorillas eat 13.000 vitamin C. animals that make their own vitamin c make 2.000 to 20.000. in a correlation study, vitamin E and C supplementation was associated with 40% decreased dementia risk. coenzyme q10 / co-q10: needed for energy metabolism of mitochondria, produced by body but becomes more rare with aging, may be supplemented. co-q10 is fat soluble antioxidant and protects membranes of cells and mitochondria. membrane protection is critical in demetia. it also improves mitochondria-energy metabolism. stimulates superoxide dismutase, additional protection of membranes. this protection is associated with reduced plaques. astaxanthin, a deep red and super potent carrotenoid, (found in algae and fish eating those) is fat soluble, works in brain, works inside and outside of cells, but does not adress membranes directly. OPC (found in grape seeds) works in the brain, i recall it works outside of cells and adresses membranes, but does not work inside of cells? both may be helpfull as supplements. all berries are good sources of antioxidants=polyphenols, including red grapes. blueberries may be best source of anthocyanins, which are antoixidant and anti-inflammatory and effective in the brain and thus improve all cognitive functions. berries are loaded with pesticides. best wash off for superficial pesticides on vegetables is soaking them in baking soda, but it's still not super effective, so choose organic if possible. he warns against use of synthetic vitamin E. warns against statin drugs. warns against over consuming saturated fat: suggests you can't afford any animal products, because essential plants, such as vitamin E sources, already cover your saturated fat budget. warns against dementia drugs donepezil & memantine because they dont improve cognition and have nasty side effects. he recommends Gingo bilboa and Gotu kola but warns about interactions with drugs. what came up in the first 45 minutes of the aforementioned videos. need a break now. well, shit more like 8 hours of sleep. to be continued. ...... Ppl with dementia tend to have a vitamin E deficit. Vitamin E is more powerful per mg than Vitamin A or C, but harder to get. A metastudy on nut consumption ( https://bit.ly/30f8KJx ) suggests, tan estimated 4.4 million annual deaths may be attributable to a nut intake below 20 grams per day in North and South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific. A Nut intake below 20g would typically correlated with a Vitamin E deficiency. Vitamin E can also regenerate the intrinsic antioxidant superoxide dismutase. By the way, salt consumption leads to the oxidation of superoxide dismutase, something i have researched a long time ago. It was really hard to find out about WHY salt is as badly associated with vessel inflammation, as every study shows it is. It seems all the doctor pandits of the internet don't even know about that. Everyone thinks its just because of lowered cell-hydration and increased blood pressure, which is involved but an incomplete explanation. Vitamin E content by numbers (per 100kcal) 17g sunflower seed = 5.6mg Vit E 18g peanuts = 1.5mg Vit E 15g walnuts = only 0.1 mg Vit E I am surprised he recommends Walnuts for Vitamin E, but perhaps gama tocopherol is hard to get. They are certainly good for omega 3. Also good source of Copper and Manganese. 11g true red palm oil (100kcal) from the palm fruit = 1.8 mg Vitamin E - unlike 11g of palm KERNEL oil = colorless, used in common products, which has max. 0.4 mg Vitamin E, typically less. It could be argued that largely unprocessed, unheated & fresh red palm oil has some protective properties, like nuts and seeds do, via vitamin E and A. He discusses synthetic Vitamin E at 1:00:11 basically most of it is crap that may be problematic. just a tiny fraction of it works. It similar with other synthetic antioxidants, for example R-ALA is good, but L-ALA is probably toxic and in synthetic products you get both. Same with synthetic astaxanthin. Blood supply to brain is directly correlated with cognitive ability, including memory, so for example a stent improves cognition 7% in ppl with clogged arteries. Amongst ppl with poor cognition there is also a statistical increased occurrence of anemia/low erythrocyte counts, which may be due to nutritional deficits, such as b12 or sometimes iron deficiency may inhibit oxigen transport. Poor blood supply is directly associated with formation of amyloid plaques. Amyloid plaques also have antimicrobial functions, btw. It's likely that various infections grow more, when blood supply is decreased. Removing arterial plaque can be done in two years, with lower fat diet and phytonutrients. amla has been shown to be very powerful in this regard. More on how cholesterol oxidizes at 53:48 In my words: Cholesterol from food is already oxidized and builds fat transportation units by joining with fats (chylomircons). now that oxidized cholesterol travels to all the places to where the fat is transported. oxidation joins those bits into sharp crystals, which cause injury/inflammation and technically countless micro strokes / brain bleeding, so small you don't really notice at once, but you grow dumber every time. On of the many things that get hung up in plaques are inflammatory Advanced Glycation End products. As do heavy metals. Both create massive amounts of oxidative Damage. AGE originate from hot or dry-heated foods that contain fat and protein, so both heavily roasted nuts and most animal products. Statistically old ppl are most addicted to cheese, of all beloved sources of artery clogging fats, because cheese contains addictive opiods. Chicken is next on popularity list, because people falsely think it's more harmless than red meats, but it's very inflammatory, in part due to arachodonic acid. Saturated fats (from plant sources) should maximally constitute 7% of the calories needed to sustain healthy body weight.   11g of coconut oil (100kcal) are almost completely saturated fat, not advertised MCT and it has no anti-oxidant benefits. The ideal bone building food is leafy greens or green legumes, which deliver vitamin K2 and minerals like calcium together. 20% of dementia involves lewy body dementia (associated with parkinsons), featuring specific metabolic disturbances (involving dopamin), that trigger hallucinations or temperamental changes. It responds favorably to the same dietary changes, most specifically the avoidance of animal products. In my understanding it has a quasi-viral character, comparable to BSE (prions=folded proteins modifying DNA, akin to viral material). Standardized Gingko extract protects cells from cell death triggered by surrounding plaques. It's also very blood thinning. Gotu Kola (3.5g / day or better 300mg of standardized extract) increases the presence of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, by inhibiting it's deconstruction. It' also anti-oxidant in fats and in cells, reducing inflammation and DNA damage. summary screenshot taken from: 1:18  

[potatowisdom]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw1oHdb5-Gs) Woah.. my first week went by super fast! 

[in2wholefoods]

If it were easy, everyone would be at their ideal BMI, am I right?

Day 1 of my journey to WFBP was a success!

Success strategy: I prepared lunch and dinner right after breakfast. No excuses to go off plan because I’m too hungry to cook or whatever other excuse I could come up with. Yeah, I’m pretty creative - could probably give you a million justifications as to why I should go get fast food even instead of preparing a whole foods meal.

Interesting observations: 

In the morning, I noticed my sense of hearing was super acute - I just about had to leave the room because my daughter was eating watermelon. Holy crap! Did a morning cola all these years dull my senses that much? 

Around mid-day, I really started missing my older daughter. As in, is this postpartum depression delayed by 21 years, or what? As the feelings of loss intensified, I really wanted a cola. I had lemon water instead. (To clarify, she’s not dead, just at school, living her life.)

Shortly after those feelings of loss resolved (without added sugar!!) I felt high, as in out of it. So, hyper-aware to spacey. Weird. That didn’t last too long. Yay!

Turns out I made about twice as much dinner as I needed, so I only ate half. I was surprised. 

[bojanbesinger-blog]

Do you think healthy cooking is complicated and will leave you frustrated? Think again! Health and wellness coach, Karina LaMalfa, will share tasty, easy, no-oil recipes and Whole Food Plant Based recipes that will make our bodies very happy. So set a reminder to listen tomorrow at 8am on Facebook LIVE @LilliansRadioShow or atWhenYouNeedaFriend.com! 

[ogkrb]

One of The Most Impactful Decisions You Can Make || #vegan #wfbp #plantbased #health

The more I learn the more I am convinced that a Whole Food plant-based diet is a tremendously impactful decision. Carbon emissions Climate change Public health Personal health Deforestation Animal welfare Soil conservation Water conservation Big Pharma Hunger crisis And many more I’m sure I’m forgetting.  I never (ever) thought I would be going down this path, but I am proud of myself (not…

[foodandbeveridge]

We love our #buddhabowls #veganbowls lots of variety rainbow salad quinoa edamame lentil Koftas with Cashew Sour cream served with home made flat breads #uminabeachmarkets #aliveplantbasedfestival #vegandefined #veganchef #vegansofaustralia #centralcoastliving #centralcoastnsw #vegansofsydney #bevegan #plantbasedliving #plantstrongvegan #plantstrongvegan #wholefoodsplantbased #wecook_weshoot #veganshare #veganlunch #veganblogger #healthcoach #wfbp #thechinastudy #thestarchsolution #plantpower #hclfvegan #801010vegan #fitvegans #centralcoastliving #happyvegan (at Sydney, Australia)